by ACS.Admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Blog
Coastal Adaptation In Aotearoa New Zealand Late last year I received a package from the former Secretary of ACS, Tom Fitzgerald. He is now back in NZ and Co-convenor of the Aotearoa Climate Adaptation Network. In the package was Special Publication No 5 of the NZ...
by ACS.Admin | Feb 15, 2023 | Blog
US Coastal Barrier Resources Act: Model for Strategic Federal Intervention? Many will be aware of my long-standing obsession with the potential application of US style federal legislation for coastal management in Australia. In a previous blog (No. 227, November 2022)...
by ACS.Admin | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog
Philosophers and the Coast My first encounter with philosophers and government arose out of being a member of the chorus in a school production of the Gondoliers at Scots College. This memorable Gilbert and Sullivan operetta had the chorus singing to the aria of...
by ACS.Admin | Jan 20, 2023 | Latest News
Coastal Learning Blog Dr Matt Eliot from Seashore Engineering in WA has kindly shared the following coastal engineering posts from the Coastal Learning Blog: It’s the little things… One criterion to rule them all Wadis, Wastelands and Wetlands – Arid...
by ACS.Admin | Jan 17, 2023 | Blog
Ocean Pools My family this Christmas were kind enough to give me a copy of “Ocean Pools”, a lovely collection of photos and stories of 75 pools in Australia. The authors are Chris Chen (photographer) and Marie-Louise McDermott (sports historian and Chairperson of All...