by kapow | Aug 26, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Community Consultation In 2016, I wrote a series of ACS blogs on the paper by Robert Thompson on “Cultural models and shoreline social conflict” (Coastal Management, 2007, 35, 211-237). This is a most inspiring contribution to coastal management literature. I have...
by kapow | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous
OCCUPATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF In recent talks, I have expanded the usual acknowledgement to traditional owners, elders past and present, to include reference to all indigenous people who have occupied the Australian continent over the last 65,000...
by kapow | Mar 26, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Coastal Archaeology I am currently reading a fantastic new book by Billy Griffiths entitled Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia. It has been described by Tim Flannery as “the freshest, most important book about our past in years”, and by the historian...
by kapow | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous
SUMMERAMA Each summer we are privileged in Sydney to have a community program termed Summerama. This is coordinated by the Sydney Coastal Councils Group (SCCG) and involves programs run by ten councils from Northern Beaches to Sutherland and by the SCCG itself. The...
by kapow | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous
National Surfing Reserves On 2 December, 2017, there was a dedication ceremony to constitute Bondi as a National Surfing Reserve (NSR). As the headline in the Wentworth Courier stated: “It’s official: Bondi is iconic”. The article went on to say the ceremony will...
by kapow | Dec 9, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous, Water
Higher Tides Recently the NSW media was, well, awash with news articles on the high tides being experienced along the NSW coast. What caused the higher tides and how do they compare with historic tide levels? A couple of news articles from 6 December 2017 in...