by kapow | May 13, 2017 | Blog, Government Policy
Coastal Shacks I have just read a fascinating new book entitled SHACK LIFE: the survival story of three Royal National Park communities, by Ingeborg Van Teeseling (New South publishing 2017). It is supported by a section written by Geoff Ashley, a heritage consultant,...
by kapow | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog, International
Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville Each ANZAC Day I am reminded of links between military exploits and coastal geography. This year my attention was again drawn to the incredible exploits of the US Marines and their landings in the Pacific during WW2. Early in the war...
by kapow | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Legal
The Blue Mud Bay case – Aboriginal property rights in the Northern Territory Each year the Wentworth Group (WG) invites 8 to 10 PhD scholars from around Australia and a bunch of “young professionals” to Sydney to meet with its members and participate in discussions...
by kapow | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog, Sediments
Botany Bay Sands Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales Last week I again conducted my annual field trip for the Wentworth Group Master Class. I refer to this excursion as Cape to Cape from Cape Banks to Cape Solander. It encompasses the broad expanse of Botany Bay so...
by kapow | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Wave Energy Resource The renewable energy debate has been heating up once again. States and Commonwealth governments have been trading initiatives over recent months in how best to secure supply of electricity to various markets. These problems are said to get worse...
by kapow | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog, Storms
Clustering of Storms I read with interest the results of recent work by Ivan Haigh et al. on extreme sea level and storm surge events around the coast of the UK (Scientific Data, 2016, DOI:10.1038/sdata.2016.107). Robert Nichols from University of Southampton, in...