Galleon
Overview
Galleon
Black River, St. Elizabeth
0.0
Admission
FreeOpening Hours
Always open
Websites
Features
3
Cleanliness rating0
Harassment rating- Parking available
- Pets allowed
- Toilet available
- Changingroom available
- Lifeguard station
- Food & drinks allowed
- Running water available
- Cooking allowed
General
Basic Info
- Name: Bernal Williams
- Organization: Black River PDC
- Survey date & time: 1st December, 2018, 6:50pm
- Beach: Galleon
- Other names: Long Acre
- Location: Black River, St. Elizabeth
- Latitude: 17.957005334574166
- Longitude: -77.83902482519534
- Beach length: 2.00 mi
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: Yes
- Fish vending: Yes
- Commercial activity level: High levels of commercial activity (11 - 20 vendors/stalls/business places)
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area:
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Saturday
- Attendance on typical days: 21 - 50
- Attendance on busiest days: 51 - 100
Beach Management
- Beach type: Community Beach, i.e. beach designated for use and benefit of adjacent community (with access to the general public)
- Property owner: Reserved in subdivision
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Property manager:
- Manager contact
- Name: Rural Agricultural Development Authority (Santa Cruz)
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Informal arrangement
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees:
- Changing room: No
- Running water: No
- Toilet: No
- Parking: No parking
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: Yes
- Pets: No
- Facility costs:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Boat repair/storage
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Parties
- Family environment: Not sure
No reason given - 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: 5
- Offshore structures:
- Concrete structure
Animals
- Domestic animals: Dogs, Cows, Goats
- Sea turtle nests: Yes
- Sea turtle poaching: Yes
- Wild animals: Crocodiles
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 40% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Mangroves
- Names of vegetation: Sea Grape Trees
White Mangroves
Black Mangroves
Cashew Trees
Cassia Trees - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 1
Sand
- Sand color: White
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
- Erosion:
- Exposed tree roots
- Other
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: Not sure
- Sea pollution:
- Garbage
- Water monitoring: No
- Drainage:
- Not applicable
- Drainage state: Not applicable
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are 10 bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 3 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are cleaned on the beach/ in the water and fish waste is left in the environment
- Responsible for garbage: Community member(s)
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Garbage is burnt in the open
- Garbage collection: Less than once per month