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  • Safe beaches for South Australia

Make South Australia’s beaches safe for everyone

Take action to ensure a better, safer and more sustainable future for South Australia's beaches and their wildlife.

CR Critically Endangered (CR)

Support safe beaches for South Australia

South Australia’s beautiful beaches are under accelerating and unsustainable pressure from uncontrolled beach driving, damaging the beaches and threatening their vulnerable wildlife.

BirdLife Australia and Birds SA are calling on South Australians to stand up for safe beaches for everyone.

Sign our petition, calling on the Malinauskas Government to introduce legislation to better regulate beach driving in South Australia.

 

   

Photographed by Andrew Silcocks

The Problem: Uncontrolled Beach Driving in South Australia ruins beaches and kills wildlife

Currently, South Australian beaches face numerous threats:

  • Pristine beaches turned into rutted race tracks
  • A dangerous (and legal) speed limit of 100 km/h
  • Hoon drivers destabilising dunes
  • Waste and rubbish left behind, including human waste
  • Coastal birds and other wildlife are run over, including eggs and chicks
  • Critical feeding grounds are destroyed
  • Culturally significant Indigenous sites damaged

Regulating Beach Driving in South Australia

State legislation changes are needed to better regulate beach driving in South Australia. Appropriate regulations would ensure a better, safer and more sustainable future for South Australia’s beaches for all.

Making a Difference for South Australia’s Beaches

By signing the petition, you can make a difference by helping to protect South Australia’s beaches and wildlife. Your support will show the Malinauskas Government that the South Australian community wants a safe future for everyone who enjoys these beautiful beaches.

Beach-nesting Birds

Five Australian shorebirds, and many species of seabirds, rely on coastal habitats for nesting. Loss of coastal habitats and recreational pressures are taking a devastating toll.

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Australian Pied Oystercatcher

The Australian Pied Oystercatcher has black-and-white plumage, with a bright orange-red bill, eye-ring and legs; the eyes are red.

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Hooded Plover

The Hooded Plover is a medium-sized, pale brownish-grey plover. It has a black head and a white nape, and the black hindneck collar extends around and forks ont

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Threatened Small Terns

Small terns depend on both the marine and coastal terrestrial environment, foraging out at sea and roosting and nesting on nearby shores. Our smallest terns, the Little and Fairy Terns, are both vulnerable to extinction.

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