Scarness precinct
A place to play – Night and day
Scarness is a place for play, a place where people like to meet and enjoy a relaxing yet fun seaside experience.
Scarness contains a vibrant retail and restaurant strip, the renovated Beach House Hotel sets a fine new landmark with smaller retailers and boutique accommodation options creating a bountiful and fun hub where tourists and locals relax and enjoy life.
Proposed actions for this precinct are detailed in the Scarness - Fraser Coast Esplanade Master Plan Report (PDF,1.1MB).
| Action | Activity | Status | |
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| Identify the relocation of the rotunda within Scarness and refurbish this area with colourful change sheds, umbrellas and re-landscape. | Prepare a Concept Plan of the area including identification of a location for the relocation of the Rotunda, suitable change sheds and landscaping and implement. | Rotunda not being relocated. Refurbishment works in Progress. | |
| Greater coordination in street/foreshore furniture to engage the streetscape with the foreshore theming. | Review the current Foreshore Palette to include streetscape elements on the southern side of the Esplanade. | In progress | |
| Establish a family friendly space between the playground and Enzo’s with colourful umbrellas, lights, seats, shelter. | Prepare a concept plan with short-term outcomes and longer-term outcomes when Parking removed. | In progress | |
| Status Quo - reduced speed limits. | Implement reduced speed limit within the Precinct | In progress | |
| Review opportunities for access to the beach. | Install an additional beach stair access between playground and Enzo's | In progress | |
| Disabled access ramp - improve visibility | Consider the improvement of visibility of the Disabled Access Ramp as part of the design process for Item 2. | In progress | |
| Lighting strategy to enhance public use | Pier Lighting, Fairy Lighting, mood lighting and special lighting. | In progress | |
| Support precinct business owners to update facades through Council’s Streetscape initiative | Promote the Fraser Coast Streetscape Scheme | Completed | |
| Sea views - these areas are a key focus for passive recreation. Quality vegetation planting and management is designed to facilitate sea views and to enhance visual amenity and community safety | Review of Foreshore Enhancement Action Plans to reflect this strategy | Ongoing | |
| Filtered Seaviews - These areas are designed to predominately retain a semi-natural setting. Within these areas trimming, thinning and crown lifting of trees and weed management will occur to improve filtered sea views, amenity and passive surveillance. | Review of Foreshore Enhancement Action Plans to reflect this strategy. | Ongoing | |
| Rationalise the western edge of the caravan park edge to enhance the beach entry and setting at this part of the foreshore. | Investigate this item as part of the review of Scarness Caravan Park Master Plan consider opening the front of the Caravan Park as Open Space | In progress | |
| Preferred traffic option – shared zones – retain two-way movement. | Investigate options for the Implementation of Shared Zones | Not commenced | |
| Prepare a Wayfinding Plan for the Scarness precinct that considers existing signage and incorporates it into a whole of precinct strategy, consistent with the identity. | Review the current precinct wayfinding signage and implement any new strategies identified. |
Not commenced No budget allocation at this point |
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| Rationalise and widen existing paths. |
Implement as part of any works for future Parks and/or foreshore projects Implement enhancement of bikeway for the length of Scarness Caravan Park. |
Ongoing | |
| Reinstate green space when foreshore carpark is replaced with alternative car parking behind the Esplanade |
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Not commenced | |