by kapow | Jun 7, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Cliffs in the Narrabeen Group, Sydney Cliffs form a magnificent front door for Sydney. A previous blog discussed those cut into Hawkesbury Sandstone to the south of the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Here we describe those carved into an older set of Triassic age rocks,...
by kapow | May 21, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
PROGNOSIS FOR A CHOKING MOUTH: THE RIVER MURRAY Some of the world’s major rivers no longer flow to the ocean. They begin to die from the mouth upwards. Extraction of river water for irrigation has dramatically affected the Colorado in the USA, and the Yellow River in...
by kapow | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Diverse Coasts, Miscellaneous
DOVER HEIGHTS CLIFFS, SYDNEY Approaching Sydney from the east by sea or by air offers an experience rare for those entering a great city. Perhaps only San Francisco has comparable cliffs at its harbour gates. The majestic North and South Heads flank the entrance to...
by kapow | Apr 22, 2019 | Authored Elsewhere, Blog, Diverse Coasts
The Mighty Ord When I left the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) at Louisiana State University in 1967, I never thought I would work on another project with that group. It was a pleasant surprise to receive an invite in early 1971 to join Don Wright in a study of the...
by kapow | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Twofold Bay – A Great Coastal Laboratory Last week Irene and I had the pleasure of attending the 80th birthday celebration of Roger McLean. The venue was Edrom Lodge on the south side of Twofold Bay located on the New South Wales south coast. It was a family...
by kapow | Sep 19, 2017 | Blog, Diverse Coasts
Geomorphic evolution of Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Murray River entrance (Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority) Last week, Celine Steinfeld from the Wentworth Group and I had the pleasure of a field trip to the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth...