by kapow | Jun 10, 2016 | Blog, Storms
COASTAL STORMS NSW Premier Mike Baird MP inspects the damage (pc: Tom Fitzgerald) Once again the east coast has experienced the impacts of an east coast low which swept down from south east Queensland last weekend along the NSW coast and then generated extensive...
by kapow | Jun 6, 2016 | Blog, Diverse Coasts, Miscellaneous
1960 Dune Tour of Port Stephens Back in 1960 I had the opportunity to undertake an honours project on the dunes and other coastal landforms of Port Stephens and Myall Lakes. It was not my first visit. In fact the reason I selected the area for study was a trip with my...
by kapow | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog, Coastal Conference
NSW Coastal Conference Call for Abstracts Close Friday 24th June 201625th Annual NSW Coastal Conference“Celebrating 25 years – surging forward” 9 – 11 November 2016, Novotel Pacific Bay Resort Coffs Harbour This year we reflect back on 25 years of innovation in...
by kapow | May 25, 2016 | Blog, Climate Change
CORAL DESPAIR Coral despair (pc: afr.com) Many of us watched the recent program on ABC TV hosted by David Attenborough on the Great Barrier Reef. A feeling of despair swept over me when I saw and heard once again eminent coral scientists such as Charlie Veron and Ove...
by kapow | May 25, 2016 | Blog, Sediments
OFFSHORE SAND SOURCES Stockton Beach Sand Dunes, (pc: Australian Traveller) In 2009, Angus Gordon wrote a very important paper that appeared in the proceedings of the Coast and Ports Conference, Engineers Australia, Wellington NZ. The title was “The potential for...
by kapow | May 25, 2016 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
Coast to Coast 2016 Abstracts Due The Call for Contributions closes next Friday 13 May 2016 for Australia’s national coastal management conference! There is less than two weeks left so submit your contribution idea as soon as possible! The Program Working Group are...