by kapow | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Ancestral rivers and terraces Ancient and modern meanders on the Goulburn River, Murray Darling River Basin, Australia (Image: Google Earth) Another week on the road and more fluvial geomorphology! Irene and I attended a delightful UNE function last week giving us the...
by kapow | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Murray Valley: a recent visit Last week I was invited to participate in a panel discussion at a meeting of the Murray Basin Association (MBA) in Renmark. The topic was the future of the barrages on Lake Alexandrina near the mouth of the Murray River. For some time I...
by kapow | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, Climate Change, Miscellaneous
Gippsland (Victoria) and relative sea level rise Way back in 1972, Don Wright, Jim Coleman and I wrote a short paper on “Emerged tidal flats in the Ord River Estuary, Western Australia” (Search, 3, 339-341). It is a pity that a journal like Search no longer exists to...
by kapow | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous, Water
Managing the unique wetlands of Gippsland Lakes From a personal perspective, I am very indebted to all those who have undertaken studies of the Gippsland Lakes. In particular, I must pay tribute to Eric Bird. In 1960, I was shown a copy of his just completed PhD...
by kapow | Jul 23, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous, Sediments
Coastal Sediment Management I recently received information about the Californian Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup. It involves a collaborative taskforce of state, federal (US Army Corps of Engineers) and local/regional entities, concerned about adverse impacts...
by kapow | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Honeycomb Weathering A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of escorting a group of Year 4 girls from St Catherine’s School, Waverley, on a field excursion to Bondi. There were 66 girls and 6 teachers along with Irene, my wife. Mackenzie Hansen, our granddaughter was in...