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Currumbin Creek is a large creek
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
 on the Gold Coast of Queensland
Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
, running from Mount Cougal in the west to its mouth at Currumbin Alley
Currumbin Alley

Currumbin Alley is a Ocean surface wave break at Currumbin, Queensland on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Queensland, Australia. There is almost always a crowd here, even when everywhere else on the Gold Coast is crowded....
 in the east. It is apporoximately in length. It provides a popular and tranquil setting for many rowing clubs, kayakers, jet skiers, boat-goers and fishermen.

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During 2007, a dredging operation took place making the mouth of the creek, making the very bottom of Currumbin Alley
Currumbin Alley

Currumbin Alley is a Ocean surface wave break at Currumbin, Queensland on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Queensland, Australia. There is almost always a crowd here, even when everywhere else on the Gold Coast is crowded....
 very shallow, creating a calm lagoon for families and children to play in.






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Currumbin Creek is a large creek
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
 on the Gold Coast of Queensland
Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
, running from Mount Cougal in the west to its mouth at Currumbin Alley
Currumbin Alley

Currumbin Alley is a Ocean surface wave break at Currumbin, Queensland on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Queensland, Australia. There is almost always a crowd here, even when everywhere else on the Gold Coast is crowded....
 in the east. It is apporoximately in length. It provides a popular and tranquil setting for many rowing clubs, kayakers, jet skiers, boat-goers and fishermen.

Projects


During 2007, a dredging operation took place making the mouth of the creek, making the very bottom of Currumbin Alley
Currumbin Alley

Currumbin Alley is a Ocean surface wave break at Currumbin, Queensland on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Queensland, Australia. There is almost always a crowd here, even when everywhere else on the Gold Coast is crowded....
 very shallow, creating a calm lagoon for families and children to play in. Due to a build-up of sand in the creek mouth, not even permitting a jet ski from the creek to the ocean, the Gold Coast City Council announced an operation beginning late in 2008 to deepen the mouth and move sand to the nearby Palm Beach
Palm Beach, Queensland

Palm Beach is a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek. It is an area with little in the way of natural features to enclose it or to set it apart from other places at the Gold Coast, though it has twice been voted cleanest beach in Queensland....
 so that beach sand reduced by erosion is replaced.

A boardwalk winds through the small Boree Bodalla Mangrove Reserve with two fishing platforms. It is a popular cycling, running, and walking track and is a serene setting along the creek shore.

Near the creek mouth at Currumbin Alley
Currumbin Alley

Currumbin Alley is a Ocean surface wave break at Currumbin, Queensland on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Queensland, Australia. There is almost always a crowd here, even when everywhere else on the Gold Coast is crowded....
 a swimming canal points northward. It is about in length and in width. The demolishment of the Palm Beach, Queensland
Palm Beach, Queensland

Palm Beach is a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek. It is an area with little in the way of natural features to enclose it or to set it apart from other places at the Gold Coast, though it has twice been voted cleanest beach in Queensland....
 Bowls Club cleared way for a grass park and path to the shore of the canal, which is ideal for swimming, unlike many of the bull shark
Bull shark

The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, also known as the bull whaler, Zambezi shark or unofficially known as Zambi in Africa and Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a shark common worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers....
 waters and canals further inland.

Currumbin Creek also has an extensive canal system similar to its cousin Tallebudgera Creek
Tallebudgera Creek

Tallebudgera Creek is a large Stream on the Gold Coast, Queensland which runs from the Springbrook Plateau in the west through Tallebudgera Valley to the southern slopes of Burleigh Mountain at Burleigh Heads, Queensland and the Pacific Ocean in the east....
 and the larger, further north Nerang River
Nerang River

The Nerang River is a river that begins in the Gold Coast hinterland and runs through Gold Coast, Queensland in South East Queensland, Australia....
. The shores of these canals boast some of the Gold Coast's most prestigious housing.

See Also

  • Nerang River
    Nerang River

    The Nerang River is a river that begins in the Gold Coast hinterland and runs through Gold Coast, Queensland in South East Queensland, Australia....
  • Tallebudgera Creek
    Tallebudgera Creek

    Tallebudgera Creek is a large Stream on the Gold Coast, Queensland which runs from the Springbrook Plateau in the west through Tallebudgera Valley to the southern slopes of Burleigh Mountain at Burleigh Heads, Queensland and the Pacific Ocean in the east....