BRING BACK The Gap and The Big Sand, "Where the waters once met" | Environmental conservation organisation
BRING BACK The Gap and The Big Sand, "Where the waters once met"
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23.01.2022 Brooms Head Yaegl Country ABORIGINAL LAND The Tree of Life is right here. Created naturally after a few stormy days here in the Clarence Valley. The Water is... soaked by Tea Tree Oils hence the brown colour and the extra water flowing out of the lake has created this stunning natural master piece :@derry_moroney_photography #clarencevalley #newsouthwales #loveNSW #seeaustralia #exploreyourbackyard #holidayherethisyear
23.01.2022 Margot Hislop from Dune Care calls herself a scientist
20.01.2022 Tuggerah Lakes are a barrier or wave-dominated estuary consisting of three interconnected shallow lagoons impounded by a coastal sand barrier. Sea level rose by about 120 m during the late Pleistocene to about present sea level at about 79007700 cal BP. Sea level continued to rise to +1.5 m by 7400 cal BP and persisted until about 2000 cal BP (50 AD) when it regressed to the present level. Throughout most of the early and mid-Holocene, Tuggerah Lakes had two entrances, one i...n Tuggerah Lake at The Entrance and another in Budgewoi Lake near Budgewoi. Sand completely blocked the entrance near Budgewoi and the remaining channel at The Entrance became ensconced on bedrock. Nevertheless, sandy flood-tidal deltas developed at both entrances, although currently inactive. Where rivers debouche into the lagoons, silt jetties or fluvial deltas have formed. Deep channels have been dredged through river-mouth bars, altering natural sedimentation patterns and the distribution of seagrasses. The geoheritage value of flood-tidal deltas and silt jetties needs to be determined for NSW estuaries so that the most significant can be protected appropriately See more
18.01.2022 Todays low and high tides on Budgewoi Lake
06.01.2022 He gave it so much tender loving care that Tod the fox refused to leave
05.01.2022 In case you may be unaware - this is NOT a giant mosquito. This is a Crane fly - If you see a lot of these guys around, there is a reason. We are having a popul...ation explosion due to all the rain we had this year. They eat mosquito larva and do no harm. They are not gigantic mosquitoes that have come to suck the soul out of you. Let them be. See more
04.01.2022 Wow! here we go again with another ash dam being fined a minuscule amount for failing to comply to its EPA license. Liddell, Eraring, Vales Point and the decomm...issioned Lake Munmorah power stations have a history of not complying to the regulations to operate. Violations found in EPA Compliance Audit Programs: Coal-ash Dams, such as water levels not being managed, secondary containment's not in place, all plant and equipment not being maintained in a proper and efficient condition, required information not being reported, all required sampling records were not being kept, approved methods for analysing water samples were not being used and the list goes on. When are the power station operators going to take ownership of the historical environmental and human health vandalism they have systematically either covered up or had the authority's simple slap minuscule fines that effectively disappear and do nothing for the regional community? I'm still waiting for the final EPA report on the illegal dumping by the contractor of asbestos at Vales Point ash dam and further investigations are currently being carried out on the burying of asbestos in clay pits at Eraring ash dam. Placing 650 mm of clean fill on top of the ash does not replace any form of complete remediation of thousands of tonnes of toxic stored coal-ash in unlined dams, in the eyes of the community's perspective. See more
02.01.2022 Dunecare wont talk about science although they claim to be scientist
02.01.2022 Back on the water in Tuggerah Lakes today with a very keen group of boys studying marine science at Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College's "The Entrance Campus" 'Ge...t ready for mud' was my call and the team quickly changed into wetsuits for the journey from the long jetty boat ramp to Magenta. Sachi See-Tonkins, Central Coast Council's Estuary Project Officer, joined the team today providing valuable educational info to the students. Our first task was to monitor the foreshore litter South of Picnic Point boat ramp and park. Small items are present all along the 400 metres of foreshore with three very full bags collected. This foreshore has consistent litter through to Long Jetty and is easily managed utilising a "land based" team, due to the shallow water. A good task for a primary school group. Moving past Pelican Island litter is visible and will be collected during next weeks "Take 3" clean up. The foreshores at North Entrance, past the caravan park towards Magenta had consistent large amounts of small and larger litter items present and collected in the 200 metres of foreshore cleaned. The task was difficult with the shallow water and 'rotting" sea grass presenting obstacles for the students in order to get to and from the foreshore. The smell was also very bad. Plenty of plastic bottles (510) above the tidal mark, possibly deposited from the floods in February. Soft plastics (505) and hard plastic (405) plus polystyrene (265) dominated the 30 full bags collected. Larger items included outdoor chairs, plastic drums and buckets seven car tyres, crab nets, plastic piping, toys and of course a toilet seat. This foreshore was last cleaned in 2016 and todays litter sightings suggest much more work is required on the 3 kilometres section through to Canton Beach. Great effort by the boys, and Max, the supervising teacher plus the efforts of Sachi in providing valuable educational info to the team. Stats were completed by the team, with lunch provided at the "Rocket Cafe". All litter was deposited at the Woy Woy Landfill with the tyres returned for cleaning prior to recycling. See more
