Victoria’s largest dune reconstruction at Inverloch is being delivered under the Cape to Cape Resilience Plan to help protect and restore the local coastline making sure our beaches are safer and more resilient for the future.
The Minister for Environment released the Cape to Cape Resilience Plan that provides a long term plan to protect vulnerable coastline between Cape Paterson to Cape Liptrap and how the government will respond to erosion.
The $5.3 million works, funded by a $3.3 million grant under the Government’s Coastal and Estuarine Risk Mitigation Program is combined with an additional $2 million from the Government to help managing coastal hazard risks in the immediate future.
Guided by the new Cape to Cape Resilience Plan, large-scale dune reconstruction and beach nourishment project at Inverloch will commence in February 2026 and be completed by June.
Over 4,500 truckloads of sand will be pumped along the beach, where it will be used to rebuild the dune and beach between Wreck Creek to east of the Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club building.
The Cape to Cape Resilience Plan is a coastal hazard adaptation and resilience plan for the coastline between Cape Paterson to Cape Liptrap, outlining responses to risks such as rising sea levels, coastal flooding, storm surges and the impact of erosion across future decades.
The Government has partnered with the Bass Coast and South Gippsland community and 9 land management agencies, including Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, to identify the impacts on our coasts and how erosion impacts how Victorians enjoy our beaches to help shape the Cape to Cape Resilience Plan.
The Cape to Cape Resilience Plan provides long-term planning and enables informed management decisions ahead of time, so the right steps can be taken to prevent further erosion and protect our coast and communities for years to come.
Page last updated: 30/07/26