Annual General Meeting, 2026 Committee and General Meeting
Saturday 24 Jan 26 at the RFS Shed
Drinks and Snacks from 1200
Hear about the achievements in 2025 and plans for 2026 for our area
Hear about the achievements in 2025 and plans for 2026 for our area
Welcome to Long Beach Community Association
Connecting Our Neighbourhood
We maintain online presence here on this website, and on facebook and since Oct 25 Instagram:
About Us
The Long Beach Community Association is a Not-for-Profit, incorporated body, dedicated to fostering a vibrant and inclusive community. We provide resources, events and support for all residents.
Our Objectives are to:
- Promote, protect and enhance the social, cultural and physical environment of the Long Beach locale and its community
- Promote and support the welfare, community spirit and quality of life of residents of Long Beach
- Inform the Long Beach community about issues and events concerning Long Beach
- Promote the local history and heritage of Long Beach
- Represent our members and the community in discussions with the Eurobodalla Shire Council and other agencies that shape the Long Beach living environment
Our Current Focus
We organize various events throughout the year to bring residents together, including beach clean-ups, events, briefings, newsletters.
We also share Council communications with members.
Tentative dates for next year:
Sat 24 Oct 26 - Dinner en blanc (if we manage to get grants for Marquee and PA systems)
Sun 13 Dec 26 - XMas Markets
2025 Significant Achievements
- Beach erosion and sea defences - Community Point of Contact with Council
- Cullendulla Creek crossing - New Design for a crossing. Engaged MP of NSW Parliament on Cullendulla Creek Bridge options
- Website redesign and uplift
- Electricity black outs - Liaison with Essential Energy
- Steps replacement to Maloney's Beach - Design, Quotes
- Beach safety equipment such as Angel Rings
- Acquiring and installing 2 defibrillators
- Acquiring, painting and installing 2 Kayak Racks
- Pickleball Court trial
- Grants Received:
- Fiona Phillips Volunteer Grant - $1700
- Horizon Bank $2500 for Defibrillator
- $500 - Catalina Club towards the safety equipment and xmas raffle
- $500 - Soldiers Club towards the safety equipment and xmas raffle
- $200 - FX Printing towards the safety equipment and xmas raffle
- $1000 - NAB - Towards a more efficient onboarding
That’s $6400 this year in Grants
Other 2025 Achievements
- Improved internal systems and governance (including Microsoft grant)
- Supporting community members to refill dog waste bag dispensers
- Improved governance (Terms of Reference for sub-committees and budgets for finances)
- Reconciliation of records (as required by NSW Incorporation Act 2009)
- Supported Plotters in becoming independent - Congrats Plotters
Previous Activities and Achievements
2024
- We funded and secured delivery, and installed new shade sails over the playground
- We ran three fairs and a classic car event on Sandy Place which were a lot of fun – and negotiated free access for LBCA to hold future events on the Reserve
- We provided submissions to Eurobodalla Shire Council (ESC) on behalf of the community on a range of issues, and raised community awareness of opportunity for input to ESC
- We secured funding for a garden shed and expanded activity at the Community Garden
- We expanded our Facebook presence significantly – 167,000 views last year!
- We negotiated with ESC for them to take over the cost from LBCA of providing dog waste bags – LBCA has organised volunteers to check and refill the dispensers
- And finally, we promoted our local history with LBCA’s role in the widely syndicated ABC story about the whale mistaken for an enemy submarine and bombed off Long Beach at the end of WW2.
2019-2023
- LBCA won a grant to run events to promote the social and emotional wellbeing of the community after the Black Summer bushfires
- LBCA assisted key information sharing within the community in the lead up to and after the Black Summer bushfires, in partnership with the RFS and other agencies
- LBCA community fairs commenced at Sandy Place
- We promoted 24/7 access for off-leash dogs to the western end of Long Beach, including purchasing dog waste bags
- We secured recognition of the Bay Road foreshore as a Neighbourhood Safer Place in the event of a bushfire or other emergency
- We advocated for the construction of a new childrens’ playground on the Sandy Place Reserve
- We advocated for temporary coastal protection works in the wake of extreme storm events and coastal erosion
- We helped keep the Long Beach community informed of Council initiatives and opportunities for community input on key issues.
Get Involved
Join our community initiatives and make a difference. We welcome volunteers and ideas to enhance our neighbourhood.
If you like detail, our constitution can be found here: Constitution
If you just want to help, email us here: lbca@longbeach.org.au
For $12 (individuals) or $20 a year (families), get the real information - emails from council, information from other communities, and vote for our future.
Landcare
Join our community Landcare group. They meet on the first and third Monday of each week.
If you would like to help, please check out their facebook page, and join in.
All surplus crops are made available for sale to the community at large (through an honesty box) on a day-to-day basis.
We post regular email and facebook updates on crops.
Please note: Membership of 'The Plotters' is now separate to the membership of the Long Beach Community Association.
Community Garden (The Plotters)
Cultivating connections...
If you're a resident of Long Beach or Maloneys Beach, you can become a member of 'The Plotters'.