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Overview

Roselle Beach

White Horses, St. Thomas
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Admission

Free

Opening Hours

10:00am to 6:00pm

Websites

Features

5
Cleanliness rating
0
Harassment rating
  • Parking available
  • Pets allowed
  • Toilet available
  • Changingroom available
  • Lifeguard station
  • Food & drinks allowed
  • Running water available
  • Cooking allowed

General

Basic Info

  • Name: Jaedon Lawe
  • Organization: Yardie Environmental Conservationists Ltd
  • Survey date & time: 6th February, 2019, 7:25pm
  • Beach: Roselle Beach
  • Other names:
    Longborder Beach
  • Location: White Horses, St. Thomas
  • Latitude: 17.874468114960976
  • Longitude: -76.44434615355073
  • Beach length: 500.00 m

Beach Basics

  • Fishing beach: No
  • Fish vending: No
  • Commercial activity level: Low levels of commercial activity (1 - 5 vendors/stalls/business places)
  • Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
  • Protected area:
  • Opening hours
    10:00am to 6:00pm
  • Busiest day of the week: Sunday
  • Attendance on typical days: 5-10
  • Attendance on busiest days: 21 - 50

Beach Management

  • Beach type: Private beach (privately owned/leased, operating as a public beach (with access to the general public) with or without an entrance fee)
  • Property owner:
  • Owner contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
    • Mobile:
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  • Property manager:
  • Manager contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
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    • Email:
  • Management arrangement:
  • Community organization:
  • Website & social media pages:
    • Website:
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  • Permits:

Features

Fees & Facilities

  • Entrance fees:
  • Changing room: Yes
  • Running water: Yes
  • Toilet: Yes
  • Parking: Yes (11 - 50 cars)
  • Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
  • Cooking: Not sure
  • Pets: Yes
  • Facility costs:

    Chairs

Activities & Behaviour

  • Activities:
    • Swimming
    • Restaurants
    • Bars
    • Parties
    • Vending (food)
    • Surfing
    • Land-based sport (football, volleyball, etc.)

  • Family environment: Yes
    No harassment.Facilities are there for beach goers to use.
  • Alcohol: Yes
  • Smoking: Yes
  • Parties:
    • How often: 3 - 5 times per year
    • Party days:
      • Public Holidays
  • Harassment level: 0
  • Illegal activities: None

Environment

Structures & Dwellings

  • Settlements: None
  • Offshore structures:
    • None observed

Animals

  • Domestic animals:
    Dogs
  • Sea turtle nests: Not sure
  • Sea turtle poaching: No
  • Wild animals:

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 90% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Trees
    • Grasses
  • Names of vegetation:
  • Vegetation clearing: There is evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses
  • Sargassum issues: 2

Sand

  • Sand color: Black
  • Sand texture: Gravel
  • Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
  • Erosion: There are no evidence of erosion.

Utilities

Water Management

  • Sewage & wastewater:
    On-site sewage/wastewater treatment plant which discharges into a central sewage line
  • Sea pollution:
  • Water monitoring: No
  • Drainage:
    • Gully
  • Drainage state: The drains does not appear to be polluted.

Waste Management

  • Garbage bins: There are no bins available.
  • Cleanliness: Scored 5 out of 5 for cleanliness.
  • Fish cleaning: Not sure
  • Responsible for garbage: Beach Manager Staff/Caretaker
  • Garbage management:
    • Garbage collection by NSWMA
  • Garbage collection: Once per week
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