Dredged sand returns to channel, says new owner

The new owner of the Palm Beach ferry service has said that sand dredged from the Ettalong Channel has returned to the channel, due to "recent weather".

The NRMA last week announced it had bought Fantasea Crusing, operator of the Palm Beach ferry service.

This followed the NRMA's recent purchase of Manly Fast Ferries, whose chief Mr Richard Ford has now been charged with the day-to-day operation of the Fantasea fleet.

Mr Ford said he was aware that the Palm Beach service was currently unable to complete its usual route to Ettalong and Wagstaffe due to siltation of the channel at the mouth of Brisbane Water.

"Unfortunately the weather we have had recently means the sand that has been dredged from the channel has gone back in.

"More dredging will be required before services return to normal," he said.

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Media release, 25 Oct 2018

Peter Khoury, NRMA