by kapow | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog, Sediments
Botany Bay Sands Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales Last week I again conducted my annual field trip for the Wentworth Group Master Class. I refer to this excursion as Cape to Cape from Cape Banks to Cape Solander. It encompasses the broad expanse of Botany Bay so...
by kapow | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Wave Energy Resource The renewable energy debate has been heating up once again. States and Commonwealth governments have been trading initiatives over recent months in how best to secure supply of electricity to various markets. These problems are said to get worse...
by kapow | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog, Storms
Clustering of Storms I read with interest the results of recent work by Ivan Haigh et al. on extreme sea level and storm surge events around the coast of the UK (Scientific Data, 2016, DOI:10.1038/sdata.2016.107). Robert Nichols from University of Southampton, in...
by kapow | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Cape to Cape: A voyage around Botany Bay The organisers of the International Coastal Symposium, recently held in Sydney, kindly invited me to run a field excursion around the shores of Botany Bay. I have conducted this tour several times for students, but this is the...
by kapow | Mar 14, 2017 | Coastal Conference, Latest News
Queensland 2017 Coastal Conference – 4 to 7 September 2017 Airlie Beach, Whitsundays The Australian Coastal Society, Reef Catchments and the Queensland Coastal Conference Committee look forward to seeing you at the 6th Queensland Coastal Conference to be held at...