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...
by kapow | Apr 14, 2015 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog
EASTER READING: FISH AND THE SYSTEM What did you read over Easter? I found myself absorbed in two books, one dealing with our endangered oceans, the other with why governments fail to deliver on their promises. And yes I found a connection! As a Christmas present, I...
by kapow | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
NATURAL DISASTER REPORT OF THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION Brisbane floods, 2011 On 17 December, 2014, the Productivity Commission (PC) presented its must read, final report on Natural Disaster Funding Arrangements (Report No. 74) [Vol 1 & Vol 2] to the Australian...