by kapow | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog, Water
The “Venice Effect” Photographing king tides in New South Wales. Source: NSW Office Environment and Heritage, 2009. On my recent excursion to Port Stephens, I drove along Marsh Road between Salt Ash and Bobs Farm. This road runs parallel to Tilligerry Creek and is...
by kapow | Mar 2, 2017 | Authored Elsewhere, Latest News
2017 International Surfing Symposium in Association with Global Wave Conference The 1st International Surfing Symposium is being held on the Gold Coast from 13th – 17th March 2017. This inaugural conference aims to raise the profile of World Surfing Reserves and their...
by kapow | Mar 1, 2017 | Climate Change, Latest News
Environment Institute endorses CoastAdapt framework The Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand has given its formal endorsement of the Commonwealth Government National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility‘s CoastAdapt framework. CoastAdapt is an...
by kapow | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous, Sediments
Port Stephens Bioherms Map of Port Stephens showing the location of shell bioherms (green shading) forming shallow areas in the modern estuary. Source: NSW Geological Survey Report GS1974/093 Last week I was invited to give a talk at Salamander Bay on the geology and...
by kapow | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog, Contributor
Coast Ambassadors I recently returned from a trip to Adelaide in my capacity as a member of the Wentworth Group where I met members of a remarkable group. They refer to themselves as Healthy Rivers Ambassadors with the aim of “promoting a healthy, working...