by kapow | Jan 31, 2017 | Latest News, Sediments
Tales of Sydney Beaches – Sand in the City Surfing at North Avalon, Sydney. (Photo by Pat Hudson) A new offering of short video stories from a range of Sydney “beachniks’ developed as part of the Museum of Sydney summer exhibition “Sand in the City“. The videos...
by kapow | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Sediments
ANCIENT SHORELINES My fascination for the coast has always been a combination of an interest in present-day process and forms with the events and products of the past. This is seen as a mixture of coastal morphodynamics and coastal morphostratigraphy. Using the...
by kapow | Jun 18, 2016 | Blog, Sediments
BEACH-DUNE MONITORING I have had the pleasure of being associated with three coastal geomorphologists who have had a passion for monitoring profile change on Australian beaches. The first was Ian Eliot. He helped me establish 4 profile lines at the central part of the...
by kapow | May 25, 2016 | Blog, Sediments
OFFSHORE SAND SOURCES Stockton Beach Sand Dunes, (pc: Australian Traveller) In 2009, Angus Gordon wrote a very important paper that appeared in the proceedings of the Coast and Ports Conference, Engineers Australia, Wellington NZ. The title was “The potential for...
by kapow | Mar 18, 2016 | Blog, Sediments
Rock movement on rock platforms Photo of rocks on Bawley Point that had been moved by waves during the June storm, 2016. Photo taken by Roger McLean. The June storms of 2016 have given rise to considerable commentary on beach erosion, and subsequent sand recovery....
by kapow | Jan 10, 2016 | Blog, Sediments
KURNELL DUNES The Kurnell Dunes. (photo source: Teda Inc.) In my first year of high school my Maths teacher decided to take a group of us on an excursion to Kurnell. We travelled by tram (yes, tram) from Bondi to the city, then train to Cronulla before commencing to...