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The “Venice Effect”
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...
2017 International Surfing Symposium in Association with Global Wave Conference
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...
Environment Institute endorses CoastAdapt framework
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...
Port Stephens Bioherms
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...
Coast Ambassadors
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...
FIDO’s K’Gari 2016 Roundup
FIDO’s K’Gari 2016 Roundup Rounding off of a very busy 2016, the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation K’Gari E-News 9 published in January 2017 gives a good roundup of activities. The newsletter highlights….”The big event of the year for FIDO was the Beach to...
Save the Date – Coast to Coast Conference 2018 Hobart, Tasmania
Save the Date – Coast to Coast Conference 2018 Hobart, Tasmania Coast to Coast 2018 – Meeting on the Margin – 16 to 19 April, Hobart, Tasmania In April 2018, Coast to Coast returns to Hobart, Tasmania. The Coast to Coast 2018 conference on 16 to 19 April 2018 will be...
Western Australia now has a complete high-resolution bathymetric and terrestrial coastal survey for more than 700 kilometres of coastline
Western Australia now has a complete high-resolution bathymetric and terrestrial coastal survey for more than 700 kilometres of coastline Recent news from our Western Australian colleagues confirms that nearshore and terrestrial LiDAR Surveys commissioned by WA...
Coastal Graphics
Coastal Graphics Graphic from Coast to Coast 2012 “Living on the Edge” Conference highlighting the issues, relationships and challenges of coastal planning and management. (Source: Graphic prepared by Michelle Walker from http://www.curiousmindsco.com.au/ ) I was...
Irukandji on the move
Irukandji on the move Warning sign for marine stingers such as Irukandji jellyfish (Source: Queensland Dept. National Parks, Sports and Racing) I was first alerted to the potential southern migration of Irukandji jelly fish during hearings before the House of...
Tales of Sydney Beaches – Sand in the City
Tales of Sydney Beaches – Sand in the City Surfing at North Avalon, Sydney. (Photo by Pat Hudson) A new offering of short video stories from a range of Sydney “beachniks’ developed as part of the Museum of Sydney summer exhibition “Sand in the City“. The videos...
Acceleration in mean sea level
Acceleration in mean sea level Since 2011 Phil Watson of the Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW, has been analysing data from various tide gauges around the world for trends in mean sea level (MSL). He is continuing to publish his results in the Journal of...