LIFE is a beach.
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Gumboots on, floodlights blaring as waves lap the shore – they are the tireless tradies working through the night to give new life to Newcastle Beach.
Work to rebuild the seawall at the southern end of the beach is about one month away from completion.
Once finished, development on a missing piece of the Bathers Way project is set to begin – paving the way for a network of widened pathways between the beach, the Bogey Hole and King Edward Park.
The centrepiece of this stage – a gleaming blue “beach bowl” for skaters – is also envisaged.
Gateshead firm Michilis Group won the $6.7 million contract to rebuild the 200-metre section of the eroded south seawall in March last year.