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Coastal instability drone surveys – Sydney Northern Beaches
Coastal instability drone surveys - Sydney Northern Beaches Drone Survey 1 - Narrabeen Beach to Bungan Head (July 2021) Drone Survey 2 (see notes below) - Bungan Head to Newport Beach (July 2021) Drone Survey 3 (see notes below) - North Newport Beach to Avalon (July...
COASTAL NEWS – AUGUST 2021
Over the past week or so, I have encountered five items of news related to coastal management that I would like to share with you. They are diverse in place and substance. It comes at a time when so many of us are concerned about the future of coastal environments and...
Reflections on past coastal recommendations by the Australian Government
Freycinet National Park, Tasmania In February 2010, the Australian Government through the then Dept. of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE), hosted a National Climate Change Forum in Adelaide. The topic of this meeting was “Developing a national coastal...
LARGS: A GEOHERITAGE SITE?
Last Intergalcial site stands out as a terrace abutting a bedrock ridge Just 8km north of Maitland in the NSW Hunter Valley lies the small village of Largs. It is adjacent to the growing urban precinct of Bolwarra Heights, but its rural character remains intact with...
PROPERTY RIGHTS: WHAT CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN A CIVIL SOCIETY?
Property rights and boundaries In recent weeks I have been reading a book that highlights the evils of excessive use of the powers of property ownership while also ploughing through a trove of papers that defined a man’s commitment to securing those rights. The book...
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH—PERSONAL SADNESS
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH—PERSONAL SADNESS I have benefited from a vocation that has offered opportunities to indulge in research. It has been such a privilege. The excitement of being able to go into the field, to observe, to test ideas of others and develop one’s own...
SEAHORSE MONITORING BY WOOLLAHRA COUNCIL, NSW
SEAHORSE MONITORING BY WOOLLAHRA COUNCIL, NSW Sydney Harbour is one of those estuaries along the NSW coast blessed with the occurrence of seahorses. One in particular is Hippocampus whitei Bleeker 1855. It was named after John White, the Surgeon General of the First...
US Climate Indicators
King Tide Last week two articles appeared in the New York Times that revealed “times are a changing”. During the Trump years, federal agencies responsible for collecting and disseminating information on environmental and other indicators that show shifts from previous...
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MARINE AND COAST INITIATIVES 2021
On 23rd April, the Prime Minister announced that the Australian Government “will make an additional $100 million investment to continue leading the world and our region in how we manage our ocean habitats and coastal environments and contribute to the global task of...
COAST TO COAST CONFERENCE 2021
2021 Coast to Coast Conference - 26-29 July in Cairns The 2021 Coast to Coast Conference will be held at the Pullman Cairns International, 26 – 29 July. More information at the Conference Website Sunday, April 25, 2021...
Travelling west of the sandstone curtain – to Orange (NSW) and back
Bruce Thom atop Mount Canobolas on a mild afternoon Going west of the sandstone curtain is a rare event for me. The central west of NSW has long been an area outside my geographic range. So a recent visit with family and friends excited those old instincts...
Big surf at Port Fairy (Victoria) – April 2021
Differential wave setup over access road/breakwater/causeway to Griffiths Island May 2009 (James Phillips) A recent storm event at Port Fairy in Victoria saw large waves drive boulders from the shore and across coastal roads. While locals and tourists inspected the...