The Camden Haven Surf Life Saving Club (CHSLSC) is pushing for implementation of a project to acknowledge the Indigenous community in the region.
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The Birpai Commemorative Pedestrian Path would extend from the surf club to the northern breakwall of the Camden Haven River.
Club member Neil Hosick, who came up with the plan, said he hopes the community will get behind it.
Mr Hosick said the path would be about 215 metres and would be initiated as a 2018 Bicentennial Project.
The proposal already has the support of the Birpai Local Aboriginal Land Council and Mr Hosick is awaiting support from the Bunyah Land Council.
The path would allow life savers and emergency services to attend any potential incidents near the breakwall quickly and efficiently.
“The path must also be suitable for pedestrians, bicycles, wheelchairs, prams, people with disabilities,” Mr Hosick said.
“We would also request an eco-ramp to allow easy access to the southern corner of North Haven Beach (Grants Beach).
Currently the only access between the break wall and the surf club is via the beach and over the break wall rocks.
Mr Hosick said the completed project would include signage to inform and commemorate the Birpai Nation and what the area meant to its people.
“It was a meeting place to fish, hunt and trade between the Birpai people,” he said.
“That it is also a very special place in the mythology of the region, the “Birronguns” or “Brothers Mountains”, where Dooragan and his brothers lie buried beneath the mountains protecting the area.
Mr Hosick said the residents of the Camden Haven want to formally recognise and commemorate the Birpai heritage as the former custodians of the area that ‘we all love today and take for granted’.