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9.6 Rosedale and Guerilla Bay
9.6.1 Background
The Village Landscape
Rosedale and Guerilla Bay are two coastal villages located between Batemans Bay and
Tomakin. Development in Rosedale (the most northerly of the two villages) has been
concentrated along Rosedale Beach and Saltwater Creek, while Guerilla Bay has an urban
development corridor stretching in a west-east direction along Burri Point Road. There are
two intermittently opening and closing lagoons near the villages. Access to both villages is
from George Bass Drive. Figure 9-8 shows the location of these two coastal villages.
Figure 9-8 Rosedale and Guerilla Bay Location
The two villages are bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east but have the potential for
urban expansion towards the north and west. Adjacent to the two villages are sensitive
coastal lagoons which are popular for recreational activities. The 2001 census recorded 197
people in Rosedale/Guerilla Bay, and 272 dwellings. There is an Urban Expansion Zone
located inland of the current development. There are between 1 100 and 1 200 lots
allocated for development in this area which are expected to be fully developed in the next
10 years.
Existing Water Management Systems
The towns are supplied with water through the regional supply scheme discussed earlier.
The annual water demands are approximately 560 kL/d. The villages are supplied through
the Burri Point Reservoir, which has sufficient capacity to cope with the predicted demand
until 2032.
The sewage from the villages is currently treated on site. The Council’s GIS records 272
individual on-site treatment systems in the villages. Over 65% of these are septic tanks with
wastewater disposal by adsorption trench, and an additional 18% are septic tanks with