collaroy sea wall protest

You would never be allowed to build an incorrectly designed bridge, so why do these people get away with doing that at our beaches ? https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/01/28/world/28israel6/28israel6-sup https://files.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/g Basque Wavegarden Project Has Far-Reaching Implications, Watch: Ryan Callinan // Beneath A Pear Tree, Kala Grace In Dramatic Rescue While Competing In Backdoor Shootout, 'Corners Of The Earth: Kamchatka' Tour Dates, Watch: Cronulla's Jarvis Earle Wins World Junior Title. oh yeah and someone call security. You'd think that would then open it up for more legal action (aka why did ABC get first dibs and XYZ missed out?). Pretty incredible and frightening stuff. This is a massive issue around the world from which there are countless learnings. Im worried they will put one of these in at a beachie around here as the carpark and rd are imminent to be taken by the ocean and Im sure that will dramatically change the profile of that beach. In a story on Northern Beaches Review, Bob Orth, who lives in one of the houses behind the seawall, said the seawall should inspire others to do likewise. I think they saw an opportunity to get landowners to pay for something that they would very likely have to do at some point anyway. Picture: Nearmap A subsequent image of Collaroy Beach from June 8, 2016. Planning Minister Rob Stokes told the Telegraph there was a recent plan to build a sea wall in Collaroy at the scene of the devastation but the owners would not agree on making a contribution, so it never happened. I wonder whats worse this concrete monstrsity or the digital identity certifcate which is about to be become a reality unless you put some energy into being another voice presenting a social inclusivity rather than If there is an identity card, then people in authority will want to put it to use.What is at stake is nothing less than the nature of our society and the power and authority of the state over the individual. It has to be worth a look. It's important to also recognise, the wall is entirely on private land. Should this critical lens be applied to other topics such as the Coolum wavepool? Wherever there's a seawall the sand/beach washes away and makes it virtually impossible to enter or exit the water, not to mention the impact on the birdlife, fish and crustaceans that depend on the seasonal sand flow that comes with a healthy beach. So there is probably another DA somewhere. I do know the metro area was excluded from the NSW Coastal Policy for a long time because it was seen as too difficult, and that the CLPS was focussed on environmental values. Surely a planned retreat is the only way forward. Collaroy Sea Wall Client: Citilink Piling With such close proximity to the ocean, our client tasked us with producing an alternative to the commonly used polystyrene forms. Taxpayers pay millions of dollars on a asset that will require '000s thousands if not millions of dollars in annual maintenance to protect the value of a tiny handful of multi-million dollar properties owned by multi-millionaires who thought nothing of buying a property directly on a beach for a solution that only kicks the can down or up the coastline for some one one else to deal with. I'm invested now, and want to know the latest. People need to be absolutely on top of the approval process in their local area if they want to have a hope of preventing these structures. The seven metres protruding above sea level is vertical, even going beyond vertical for the final metre to prevent wave overtopping. A band of knowledgable people have gotten together and are in discussions about it and coming up with arguments and alternatives against it. The co-founder of Ksubiis to launch a '70s surf-inspired hotel on New South Wales' Mid North Coast. 'This Pristine Beach Is One of Japans Last. Any example around the world that have worked with out wrecking a beach but holding back erosion in built up areas ? https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/01/28/world/28israel6/28israel6-sup Sea-change hostage negotiations at Hellhole of the Pacific We had made a big mistake that would become bigger. At the opening, Mayor Michael Regan spoke fondly of Toms achievements crediting him with adding swathes of precious coastal habitat for protection for future generations. The Mayor also unveiled a plaque that mentioned the line in the sand protest. You said "They get paid to do what they are told to do" Were they told told to design a system that would not work for the purpose and only exacerbate the problem? South Narrabeen beach is now useless to anyone. These walls stick straight up into the air like a fence made of steel or concrete. Has been for a while. Multiple reports have previously shown a better cost effective way to protect public infrastructure on that stretch. and the sick irony of the beach access sign detailing the seawall works with all "enquires to be made Thats tens of thousands of homes). and I live 8 hours away. Yep totally agree. The seawall is probably built over them. Whether concrete castles or sand castles, buildings that close to a sand shoreline must be living on borrowed time. I posted links to the relevant council pages in the previous story. Is Carties a perfect candidate for a coastal engineering and resculpting project that kills two birds with one stone: that fixes the harbour entrance shoaling problem and turns Carties into an actual quality wave? Rad demo john interesting as Craig said to see the changes in shock waves returning seaward. You can go to court to complain about the price, but you cant object to the acquisition. The Collaroy Beach coastline on May 6, 2016 before major storms swept the shoreline. Yep pretty significant increase in the height. My view is if it cannot be protected by environmentally sound methods then that is the owner's problem. Might be time to lawyer up. The primary mechanism for coastal land acquisition in NSW has been the Coastal Lands Protection Scheme, but it wasn't designed for climate/erosion buy-backs. If you don't know know shit about the processes of the ocean and coastal erosion then please put your hand up and say so. Luckily these sections of the Roads are at the far inside of pointbreaks so the wave energy is mostly weak, with little rebound affect. Stop wasting money and do something that will achieve the intended goals. The owners of those properties must have the most amazing collection of dirt on the political class. What they could all agree upon is that council has lost the trust of all whove opposed the seawall over the decades. heres a rad idea for you,dig canal from coast to central Australia which is considerably below sea level and flood the interior.could also be done in death valley USA.now that could be a wave pool!! Great stuff. A quick trip Todos Santos way during a belting nor'west swell. There are some fed govt areas that listen to this thinking. An "Engineer/s" designed this monstrosity and other "Engineers" approved it. As far as I know their job was to asses the designs given to them by the Coastal engineers, not to actually create any designs. Proven time and time and time again that sea walls do not work- period. The reason is the appearance of a concrete seawall along a stretch of beach between Wetherill Street and Stuart Street, which both run off busy Pittwater Road. https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/peter-horton-coastal-engineer. Would suck if you got amalgamated into Northern Beaches council then had to pay tax for this. No more excuses for your terrible workmanship anymore. Yep. Collaroy sea wall. The council will be the lone 'interest'. Some interesting papers about building seawalls and the effect it has on risk perception in the post Tsunami context in Japan: Littlejohn (2020) "Dividing worlds tsunamis, seawalls, and ontological politics in Northeast Japan" For example, during sunny conditions in Collaroy beach, constructive waves transport eroded sediments from cliffs and headlands to build up the beach. Kimura (2016) "When a seawall is visible: Infrastructure and obstruction in post-tsunami reconstruction in Japan" In 2002, about 3000 people took to the beach to protest a planned sea wall, concerned it could destroy the beach. Not every beachfront owner is a cashed up prick, some have been there 50 years when climate change etc wasnt on the radar. This can easily be achieved by creating offshore reefs that reduce the energy to a level the beach can cope with. Environmental vandalism or gross negligence? Isolated, desk top engineering at its finest. An increase in storm activity - particularly from the east and north-east, as has been proposed by Associate Professor Ian Goodwin - and the looming threat of sea level rise are X-factors for East Coast beachfront development. It's an interesting point whether you just blame the owners for buying a house in such a risky area and hoping taxpayers will bail them out, versus the fact that the council must have approved people building houses there in the first place (although possibly a very long time ago), "Professor Short said the council bought properties along the beachfront and turned them into parklands in the 1970s and attempted to put a moratorium on redevelopment in the 1980s, but lost its case in court.". walkways to viewing platforms & beaches, selective weed management, planting, education, etc), Give nature a chance, it will rebound & stabilise dunes or else find a new equilibrium.< inland. Much bigger. They are the real villains, as regardless of what anyone says or does, these idiots can allow or disallow engineering developments so the buck stops there! It's like companies using buybacks in a crisis. check out the beach erosion in Apollo bay as well which is why the video is so interesting. Angus Gordon, an engineer with fifty years experience in coastal engineering, assumed the same. Sure, but wowee regarding that huge backwash and wave entering back into the surf zone. There are many software suits now that can handle very complex near-shore modeling, including sediment transport from wave and current action. Lawsuit waiting to happen when a swimmer/surfer gets nailed by a rogue piece of concrete either down the 'Roy or up towards Northy. If Surfrider and others haven't done it already, my view is that Swellnet, as a legitimate media organisation with a substantial subscriber and stakeholder base, could very reasonably write to both the NSW Coastal Council and Sydney Coastal Councils Group seeking advice about the adaptation options and why buy-back was not considered suitable for the site. The only place for a residence next to Narrabeen Beach was up on the headland. Great article highlighting the competing interests of the natural environment and local councils (which are too easily manipulated by wealthy stakeholders). That is why this option was selected for Palm Beach Qld, and I think should be considered for all the other coastal erosion hotspots along the NSW coast as well. My working assumption is that they have behaved unethically on this matter. Painful to see such a blunt object of a solution. Yes it is. The best thing about it is that you can output actual 3d animations of the simulation so that EVERYONE can understand the results. Good point, Lilas, but I think the issues around hard structures and beach environments have been established for so long and are so well known in the coastal management field that it's taken as read. And in the approval documents was there a long-run cost benefit analysis evaluating the 2 treatment options of wall versus buy back and restoration. Jeez. Can't see sand staying around with all that crazy activity. https://files.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/collaroy-na https://nationalprecast.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Collaroy-Beach https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-nsw-sydney-collaroy-surfer-pul https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/september-2021/Living-Seawalls-in-g https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/tarzans-stormy-st-clair-skinny-dip. Apparently there was a buy back scheme that faltered in the early 1980's when the department of public works ran out of money. That's the only thing stopping all the sand at the base of the wall getting washed away. A weather-beaten cement plaque with the year 1952 is still visible along a section of the seawall. And as I said in my first comment that is because of the road. Just take the hit cost wise now and return the area to something close to its previous natural state. https://www.sydneycoastalcouncils.com.au/sites/default/files/JRCorkill_A(2)_Prop_L_Rev_67-84.pdf, yes, Blindboy, I am guessing they had absolutely no input on the final [or initial] design what-so-ever as they were only used as a consulting service by the Coastal engineers. Seawalls form a defining line between sea and land. Sorry Peter but we can't just take you on your word for it. when roads and buildings are about to fall into the sea. The council now will not release the relevant documents without a formal application and even then would no doubt find reasons to withhold the significant parts. Same old issues, with a more educated market. Caveat emptor..buyer beware. A shame too, as it would probably be a good strategy. [Just like in Hawaii] Tetrapods work but don't protect the adjacent beach very well unless there are multiple groynes. There have been high profile storms on the NSW East Coast since the mid-70s. The thing is- in those pics, behind the walls, there's really not much to protect. Sure if youve bought the last 5 years ignorance cant be an excuse, but theres nothing wrong with wanting to live on the beach. I just can't see HOW these monstrosities ever get approved, purely on an engineering level. It might be cold comfort to the home owners, but there's always a certain risk to be taken, anywhere you might choose to live. Would be interesting to know the depth as it goes out to sea as well as that gives options for offshore reefs to dissipate the wave energy, therefor preventing erosion. Big walls like this one are getting smashed and although for the most part they are still there, everything behind them is going. It would be fascinating to see the NSW Cabinet documents which advocated for this approach. Apologies for misreading you. btw- that one is a tiddler compared to what they have here. Sea level rise equation is based on the Bruun Rule to ascertain erosion in open coastal areas like Collaroy. Yeah nah. My 2c on the buy back scheme - NB Council won't have 50+ million sitting around to buy them all back at once (and NSW Gov wouldn't be in a hurry to give them the rest) so they'd have to do it say a couple per year, but at the same time, that leaves the others who can't be bought back vulnerable and at risk of further destruction if another mega storm decides to show up, which in the current climate you'd have to think is pretty likely. Shows what not to do, i mean it'd have some value in an inlet or lake subject to openings to the ocean in storm surge/high tides. collaroy vs long reef, have always had signifcant erosion issues. Wetsuits may never be the same again. For the most part I understand buybacks but, how will they appraise the value of these properties? This is where I live. If they are falling into the ocean or they require extensive works or continual maintenance, then what is the market value? No-one wants to see visible structures built along the beachfront. Well, it (and a lot of us) could possibly be in for a real test within 3-5 years with the Thwaites Glacier (Doomsday Glacier) suggested to be at risk of sliding into the sea and potentially raising sea levels by 65cm. The above video might be of interest to help understand the design of the wall. An awkward situation, but only for one of the parties, as the Woz suspends the current Longboard World Champ. consultant reports and community consultation no doubt funded by state money. Avoiding these types of impacts has been part of state coastal management policy around the country for the past 30 years. Operates out of the same premises. A concrete seawall designed to stop coastal erosion is being built from Collaroy to South Narrabeen on Sydney's northern beaches. More to come once the other residents agree to pay their contribution. San Sebastian surfers are fighting a wavepool in their hometown, which is also the hometown of Wavegarden's founder. The fact that an engineer/s designed this crazy-ass wall is the concern I raised. As a result, dried out sediments are carried by the wind towards the land. A quick trip Todos Santos way during a belting nor'west swell. The software built for Kelly's wave pool was also a big leap forward to modeling actual breaking waves and I really hope they share that knowledge with the rest of the scientific community to help forward our understanding. Thanks, Lilas, I agree with there being challenges inherent in generalising, but I'm going to resist the temptation to take our shared pedantry down the rabbit hole