Kinka Beach
The Kinka Beach Shorebird Area is centred on Causeway Lake and Kinka Beach, located approximately 53 kilometres north-east of Rockhampton in central Queensland. The shorebird area is characterised by coastal features including sandy beaches, rocky headlands, offshore islands, shallow bays, mangrove-lined estuaries, salt flats and saltmarsh, and freshwater marsh and forest.
Kinka Beach is dominated by intertidal mudflats backed by a sandy beach, terminating in the south at a rocky headland. Causeway Lake is an estuarine saline lake with sand flats/bars at the entrance, higher tidal saltmarshes and claypans, which are occasionally inundated, and small areas of permanent and semi-permanent freshwater marsh.
Kinka Beach is a nationally significant region for Siberian Sand-Plover.
Reference: Driessen, J., Kidd, L. R., Weller, D. R., Purnell, C., Maguire, G., Jaensch, R., and LeClair, S. M. (2025). Australian National Directory of Important Migratory Shorebird Habitat. Report for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. BirdLife Australia, Melbourne.