by kapow | Dec 22, 2021 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
DISCOVERING MORUYA 1971-2021 Moruya Beach (NSW) beach ridge plain digital elevation model derived from LiDAR (Source. Tom Oliver) Fifty years ago I had my first encounter with the Moruya River, the town, the airport, the old granite quarry, and the beach system to...
by kapow | Nov 12, 2021 | Diverse Coasts, Latest News
The plight of the Coorong The current state of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region is a very visible testament of mismanagement across the Murray Darling Basin and the same culprits are still involved today. Australia’s deplorable performance in the...
by kapow | Oct 25, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Port Stephens-Myall Lakes 1960 – Research Opportunities In 1960 as an honours student in Geography at University of Sydney, I was given an incredible gift. To be free to choose a topic and an area for thesis research, a choice in retrospect that guided my...
by kapow | Oct 14, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Port Stephens – Myall Lakes 1960 – the journey. Just 60 years ago I started my journey in coastal research. I had the good fortune of selecting the coastal strip between Newcastle in the south and Seal Rocks in the north as a study area for a fourth-year...
by kapow | Oct 7, 2020 | Diverse Coasts, Latest News
Environmental outcomes at 2070 for the Gippsland Lakes. Gippsland Environment Group’s vision is that by 2070 the Lakes system is once again healthy for all. By that time perhaps the past can meet the future. See full presentation HERE Gippsland Environment Group...
by kapow | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts, Miscellaneous
HAMELIN POOL (Shark Bay, Western Australia) —AN ESTUARY? In writing the blog on estuary health and management, I was prompted to think about the diversity of estuary types around the Australian coast. Many have written on this topic. I am reminded of the work done...