this time! This is very different to Collaroy. I am pretty sure the link was correct when I posted it. It's a travesty in so many ways and a very poor precedent for other parts of the coast which will be deemed vulnerable to sea level rise. If that was the only report they did then it would be good to know on what scientific advice, if any, they changed the plan. !.Basic, crude, primitive, a fcukn disgrace and no regard for the beauty of the areajust shit!.Year 7 school project standard. It's propped up by the NSW and local governments way beyond the importance or value of that stretch of private land. The activism of Tom Kirsop is legendary and in December 2019 Northern Beaches Council honoured him with a park at Narrabeen called Surfrider Gardens. Great article.. https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/coastal-properties-at-highest-clima @Craig Super difficult problem, maybe councils could buy beachfronts then lease back the properties. You may not realise that there have been large volumes . Ocean Pools > Skate Bowls > Wave Pools > "Boomer'z Backwash Booger Bowl", Crew requested the Turning Japanese Tool Box, History of Collaroy Erosion / Wave Pools / Tow Surfers. On the release of his latest edit, R-Cal chats to Swellnet about love and other acrobatics. In the early 2000s, Warringah Council (as it was then known, its since been amalgamated with Manly and Pittwater) spent $6 million dollars buying three properties. You don't have to look around the world because the Gold Coast has implemented the only effective "non- ugly as fuck" option at Palm Beach Qld. The area has been slowly receding due to storm damage - theres evidence of erosion dating back to the 1920s - while at the same timebeing intensely researched by coastal geographers. In one of the pics you see plant equipnent tearing up the beach in preparation for constructing a wall. What a pity as the potential for offshore reefs around there is really good. This is associated with above-average wave heights related to Tropical Cyclone Seth and also elevated ocean water levels associated with very high tides, Mr Horton said. A sneaky second application, for the vertical wall was seen by very few. It looks like Chernobyl. https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/Coastal-and-marin "The scheme operates along the entire NSW coastal zone except for the Greater Sydney metropolitan area, identified as between Broken Bay (Central Coast) and the Minnamurra River (south of Shellharbour).". Indeed. The 18-year-old scored a near-perfect 9.50 in the Final, held at Seaside Reef in Encinitas, California. If you look further to the north you can see an old, crumbling seawall (due for replacement- fucking industry perpetuates itself) and you can see the water breaks right on it, there's no sand. As you know we have the Great Ocean Road down here , which was a huge Tourist attraction ( before Covid.) Go figure! They have just invested in an asset that requires 60 years of maintenance. Over the coming fortnight there's a couple more swell forecast from the east-northeast and that'll really put the structures to the test. However, theres an irony that could've beenliftedstraight out of a script for Utopia. However, Craig, when you say "Comparing the swell to those of last year it wasn't of any major significance but it shows the futile efforts trying to protect property with a hard structure." But several of those areas experiencing recession are linked to important infrastructure that the authorities want to protect - depending on were you are, the GOR also houses telecoms, sewerage and other infrastructure. https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/september-2021/Living-Seawalls-in-g 5 min [P] Call of the Wild skinny dip at yer local Sea-Walljust doing wot comes natural! Adjacent a second wall constructed just to the north, the half finished revetment was torn to rubble with dangerous rebar, boulders and cement being washed into the surf zone. the hardest decisions should be the easiest. They have just completed digging out a new path for the river to follow with excavators and every day Id watch the next morning after high tide their progress would seem effortless and the river would tend to follow the old direction. Beaches like Bondi still had sand dunes and likely better banks all around. They were concerned the sand directly in front of the seawall would be washed away, eroding their beach, and, on Tuesday, that's exactly what happened. Those first couple of staircases looked fucked. That this kind of construction was approved with the obvious impacts on the public domain (the beach) simply beggars belief, and the real focus should be on the process to consider the design options and then issue the approval. They also recently dug the mother of all holes in the sand and put huge foundations down ( well over a years work) for what I thought was further erosion work but turn out to be a access ramp for beach who cant step down onto the beach. Bullshit. The local community group has been protesting against a seawall for almost 30 years. In Japan, their solution is to just go bigger and higher . If you look a bit to the north you can see the relatively intact beach with a decent amount of sand. Usually done by compulsory acquisition with the government working off existing market prices. @Craig - Seem us humans have been doing dumb shit for quite a while now. If no acquisition or buyback is made, then good luck to the owners trying to sell these properties. The fucking vandals bulldozed down one of the last remnants of coastal heath to get their heavy equipment in. The concern about the seawall stems from the dynamic nature of sand dunes and how introducing a