For the first time in 23 years Geographe residents have a sandy beach after works were carried out to remove seagrass wrack from the area.
Seagrass wrack has unnaturally accumulated on either side of the Port Geographe Marina groynes since it was first developed in 1997 creating an odour and covering the beach up to heights of 12-feet.
In 2013, the former state government provided $31 million for the marina to be reconfigured which was supposed to resolve the wrack problem within two to four years.
The beach became clear of seagrass when the DoT pushed the wrack into the water in August this year, before the winter storms ended.
However the work carried out did not clear all the wrack and the City of Busselton engaged contractors to form another dune system.
Port Geographe Action Group member Peter Macorra said by November 1, the current and tides cleaned the beach up.
Residents are now calling on the DoT, which is responsible for the amenity, to implement a winter seagrass work plan to push the wrack into the water from the start of July each year.
Mr Macorra said when the seagrass was pushed into the water before a storm front occurred it would move naturally.
"Once it gets to large volumes on the beach nature cannot deal with it," he said.
"What we are trying to do is get them to start in early July and finish by mid-September so the beaches are clear.
"It is proven now categorically if you push the seagrass in the water during winter nature will take care of it."
DoT director coastal cacilities Donna West said they were committed to delivering the best outcome for the reconfiguration of the coastline at Port Geographe.
"A technical working group is currently finalising coastal management recommendations to be implemented over the next five years following an expert review and a round of community consultation," she said.
"The final report will be released by the end of the year.
"A key recommendation included in the draft report released for community consultation was a trial of wrack pushing (with machinery) on the Western Beach earlier in winter prior to suitable winter storms.
"After community support for the recommendation in August DoT commenced the trial to assist the natural flow, reduce accumulation and potentially reduce the amount of wrack.
"In addition, in the last two weeks DoT contractors used a bulldozer and an excavator to relocate some of the wrack away from the shoreline to the back of the Western Beach to provide improved access and a sandy beach.
"The cost of these work is included in the $1.5 million annual maintenance budget for Port Geographe."
City of Busselton director of engineering and work services Oliver Darby said the city would continue to lobby DoT for earlier and more systematic intervention works and that the DoT have committed to investigate and trial alternative methods of managing wrack.
"The City, the DoT and community representatives are collectively working on a report that will recommend a combination of actions to improve amenity in all areas impacted by the Port Geographe structures," he said.
"This recommendations in that report will inform the management approach next year and be the subject of ongoing review and assessment."
Vasse MLA Libby Mettam has written to transport minister Rita Saffioti seeking a commitment from the DoT to undertake the work earlier in future years.
Ms Mettam said this would ensure every effort was taken to minimise the unnatural accumulation of seagrass wrack and to ensure sand profiling improved along the beach.
She has requested that the work commence on July 1 and finish on September 30 each year to provide residents with a level of certainty going forward.
"It is believed this would provide a safe and usuable amenity by the September/October school holidays each year as is the case with other beaches along this part of the coastline," she said.
