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Biggest Funding Boost to Coastal Management since 1970s
Biggest Funding Boost to Coastal Management since 1970s NSW BUDGET: BIGGEST FUNDING BOOST TO COASTAL MANAGEMENT SINCE the 1970s The NSW Government announced an $83.6 million Budget funding commitment towards management of the NSW coastline, including funding for the...
FRASER ISLAND or KGARI
FRASER ISLAND or KGARI Fraser Island (pc: australia.com) It is now 41 years since I first set foot on Fraser Island also known as Kgari. The occasion was the Fraser Island Environmental Inquiry established by the then Prime Minister and Minister for Environment, Gough...
South Australian Recreation Fishing Review
South Australian Recreation Fishing Review Venus Bay, Eyre Peninsula (pc: South Australia Tourism) What’s happening in South Australia? First currently underway is a South Australian Recreation Fishing Review: Three key documents have been released about which the...
Cape to Cape: A Voyage Around Botany Bay
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...
Rock movement on rock platforms
Rock movement on rock platforms Photo of rocks on Bawley Point that had been moved by waves during the June storm, 2016. Photo taken by Roger McLean. The June storms of 2016 have given rise to considerable commentary on beach erosion, and subsequent sand recovery....
International Coastal Symposium 2016
International Coastal Symposium 2016 ISC 2016 was held in Sydney last week at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Coogee. I was privileged to present a keynote address on Coastal Management and to lead a local field trip. It was a great opportunity to meet old friends engaged in...
Surf, sand, sand and summer storms and heat waves. It’s been an interesting summer. ACS Q1 e-news
Surf, sand, sand and summer storms and heat waves. It’s been an interesting summer. ACS Q1 e-news News from the Chair, Geoff Wescott Well I hope you all had a great time at the beach over the summer period and had time to enjoy the results of the hard work you put in...
A Future of Fire
A Future of Fire The nature of fire changes the environment forever. In the South West of Australia, already in 2016 we have seen several large scale hot fires. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on the planet and in the South West we are experiencing an...
A Future of Fire
A Future of Fire The nature of fire change the environment forever. In the South West of Australia, already in 2016 we have seen several large scale hot fires. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on the planet and in the South West we are experiencing an...
Sponsor Coast to Coast 2016
Sponsor Coast to Coast 2016 Coast to Coast is Australia’s national coastal management conference, widely acknowledged as the premier event to inspire, unite and enhance communication between those involved in coastal, estuarine and marine planning, management and use....
NSW Coastal Reform – update
NSW Coastal Reform – update The ACS NSW Chapter recently made a submission into the NSW coastal reforms. Led by spokesman John Corkill OAM and with contributions from other State members, the submission highlights a number of positives and also a number of ideas and...
COASTAL CHARACTERS
COASTAL CHARACTERS Yaccaba Headlnad Walk, Myall Lakes National Park (pc: www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au) Do you have unforgettable characters from your past? I have many, but there are three I met as an undergraduate honours student in 1960 that I will never forget. I...