hard structure onto the foredune interferes with the natural state of flux. This forms a foredune and a backdude. One thing about mankind. Surfers, sun bathers and swimmers. Absolutely spot on, Craig. For those who object to it, there is something hostile about Collaroy's multi-million-dollar sea wall. It never stood a chance. Building a vertical [with over-top] wall is about as insane a design as you can get, as stated and proven by all the intelligent people on this forum. Not to mention the many brutalist houses dotting its once beautiful headlands. Damaged houses and a collapsed swimming pool at Collaroy beach after waves of up to 8 metres hit the coast on June 6, 2016. What they fail to mention is the massive corruption that's involved in awarding these contracts and the fact that the construction companies themselves for the most part, are predominantly Yakuza. When the CBA or risk assessment work is done with good information about the things to be lost (eg the beach, public access, amenity, etc) it can shift the outcome of the analysis significantly, particularly the "do nothing" which is actually doing something. Only thing that would be better if they made a foot path on top of it so wheel chair bandits and a like get to use the cost line as well, "Or boarding a jumbo jet to go for a surf and buy the latest board all things responsible for the needing of the wall in the first place.". It certainly doesn't make it the best decision though. A quick Google informs me that they are part of the State government, either Planning or Public Works, which was news to me because its mainly staffed by UNSW academics and is associated with the uni as a research centre. Both!! Some relevant links from when I had a dig around before. Lake that has been going on for the last 20 years. That's a form of speculation I believe. Also, it's a not so secret secret, anyone who speaks out about this have been known to disappear. A "macabre" scene greeted surfers followinga mass kill of invertebrates. >> and the ocean will wash it all away again in the next big swell. Any chance of a dedicated ErosionCam, Swellnet? There are plenty of other spots along the coast vulnerable to rising seas and more intense storms but Collaroy is one of the most difficult to address. It is worth remembering that this council, as Warringah, council, was twice dismissed for corruption and incompetence. If so, I presume it may slow around the reef, but then continue north on a more normal migration speed. and who can afford to pay the rates and any rate increases due to sea wall construction costs, which will leave rate payers on low and middle incomes moving toward rather than away from poverty. Thanks lilas. Climate projections will have some Australian surfers rejoicing, and others not so. And please take a look at all the other ridicules things Coastal engineers are doing around this country so you can see the pattern of incompetence I am referring to. Though with 80 properties at risk, and coastal real estate prices at a premium, they gave up on that approach in 2007. We have trouble performing numerical analysis on complex near shore environments, so what we'll do is create a slab sided wave tank with perfectly geometrical structures and wave forms and see what "actually happens". I imagine the ocean will eventually claw away under and around and over the structure. Rise seems nearly double than the run. They may have a wall, but there will be no beach in front of it. Although ill be constantly monitoring the situation and around at cathedral the beach profile has certainly been getting steeper. I don't disagree with most of that. The people responsible for awarding the contracts get huge kickbacks. brutus Collaroy was not a typical situation. This would reduce the lateral movement of sand along this stretch of beach, reducing the natural erosion while creating some great banks. Good point, lilas, that explains the mystery of why aborigines didn't build their homes close to the ocean. Hourly Multiple Swells Wind Highlighting Model Units ft, mph. Its all about the squeaky wheel. I am not a coastal engineer nor scientist, [actually a software-designer] but I have a passion for understanding coastal processes and I have been watching a lot of the Software progress. Looking at that DA via Stu's link, it must have taken a considerable, possibly illegal, effort to keep that out of the hands of those community members with a long record of interest in the matter. Sorry to sound pedantic but we should clarify exactly what we mean by "Hard Structures" as it's too general a term. If you want to witness how to do irreparable damage to a coastline, look no further than Japan. Again this can only be taken as opinion without proper scientific references. "The community is not happy." Northern Beaches Council said there had been comprehensive community consultation about the council's coastal zone management plan for Collaroy Beach. They aint getting crushed. Alas this would have meant some loss / damage to private property. Fight the good fight mate. Section 2.4 Item 4 - classic stuff. Step 5: Construct the Seawall. >> Quite a worrying statement to begin with. To my way of thinking, and with a working understanding of government process, the real issue is the approval process. "I really like living here deep in the bush, close to nature. Edit: The estuary was in an area protected from the ocean and the cliffs only faced small wind chop and the tides. However, NSW has an intricate coastal management and development approval system and surely there's a paper trail for the various consents and approvals for this abomination which would be subject to FOI? 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