by ACS.Admin | Dec 13, 2022 | Blog
Drainage Window Concept Every now and then a paper appears that catches the eye. I feel compelled to share my enthusiasm on one such paper. Over many years the Water Research Laboratory (WRL) of UNSW has been active in a range of estuary studies under the leadership...
by ACS.Admin | Nov 24, 2022 | Blog
Cootamundra Shoals Survey 1982 Occasionally one embarks on something that is adventurous, a little crazy, intellectually and physically satisfying, but incomplete. Here I am outlining an experience that should have been properly written up yet for a variety of reasons...
by ACS.Admin | Nov 10, 2022 | Blog
US Coastal Zone Management Act 1972: A Model for Australia? A week ago, I had the privilege of giving a plenary talk at the national climate change adaptation forum. I wish to thank Sarah Boulter for the kind invitation. It was a great occasion which brought together...
by ACS.Admin | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog
Great Barrier Reef—More or Less Gloom It is painful these days to write about the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). I do so with considerable hesitancy, but a few things recently have again highlighted how much its future means to all of us. It was pleasing to hear the...
by ACS.Admin | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog
Bondi Pavilion Reopened and Rejuvenated On 21 September I was kindly invited by the Mayor of Waverley Council, Paula Masselos, to the reopening event of the Bondi Pavilion (the ‘Pav’). It was a night to remember and a joy to behold to see this grand structure enter...
by ACS.Admin | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog
Coastal Journey Begins: September 1962 My fascination with coastal geomorphology commenced as an undergraduate at University of Sydney as part of the Honours program in Geography 1959-1960. The question was what to do next. I had read enough literature to excite me to...