Coast

= ﻿Coast =

The area of the Redcliffe Penisula is a costal area that is home to many people. Redcliffe has a couple of suburbs and many of them have mangroves and marshlands.

__**Location**__ __**[|Redcliffe Jetty]**__is a popular place for fishing. Latitude: 27°13'52.15"S   Longitude: 153° 6'56.47"E Coastal Redcliffe is around a 30 to 45 minute drive. Around a 45 minute drive from Brisbane airport. Has a great jetty for fishing. There are many dinning places that can suit any culture. If you don’t swimming in the ocean you can go to the lagoon.

**__ Infrastructure __** Coastal Redcliffe is accessible by: Boats, you could take a fairy from a nearby island to the shore of coastal Redcliffe. Cars, like nearly all areas you could take a short or long car ride to coastal Redcliffe form the North, South and West. Planes, take a plane ride to Brisbane airport and have a about 45min car ride to coastal Redcliffe. Bikes, if you want you could even take a bike ride to coastal Redcliffe.


 * Climate of the Redcliffe Penisula**

2004 || ||  || 2004 ||  ||  || 2004 ||  ||  || 2004 ||  ||  || 2004 ||  ||  || [|Courtesy of BOM]
 * ~ Statistics ||~ Jan ||~ Feb ||~ Mar ||~ Apr ||~ May ||~ Jun ||~ Jul ||~ Aug ||~ Sep ||~ Oct ||~ Nov ||~ Dec ||~ Annual ||||~ Years ||~ Plot ||~ Map ||
 * ~ Temperature ||||~  ||
 * [|Mean maximum temperature (°C)] || 29.0 || 28.5 || 27.5 || 25.6 || 23.3 || 21.0 || 20.7 || 21.7 || 24.0 || 25.2 || 26.6 || 28.1 || 25.1 || 15 || 1981
 * [|Mean minimum temperature (°C)] || 21.9 || 21.4 || 19.9 || 17.5 || 14.7 || 11.4 || 9.9 || 11.2 || 13.9 || 16.5 || 18.7 || 20.5 || 16.5 || 15 || 1981
 * ~ Rainfall ||||~  ||
 * [|Mean rainfall (mm)] || 111.6 || 163.1 || 127.2 || 120.2 || 103.9 || 61.7 || 51.3 || 39.7 || 30.2 || 70.4 || 101.6 || 117.8 || 1087.5 || 22 || 1981
 * [|Decile 5 (median) rainfall (mm)] || 85.6 || 110.4 || 104.6 || 70.7 || 90.9 || 45.2 || 38.2 || 31.0 || 27.2 || 71.4 || 91.4 || 125.8 || 1028.9 || 22 || 1981
 * [|Mean number of days of rain ≥ 1 mm] || 9.3 || 10.7 || 10.8 || 9.3 || 9.3 || 5.5 || 5.1 || 5.2 || 4.5 || 7.0 || 8.5 || 9.3 || 94.5 || 24 || 1981

The average maximum temperature is 25.1 degrees celcius, it ranges from 29 degrees celcius in Jan to 29.1 degrees celcius in Dec. The average minimum tempertature is 16.5 degrees celcius, it ranges from 21.9 degrees celcius in Jan to 20.5 degrees celcius in Dec. On average,redcliffe gets 1087.5mm of rain per year

**__Fauna__** In the east of Redcliffe are wetlands, salt marsh, mangroves and coastal wallum habitat. Seagrass meadows flourish in shallower areas of the bay. Ecosystem diversity encourages diversity of wildlife. In our region, daytime and night-time animals hunt over forests, fields, creeks & estuaries, and the sea. Honeyeaters harvest the bountiful supply of native nectar. The best food for native wildlife is the food they find themselves. Human foods can be harmful and deprive animals of much-needed nutrients which only natural foods provide. Native plants are a crucial part of what makes our district and Australia unique.
 * __Flora and fauna__**
 * __Flora__**

With our wide variety of land forms - from the mountains to the bay - we can boast an abundance and diversity of unique plants. The numerous vegetation types of the district support a variety of species from tall gum trees to small flowering herbs.

All residents are encouraged to keep native vegetation on their property. Why not use local native plants in your garden? Local native plants give local landscape character and provide habitat for native animals.

**__ Landforms __** Redcliffe has many different habitats such as sandy beaches, creeks, mangroves, marshlands, lagoons, freshwater swamps, woodlands and forests. These habbitats are home to Kangaroos and other Australian animals. In the Redcliffe region there are many different types of forests.

__**SWOT Analysis of the Redcliffe area**__


 * = Strengths
 * Many Buses to travel you around Scarbrough and Redcliffe
 * A quiet location for those intrested in solitude
 * Approximately a 30min drive from Redcliffe ||= Weaknesses
 * Recent rain has effected local areas with a stink, locals blame the water pumping
 * Large amounts of rain have residents fearing from flood
 * Local scores from schools in the district are lower then other schools in the country ||
 * = Opportunities
 * Redcliffe is a thriving coastal community which is great for tourist potential
 * Redcliffe Scarbrough is mostly a coastal region with great houses along the canal
 * Redcliffe is a tourist hub for Moreton Island ||= Threats
 * Neilsons sand mine organisation is threatning to move closer to a local school
 * The Goverment are going to Build a railway for 771 million dollars which will create a lot of traffic on work areas were the will build the railway
 * If Labour win the election house prices will surge in the area ||