Coast to Coast Hobart 2018
Coast to Coast Hobart 2018 Another great C2C. This time in Hobart under the leadership of Chris …
Coastal Reforms in New South Wales – The Next Stage
Coastal Reforms in New South Wales – The Next Stage On Tuesday, 3 April, coastal reforms in …
Coastal Archaeology
Coastal Archaeology I am currently reading a fantastic new book by Billy Griffiths entitled Deep …
Barrier Islands – An American Obsession?
Barrier Islands – An American Obsession? Every now and then my attention is drawn to a paper …
Climate Change Adaptation in Australia – A Loss of Momentum
Climate Change Adaptation in Australia – A Loss of Momentum Over the past 10 years there have …
Bruce Thom Blog – SUMMERAMA
SUMMERAMA Each summer we are privileged in Sydney to have a community program termed Summerama. This …
King tides and extreme events
King tides and extreme events It was predicted that on 6 December last year and 2 January 2018 the …
Coastal Geomorphology 101
Coastal Geomorphology 101 Any course in coastal geomorphology today would be vastly different to …
Bruce Thom Blog – Speaking Truth to Power
Bruce Thom Blog – Speaking Truth to Power In the summer edition of The Monthly, in an article …
National Surfing Reserves
National Surfing Reserves On 2 December, 2017, there was a dedication ceremony to constitute Bondi …
Beachrock
Beachrock Way back in 1962, I collected a sample of calcareous sandstone on the beachface at …
Higher Tides
Higher Tides Recently the NSW media was, well, awash with news articles on the high tides being …
Keeping the Murray Mouth open
Keeping the Murray Mouth open The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists has just released a report …
Victorian Coastal Management in 2017
Victorian Coastal Management in 2017 I travelled to St Kilda last Wednesday evening and enjoyed the …
26th NSW Coastal Conference at Port Stephens
26th NSW Coastal Conference at Port Stephens After many years of trying, we were able to convince …
Ancestral rivers and terraces
Ancestral rivers and terraces Ancient and modern meanders on the Goulburn River, Murray Darling …
Murray Valley: a recent visit
Murray Valley: a recent visit Last week I was invited to participate in a panel discussion at a …
The National Construction Code and coastal planning
The National Construction Code and coastal planning Over many years ACS and other organisations have …
Geomorphic evolution of Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth
Geomorphic evolution of Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Murray River entrance (Source: Murray …
Queensland Coastal Conference 2017 – Ten years in the making
Queensland Coastal Conference 2017 – Ten years in the making A speech given by Peta Leahy at …
Hurricane Harvey and its implications
Hurricane Harvey and its implications I visited New Jersey a few months after super-storm Sandy and …
Gippsland (Victoria) and relative sea level rise
Gippsland (Victoria) and relative sea level rise Way back in 1972, Don Wright, Jim Coleman and I …
US Office of Naval Research and the Australian Coast
US Office of Naval Research and the Australian Coast It is an interesting question as to the extent …
Managing the unique wetlands of Gippsland Lakes
Managing the unique wetlands of Gippsland Lakes From a personal perspective, I am very indebted to …