by kapow | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
BATTLES FOR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF The Great Barrier Reef (photo source: cairns-greatbarrierreef.org.au) Many have written about the fate of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) past and present. A consensus is emerging of a bleak future, a future fraught with impacts of...
by kapow | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Miscellaneous
My Happy Beach is Bondi Bondi from the north end looking down the beach back toward the Bondi Hotel. Photo circa 1924 My father was a Manly boy, but mother came from Bondi. Fortunately for me they made a wise choice and moved to the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. This...
by kapow | Mar 17, 2015 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Coastal Dune Weeds Photo source: South West Dune Care Weeds represent a major impost on our agricultural economy. Up until 1997 in NSW environmental weeds were not rated as significant enough to receive a formal listing. However, some strong lobbying by scientists in...
by kapow | Mar 17, 2015 | Blog, Water
COASTAL TRAPPED WAVES Bass Strait Coastal Trapped Waves model (source: ASR) I was alerted this week by on-the-ball Phil Watson, Principal Coastal Specialist, at NSW Government Office Environment and Heritage, to a “unusual tidal phenomenon”. Phil had spoken to Gary...
by kapow | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Life amongst mangroves Photo source: speakupforblue.com Last week I attended the Australian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network Conference in Wollongong. This was an excellent opportunity to meet those currently engaged in working with mangrove and saltmarsh communities....
by kapow | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
Resurrection of the Queensland Coastal Plan Cyclone Marcia approaching central QLD (source: bom.gov.au) As a tropical cyclone approaches the Queensland coast, I am reminded of the former Labor Government’s QUEENSLAND COASTAL PLAN. In March 2011, the then Deputy...