by kapow | Sep 6, 2015 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Neogene and Coasts How Australia dried out and how our beaches were formed (photo source: australasianscience.com.au) I have been reading this week some literature on the Neogene Period and coastal morphology. Why you may ask? Well for many years this geological...
by kapow | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy, Miscellaneous
COASTAL URBAN DESIGN Recreational parks along beaches are a great way to open public access while maintain development set backs. Five principles for coastal settlement structure were used to describe elements of the public domain and the built form that reinforces...
by kapow | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION Last week I attended three events that I found of interest to my work on coastal policy and science. The first was a workshop on East Coast Lows (ECLs) coordinated by the Office of Environment of Heritage in NSW. This brought together a range...
by kapow | Apr 28, 2015 | Authored Elsewhere, Latest News, Miscellaneous
Coasts and the military 6th Battalion soldiers leaving the transport ship, 25 April 1915 (photo source: flickr.com) On this the day after ANZAC Day, I reflect on various ways I have been influenced by the military. My father served in the First AIF, 4th Division, in...
by kapow | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog, Legal, Miscellaneous
BATTLES FOR THE GREAT BARRIER REEF The Great Barrier Reef (photo source: cairns-greatbarrierreef.org.au) Many have written about the fate of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) past and present. A consensus is emerging of a bleak future, a future fraught with impacts of...
by kapow | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Miscellaneous
My Happy Beach is Bondi Bondi from the north end looking down the beach back toward the Bondi Hotel. Photo circa 1924 My father was a Manly boy, but mother came from Bondi. Fortunately for me they made a wise choice and moved to the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. This...