by kapow | Jul 14, 2019 | Blog, Contributor
DOUGLAS W. JOHNSON 1919 AND BEYOND D W Johnson (Image Source: National Academy of Sciences, Vol 24, 1946) One of my prized possessions are books written by Douglas Wilson Johnson. Who is he? I regard him as one of the fathers of modern geomorphology, especially...
by kapow | Jul 2, 2019 | Blog, Miscellaneous
The Sandiford Line (Diagram Source: M.Sandiford, 2007, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 261, 152-163) Meanderings around the Australian coast excite one’s interests in so many weird and wonderful ways. Long ago I was fascinated by the writings of Reg Sprigg on the...
by kapow | Jun 22, 2019 | Blog, Sediments
A Curiosity of Cusps It is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For me a trip to the beach is enhanced when I see cusps. These delightful, rhythmic features are often so captivating in their geometric perfection that one cannot help pondering on the...
by kapow | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog, Government Policy
Federal Election 2019 and Coasts I am not sure how many Australians appreciated promises made about coastal issues during the recent federal election. Perhaps very few. This despite the fact that so much of our national well-being and livelihoods are dependent on...
by kapow | May 13, 2019 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Mangrove Generations It was a thrill last week to attend a meeting of four generations of folk interested in mangrove science. The gathering took place at University of Wollongong and involved my former PhD student, Professor Neil Saintilan, his former PhD student...
by kapow | May 5, 2019 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog, Contributor
John Sinclair of K’Gari (Fraser Island) 1939 – 2019 One of the great joys of life is having an association with someone who has truly made a difference. Such a person is John Sinclair AO. There are very few conservationists who have sacrificed so much...