Over 75% of Queensland's population of nearly two million people live within 40 km of the coast and there is intense development of parts of the coastal areas. There is therefore great pressure on coastal areas, not only by direct human developments such as towns, industry, and recreation, but also by indirect human agencies such as grazing and burning of dunal vegetation. The Beach Protection Act of Queensland (1968-70) set up an Authority to investigate erosion of the coast and recognised the importance of the coastal dunes by requiring landholders to control wind erosion on their property in declared Beach Erosion Control Districts. Requirements were to establish or preserve vegetation to prevent the scouring action of the wind. The Delft Hydraulics Laboratory (1970) further stressed the need for stable coastal dunes and stated that 'part of the sand nourishment must be used to form dunes, and these should be stabilized by proper vegetation. The upper part of the beaches should be protected against wind erosion by the installation of sandcatching fences. The use of the frontal dune area and the beaches for building activities must in general be prohibited. ' Similar statemet~ts are made in five other sections of the Delft Report. The Beach Protection Authority of Queensland, as part of its function of investigating coastal erosion, adopted a Research Programme into the stabilization and preservation of coastal sand dunes. An Experimental Area was set up on South Stradbroke Island, and five Field Trial Areas were established in Southern Queensland. Experimental work started at the end of 1970, and this paper gives a brief review of progress to date.