by kapow | Mar 17, 2015 | Blog, Water
COASTAL TRAPPED WAVES Bass Strait Coastal Trapped Waves model (source: ASR) I was alerted this week by on-the-ball Phil Watson, Principal Coastal Specialist, at NSW Government Office Environment and Heritage, to a “unusual tidal phenomenon”. Phil had spoken to Gary...
by kapow | Mar 17, 2015 | Coastal Conference, Latest News
Coastal conferences for 2015 Queensland Coastal Conference 31 August – 2 September www.reefrangereddust.org Tasmania Coastal Conference – dates yet to be released! AMSA are having their National Conference in Geelong 5-9th July “Estuaries to Oceans” South Australian...
by kapow | Mar 9, 2015 | Authored Elsewhere, Government Policy, Latest News
Rolling out the Victorian Coastal Strategy Photo source: Victoria Coastal Council Earlier this month I was invited by the Victorian Coastal Council to speak about the Coastal Compartments project. This project was initiated by the now defunct federal Coasts and...
by kapow | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Life amongst mangroves Photo source: speakupforblue.com Last week I attended the Australian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network Conference in Wollongong. This was an excellent opportunity to meet those currently engaged in working with mangrove and saltmarsh communities....
by kapow | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
Resurrection of the Queensland Coastal Plan Cyclone Marcia approaching central QLD (source: bom.gov.au) As a tropical cyclone approaches the Queensland coast, I am reminded of the former Labor Government’s QUEENSLAND COASTAL PLAN. In March 2011, the then Deputy...