Pialba Pier Hervey Bay

Pialba Pier is located right where there is a great Public Beach edged with tourist facilities and picnic areas.
It is the only beach access for wheelchairs.
However, the wheelchair access is closed because the lower section has been damaged.
It has been like this for 18 months..despite many attempts by the public to get this opened for the access of elderly walking to the beach, as well as wheelchairs. Seems strange that Council, who has many plans for attracting tourists, fail to attend to a simple matter like this. All it needs is a continuation of the track, which currently stops midair....we were able to jump down to the sand, butthis would not be easy for older less mobile people.

Its an interesting pier.

Whoever designed it did not really consider the use of a pier.
It looks attractive, and one can casually stroll to the end and back.
Next to the Pier was a boat hire place, now changed to a Restaurant which also hires some water craft.
The story goes that Council did not want the Boat hire there, and chose to have the Restaurant.
Maybe that is why they built the pier so boats could not tie to it, moor and have access to the pier.
You can see by the watermark where the water reaches the pier at High tide, and low tide there would be just sand.

There is no ladders or any other access to the pier from the water.

Young people jump off the pier to the water below...a dangerous feat when the water is shallow

The pier needs some mooring posts and ladders for boat access, and the wheelchair and elderly walkway fixed so it can be used, and the area would be wonderful.