TWEED Shire Council had no other option but to fell a tree on Tuesday night after holiday-makers at Kingscliff refused to evacuate when warned of danger caused by erosion.

“Several holiday-makers were requested to vacate the area and some selfishly refused, which unfortunately gave us no option but to fell the Norfolk Island pine,” council's general manager Mike Rayner said.

Emergency sandbagging was under way yesterday after a king tide on Tuesday night caused a sand bank to recede by four metres.

“Further sandbagging is under way to prevent more erosion and we are relocating one of the villas,” Mr Rayner said.

He said king tides for the next few nights could cause further instability to the dune and that the council was monitoring the situation.

He said for now, Kingscliff Holiday Park residents were safe but that the situation could escalate quickly and the council would need co-operation from holiday-makers.

“Clearly that area is in danger,” he said.

“There are no trees posing an immediate threat but there are king tides forecast for the next few nights that we are concerned about. We lost four metres of park last night so we are watching the situation very closely.”

Mr Rayner said the council would prepare a report for the Tweed Coast Holiday Park Reserve Trust to be presented on Tuesday.

He said it would urge the trust to give consideration to extra funding for continued sandbagging after an emergency sandbag wall was constructed yesterday.

A metal safety fence has been erected in front of a section of the park.