by kapow | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Cape to Cape: A voyage around Botany Bay The organisers of the International Coastal Symposium, recently held in Sydney, kindly invited me to run a field excursion around the shores of Botany Bay. I have conducted this tour several times for students, but this is the...
by kapow | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog, Water
The “Venice Effect” Photographing king tides in New South Wales. Source: NSW Office Environment and Heritage, 2009. On my recent excursion to Port Stephens, I drove along Marsh Road between Salt Ash and Bobs Farm. This road runs parallel to Tilligerry Creek and is...
by kapow | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous, Sediments
Port Stephens Bioherms Map of Port Stephens showing the location of shell bioherms (green shading) forming shallow areas in the modern estuary. Source: NSW Geological Survey Report GS1974/093 Last week I was invited to give a talk at Salamander Bay on the geology and...
by kapow | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog, Contributor
Coast Ambassadors I recently returned from a trip to Adelaide in my capacity as a member of the Wentworth Group where I met members of a remarkable group. They refer to themselves as Healthy Rivers Ambassadors with the aim of “promoting a healthy, working...
by kapow | Feb 3, 2017 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
Coastal Graphics Graphic from Coast to Coast 2012 “Living on the Edge” Conference highlighting the issues, relationships and challenges of coastal planning and management. (Source: Graphic prepared by Michelle Walker from http://www.curiousmindsco.com.au/ ) I was...
by kapow | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Irukandji on the move Warning sign for marine stingers such as Irukandji jellyfish (Source: Queensland Dept. National Parks, Sports and Racing) I was first alerted to the potential southern migration of Irukandji jelly fish during hearings before the House of...