by kapow | Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, Contributor
VALE: Paul Bishop When I joined the Department of Geography at Sydney University in 1985, it was a pleasure to meet Paul Bishop who had just completed his PhD at Macquarie University. He had an adjoining office with another tutor, Peter Cowell, and it was obvious that...
by kapow | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog, Contributor
COASTAL FAMILY—THE ELIOTS Damara Infographic – Sediment Transport Fifty years ago I was introduced to a young family in Canberra—the Eliots. Father Ian had commenced his PhD research supervised by John Chappell at the ANU. At the time I was a new Research...
by kapow | Jan 30, 2021 | Blog, Contributor
From time to time I return to the writing and work of Australians who have inspired me. One such person is the highly acclaimed poet, Judith Wright (1915-2000). Born into a privileged pastoral family of the New England region, she soon distanced herself from the...
by kapow | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog, Contributor
TWO JIMS—BOWLER AND COLEMAN One of the pleasures of a professional life is to work with colleagues who contribute so much to Quaternary geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology. Two such colleagues are James Maurice Bowler and James Malcolm Coleman. Both have...
by kapow | Feb 17, 2020 | Blog, Contributor, Miscellaneous
Brian Caton ‘a coastal legend’- RIP 9 February 2020 A number of ACS members in Adelaide recently attended a wake for Brian Caton. Our condolences to Angela and his family. Brian’s wake had many ‘coastal’ people, representing a mark of respect and appreciation for...
by kapow | Sep 10, 2019 | Blog, Contributor
Vale Jack Davies at age 97 – leader, teacher and mentor Beach ridge plain at Seven Mile Beach, Tasmania (Source Dr Tom Oliver) In 2016, Tom Oliver, Colin Woodroffe and I visited Jack at his home in Beecroft (Sydney) to present to him our just published paper in...