Update: We've extended the photo competition deadline to 31 March 2025. So, you can keep capturing those golden moments throughout summer!
Round 1 Community Engagement Summary
Thank you to everyone who participated by sharing your ideas and suggestions. Your feedback will be used to inform the development of our Foreshore Management Plan (FMP) and Coastal Adaptation Plan (CAP). You can now read the Round 1 Community Engagement Summary and Feedback.
We'll keep you updated on future opportunities to contribute.
Don't forget, the photo competition is still open for entries!
Get involved in our Photo competition!
Want to win $200 to spend in Port Phillip? Enter our photography contest now! Show off your skills and capture the beauty of our city coastline (Port Melbourne, South Melbourne, Albert Park, Middle Park, St Kilda West, St Kilda & Elwood). Professional, amateur, youth, and children's categories. Whether you call City of Port Phillip home, visit often, or work near the water, we want to hear from you.
Show us your coastal love: Upload photos that capture what "Our City Coastline" or "Our Coastal Future" means to you. Add a sentence to explain your pic!
The winning photo in each category (Professional, Amateur, Youth, and Children) will receive a $200 gift voucher to spend at a shop in the City of Port Phillip.
The photograph with the most likes across all categories will be declared the overall winner of the photo competition and receive a $200 gift voucher.
The overall winner cannot also win a category prize. The photograph with the second-highest number of likes in the category, will be declared the category winner.
Entries must be submitted by Sunday 31 March 2025 and winners will be announced on Friday 4 April 2025.
Note: photos submitted during the Caretaker Period will be published once this period concludes.
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View the Photo Competition page here!
Calling all photographers. Capture the essence of our City's foreshore and what it means to you!
Background
Our Foreshore
The City of Port Phillip’s iconic and vibrant foreshore is a cultural touchstone for many. It is central to the region’s identity and lifestyle, appealing to both residents and visitors. It also sustains natural habitat for important coastal and marine vegetation and wildlife.
With changing environments and more extreme weather, along with growing populations and demand, our foreshore areas are increasingly under pressure.
Shaping our Coastal Future
Council is embarking on two key projects to strategically manage our coastline and better prepare us for the future: a Foreshore Management Plan (FMP) and a Coastal Adaptation Plan (CAP). These plans will operate together to form a holistic and comprehensive approach to managing the Port Phillip coastline through the integrated project, Our Coastal Future. A quick summary of these plans is below.
Our Coastal Future
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Foreshore Management Plan
The FMP provides an opportunity to shape holistic and sustainable management, that balances the cultural, social, environmental, and economic values of these areas.
- Short to medium term actions must consider long term implications such as sea level rise and climate change.
- Use and management of our foreshore needs to be ecologically sustainable and equitable.
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Coastal Adaptation Plan
The CAP provides a positive and proactive opportunity to plan for the medium to long term future.
- Building on the existing science and knowledge, we are using the best available data and methods to increase our understanding and inform decision making.
Adaptive approaches in our management recognise the changing nature of climate change impacts and help to manage uncertainty.
While integrated, each project has standalone objectives and scope, along with defined processes and guidance to support and enable successful delivery, approval and implementation.
Share your ideas or suggest actions.
Share your favourite memory or experience.
Contact Us
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
| Name | Our Coastal Future Team |
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| Phone | 03 92096 777 |
| ourcoastalfuture@portphillip.vic.gov.au |
