by kapow | Jun 18, 2015 | Blog, Sediments
Reflections on Coastal Aeolian Research Cronulla dunes with the city of Sydney in view. A recent issue of the journal Aeolian Research (2015, vol. 17) contained an article entitled Synthesis on Quaternary aeolian research in the unglaciated eastern United States. It...
by kapow | Jun 18, 2015 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Shore Platforms Icebergs and likes of swell on a weirdly warm day #bondi365 #beachperspectives — at Bondi Icebergs Club. (photo source: Tom Fitzgerald) Much has been written in the academic literature on the classification and origin of what are variously termed shore...
by kapow | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Storms
EAST COAST LOWS Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast after 1967 Way back in the early 70s I started to take an interest in East Coast Lows (ECLs). My curiosity was heightened by reading about the impact of the 1967 impact of a cluster of storms, both tropical cyclones and...
by kapow | Apr 26, 2015 | Blog, Water
ESTUARINE WATER LEVELS East Gippsland boasts highly significant waterways, with the Gippsland Lakes being the largest estuarine lagoon system in Australia (photo source: East Gippsland Shire Council) Recent investigations of risk confronting communities around the...
by kapow | Apr 23, 2015 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
Our response to the draft regional coastal plans in Victoria The Great Ocean Road (photo source: www.wcb.vic.gov.au) Our Victorian Chapter update: a submission has been provided to each of the three Regional Coastal Boards in response to their Draft Regional Plans....
by kapow | Apr 19, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
COASTAL MONITORING Australian Coastal Observation Network: Monitoring and Forecasting Coastal Erosion in a Changing Climate. Photo source: WRL, 2015. Coastal monitoring was raised in a discussion last week at the phone hook-up of the ACS Executive. Questions were...