by kapow | Jan 15, 2016 | Blog, Climate Change
ENCROACHING TIDES OR VENICE EFFECT Some years ago after a visit to Venice, I wrote about the process of increased frequency of high tidal inundation as sea level rises. I called this the Venice Effect. Over the last 60 or so years the number of days per year when...
by kapow | Jan 10, 2016 | Blog, Sediments
KURNELL DUNES The Kurnell Dunes. (photo source: Teda Inc.) In my first year of high school my Maths teacher decided to take a group of us on an excursion to Kurnell. We travelled by tram (yes, tram) from Bondi to the city, then train to Cronulla before commencing to...
by kapow | Jan 8, 2016 | Blog, Contributor, Miscellaneous
David Ross Stoddart, the world’s coastal and reef geographer David Stoddart, (PC: THe Guardian) David Ross Stoddart died in Berkeley, California on 23 November, 2014. When I first went to Louisiana State University in 1962, I heard tales of “Red Beard” from my...
by kapow | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Government Policy, Miscellaneous
SALTWATER ECONOMY Surf, sun, sand and nbn will change how we work, live and play outside major cities. (Photo credit: Visit NSW). Sam Wills lives in Port Stephens and is a research fellow in economics at Oxford University. He works with a team based in Boston, New...
by kapow | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog, Coastal Conference
NSW Coastal Conference 2015 Forster was the venue for this year’s NSW coastal conference. This is the 24th NSW conference. It was attended by 252 participants, a number slightly larger than usual. I am always impressed by the number and diversity of folk who come to...
by kapow | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog, Contributor
MINISTER STOKES AND THE NSW COAST Surf, sun, sand and a sustainable coast is what we want for Christmas and the future Over the past few weeks I have been privileged to twice hear Rob Stokes, the NSW Minister for Planning, discuss the NSW coastal reforms. On the 13th...