This document provides an appraisal of defend and retreat options for responding to climate change coastal hazards at Bowen and Wilson Beach following a multi-criteria (MCA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) undertaken as part of Phase 7 of the Whitsunday Regional Council (WRC) Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategy (CHAS). The document also considers implications of these analyses and how their results may inform further work by WRC to mitigate coastal hazard risks to the Whitsunday region. Whist it is the intention of the authors that the key message that this document seeks to impart are readable on their own, for readers seeking a deep understanding of the issues this document raises, it is not a stand-alone. By its very nature, beyond the MCA and CBA reports that it summarises, this document references significant work undertaken in previous phases of the CHAS. This document should be read in combination with these earlier reports (detailed in Section 1.4) for a more detailed appreciation of the significant challenges for the region that this work highlights.