Anchorage Island Boardwalk Renewal
NSW Government funding has been announced to replace the timber boardwalk at Keith Curran Reserve in Tweed Heads, which has been closed to public access because of public safety concerns about the ageing structure.
The NSW Government’s Walking and Cycling Program (Cycling Infrastructure Fund) will provide $685,000 to replace the boardwalk, located on the northern side of Anchorage Island, which was constructed in the early 1990s to enable users to walk out over the mangroves and provide access to public land in the Anchorage development.
A routine inspection of the boardwalk in April 2016 revealed several sections of the 200-metre-long structure have reached the end of their lifespan. As a result, the full length of the structure was closed while Council identified necessary repairs and available options to repair, remove or replace the boardwalk.
Public Facilities
Public facilities including canals, boat ramps and jetties/pontoons are also built, operated and maintained by the Waterways Program.
Issue's covered by the Waterways Program include:
- Public pontoons and Jetties
- Public boat ramps
- Applications for private boat ramps, jetties/pontoons
Tweed Shire Council owns various boat ramps, jetties, pontoons and wharves throughout the shire, please see the list below to locate one near you.
| Facility Name | Facility Type | Location |
| Kennedy Drive Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp, Timber Jetty and Pontoon | Ray Pascoe Park - Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads. |
| Lakes Drive Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp and Pontoon | Lakes Drive, Tweed Heads West. |
| Fingal Head Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp and Pontoon | Fingal Boat Ramp, Main Road Fingal |
| Condong Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp and Pontoon | Clarrie Purnell Park - McLeod Street, Condong. |
| Commercial Road Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp | Commercial Road, Murwillumbah. |
| Tumbulgum Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp and Jetty | Faith Mussing Bandler Park - Riverside Drive, Tumbulgum. |
| Chinderah Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp | Oxley Park - Chinderah Bay, Drive Chinderah. |
| Kingscliff Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp | Faulks Park - Marine Parade, Kingscliff. |
| Pottsville Boat Ramp | Boat Ramp | Overall Drive, Pottsville. |
| Dry Dock Road Boat Ramp and Jetty | Boat Ramp, Timber Wharf and Pontoon | Dry Dock Rd, Tweed Heads South. |
| Foysters Jetty | Timber Wharf and Pontoon and Sewage Pump Out Facility | Faux Park - Intersection Minjungbal Drive and Dry Dock Rd, Tweed Heads South. |
| Anchorage Wharf | Timber Wharf | Keith Curren Park - Keith Compton Drive, Anchorage Islands Tweed Heads. |
| Crystal Waters Wharf | Timber Wharf | Crystal Waters Park - Crystal Waters Drive, Tweed Heads. |
| Pioneer Park Jetty | Timber Wharf and Pontoon | Pioneer Park - Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads West. |
| Skinner Lowes Wharf | Timber Wharf and Pontoon | Nicholl Park - Tumbulgum Road, Murwillumbah. |
| Tumbulgum Pontoon | Pontoon | Faith Mussing Bandler Park - Riverside Drive, Tumbulgum. |
| Budd Park Pontoon | Pontoon | Budd Park - Alma Street, Murwillumbah. |
| Tweed Marina | 22 Berth Marina, 2 berths available for short term public use. Includes sewage pump out. | Southern Boatharbour - River Terrace, Tweed Heads. |
| Old Barneys Point Bridge | Fishing Jetty | North end of Chinderah Bay Drive, Barneys Point, Chinderah. |
Want to Build a Pontoon or Boat Ramp?
Applications for Pontoons and Boat Ramps must be submitted in accordance with the
Development Application Checklist - Pontoons and Boat Ramps (143kB PDF).
Design and construction of Pontoons and Boat Ramps must be in accordance with the following guidelines
Pontoons and Boat Ramp Guidelines (33kB PDF).
Foysters Jetty
Foysters Jetty is located on Minjungbal Drive, Tweed Heads, approximately 100m south of the Boyds Bay Bridge (near old tick Gates). The jetty consists of a timber wharf with two floating pontoons attached. There is a 4 hour limit at these pontoons and they are frequently used by vessels moored nearby for loading and unloading of passengers/equipment/supplies.
One pontoon provides facilities for vessel sewage pump out and for emergency repairs only. Further information is available in the Policy document titled
Use of Foysters Jetty for Emergency Vessel Repairs Policy (873kB PDF).
Emergency repairs are defined as actions required to prevent a vessel sinking or causing pollution of the environment and repairs to vessel hull, propulsion system (engine or rigging), fuel system or electrical system.
Permission to berth here for more than 4 hours for vessel maintenance such as painting or engine servicing will not be granted.
To obtain an access key and extended berth times for emergency repairs please visit the Tweed Heads Council office between 8.30am -4.15pm Mon- Fri (closed public holidays). Customers will need to bring a cash or cheque $30 bond payment, photo identification such as a drivers licence, have the vessel name and vessel rego number, meet the requirements of the policy which may require production of evidence that repairs have been arranged to be undertaken.