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LAKE SHORELINES: Lake George
LAKE SHORELINES: Lake George Lake George (photo source: The Silent Theory) I have just driven back from Canberra. This drive makes me wonder about the geology and geomorphology of Lake George. One really appreciates its majesty as you descend the scarp from the south...
VIC Coastal Awards
VIC Coastal Awards By ACS Communications Officer | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 |
Reflections on Coastal Aeolian Research
Reflections on Coastal Aeolian Research Cronulla dunes with the city of Sydney in view. A recent issue of the journal Aeolian Research (2015, vol. 17) contained an article entitled Synthesis on Quaternary aeolian research in the unglaciated eastern United States. It...
Shore Platforms
Shore Platforms Icebergs and likes of swell on a weirdly warm day #bondi365 #beachperspectives — at Bondi Icebergs Club. (photo source: Tom Fitzgerald) Much has been written in the academic literature on the classification and origin of what are variously termed shore...
EAST COAST LOWS
EAST COAST LOWS Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast after 1967 Way back in the early 70s I started to take an interest in East Coast Lows (ECLs). My curiosity was heightened by reading about the impact of the 1967 impact of a cluster of storms, both tropical cyclones and...
ACS VIC Chapter Meet & Greet
ACS VIC Chapter Meet & Greet Current and potential members are invited to attend the Victorian Chapter meet and greet. This is a great opportunity to meet coastal management experts, professionals and community representatives to discuss opportunities for...
Coasts and the military
Coasts and the military 6th Battalion soldiers leaving the transport ship, 25 April 1915 (photo source: flickr.com) On this the day after ANZAC Day, I reflect on various ways I have been influenced by the military. My father served in the First AIF, 4th Division, in...
ESTUARINE WATER LEVELS
ESTUARINE WATER LEVELS East Gippsland boasts highly significant waterways, with the Gippsland Lakes being the largest estuarine lagoon system in Australia (photo source: East Gippsland Shire Council) Recent investigations of risk confronting communities around the...
Our response to the draft regional coastal plans in Victoria
Our response to the draft regional coastal plans in Victoria The Great Ocean Road (photo source: www.wcb.vic.gov.au) Our Victorian Chapter update: a submission has been provided to each of the three Regional Coastal Boards in response to their Draft Regional Plans....
COASTAL MONITORING
COASTAL MONITORING Australian Coastal Observation Network: Monitoring and Forecasting Coastal Erosion in a Changing Climate. Photo source: WRL, 2015. Coastal monitoring was raised in a discussion last week at the phone hook-up of the ACS Executive. Questions were...
News from SA Chapter
News from SA Chapter High Tides of South Australia: Student Photography Competition The SA Chapter of ACS along with the Centre for Coastal Research and Green Cross Australia are running a student photography competition, “High Tides of South Australia”. Brave the...
EASTER READING: FISH AND THE SYSTEM
EASTER READING: FISH AND THE SYSTEM What did you read over Easter? I found myself absorbed in two books, one dealing with our endangered oceans, the other with why governments fail to deliver on their promises. And yes I found a connection! As a Christmas present, I...