Woodgate is a small, but growing, coastal settlement located 30 km south of Bundaberg. The settlement has basic services and facilities and extends for 2 km along the centre of the 13 km long beach. The beach faces north-east and runs from the mouth of Theodolite Creek in the north to Burrum Point in the south (Fig. 4.94). Woodgate beach (1514) consists of a low high tide beach fronted by a 100 m wide low tide bar (Fig. 4.95). Towards the creek and Burrum Point, the bar widens to incorporate extensive tidal shoals extending more than 1 km seaward. The beach is backed by a low, casuarina-covered foredune, then a 1 to 3 km wide series of twenty Holocene foredune ridges, that are in turn backed by an equal number of older Pleistocene ridges extending up to 5.5 km inland. The entire beach and barrier system represents a substantial accumulation of Quaternary sands, deposited at present and past sea levels by the low waves of the bay. read more

Beach Length: 13.2km