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Premium surf spot. Seriously?

haaaahahaha!!!

Stirling council could have used the diggers to dig a channel or two and try and help the banks out, that would be nice

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jbshack said..
Stirling council could have used the diggers to dig a channel or two and try and help the banks out, that would be nice

Recent location of whale carcass.
Whale oil from beach.
Murky water from digging channel.

Ummm ... you are the expert. What do you reckon ?

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jbshack said..
Stirling council could have used the diggers to dig a channel or two and try and help the banks out, that would be nice

If they piled the sand up in one area of the shoreline they could let the sand naturally form a bank, it wouldn't be that hard with a front end loader.

Wont happen....

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DARTH said...

jbshack said..
Stirling council could have used the diggers to dig a channel or two and try and help the banks out, that would be nice

If they piled the sand up in one area of the shoreline they could let the sand naturally form a bank, it wouldn't be that hard with a front end loader.

Wont happen....

I always thought maybe rio or bhp could do a community wavescape. You could bring trigg point back. Remove all the groynes from cott to hillaries to allow natural sand flow. Get some real heavy basalt/ granite rocks. Drive it out with a loader and make reefs. Get some haul packs and bring up fresh sand. Turn trigg through to scarbourough into a snapper/ super bank set up. Even during summer drive the front end loader with the bucket down to create swell. Like wavegarden. Or build a jetty out to the 3 mile build reefs and charge admittance. Preferably with a shark cage around your reefs. I'd even entertain a semi submerged floating surf zone. Deploy at sea with mesh at either end, semi submerged so swells go through the centre, like two giant catamaran hulls with a perfect bank( interchangeable) on the centre.

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Razzonater said..

DARTH said...

jbshack said..
Stirling council could have used the diggers to dig a channel or two and try and help the banks out, that would be nice

If they piled the sand up in one area of the shoreline they could let the sand naturally form a bank, it wouldn't be that hard with a front end loader.

Wont happen....

I always thought maybe rio or bhp could do a community wavescape. You could bring trigg point back. Remove all the groynes from cott to hillaries to allow natural sand flow. Get some real heavy basalt/ granite rocks. Drive it out with a loader and make reefs. Get some haul packs and bring up fresh sand. Turn trigg through to scarbourough into a snapper/ super bank set up. Even during summer drive the front end loader with the bucket down to create swell. Like wavegarden. Or build a jetty out to the 3 mile build reefs and charge admittance. Preferably with a shark cage around your reefs. I'd even entertain a semi submerged floating surf zone. Deploy at sea with mesh at either end, semi submerged so swells go through the centre, like two giant catamaran hulls with a perfect bank( interchangeable) on the centre.

I think your over reaching

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DARTH said...

jbshack said..
Stirling council could have used the diggers to dig a channel or two and try and help the banks out, that would be nice

If they piled the sand up in one area of the shoreline they could let the sand naturally form a bank, it wouldn't be that hard with a front end loader.

Wont happen....

I always thought maybe rio or bhp could do a community wavescape. You could bring trigg point back. Remove all the groynes from cott to hillaries to allow natural sand flow. Get some real heavy basalt/ granite rocks. Drive it out with a loader and make reefs. Get some haul packs and bring up fresh sand. Turn trigg through to scarbourough into a snapper/ super bank set up. Even during summer drive the front end loader with the bucket down to create swell. Like wavegarden. Or build a jetty out to the 3 mile build reefs and charge admittance. Preferably with a shark cage around your reefs. I'd even entertain a semi submerged floating surf zone. Deploy at sea with mesh at either end, semi submerged so swells go through the centre, like two giant catamaran hulls with a perfect bank( interchangeable) on the centre.

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jbshack said...

Razzonater said..

DARTH said...

jbshack said..
Stirling council could have used the diggers to dig a channel or two and try and help the banks out, that would be nice

If they piled the sand up in one area of the shoreline they could let the sand naturally form a bank, it wouldn't be that hard with a front end loader.

Wont happen....

I always thought maybe rio or bhp could do a community wavescape. You could bring trigg point back. Remove all the groynes from cott to hillaries to allow natural sand flow. Get some real heavy basalt/ granite rocks. Drive it out with a loader and make reefs. Get some haul packs and bring up fresh sand. Turn trigg through to scarbourough into a snapper/ super bank set up. Even during summer drive the front end loader with the bucket down to create swell. Like wavegarden. Or build a jetty out to the 3 mile build reefs and charge admittance. Preferably with a shark cage around your reefs. I'd even entertain a semi submerged floating surf zone. Deploy at sea with mesh at either end, semi submerged so swells go through the centre, like two giant catamaran hulls with a perfect bank( interchangeable) on the centre.

I think your over reaching

I know I know

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DARTH said..

jbshack said..
Stirling council could have used the diggers to dig a channel or two and try and help the banks out, that would be nice

If they piled the sand up in one area of the shoreline they could let the sand naturally form a bank, it wouldn't be that hard with a front end loader.

Wont happen....

actually city of mandurah do it all the time to manage their sand. just not in the places that have the best windows for swell unfortunately.

if the city council has allocated budget to do beach maintenance/grooming with FELs for example, all you would need to do is find the right works department or project officer to speak to, and then if the following can be sorted:
- the work can be done safely (ie machine not semi submerged or on a dodgy bund)
- there is confidence that the sand will stay in the system (ie replensih the shore they would have just shaped anyhow)
- and the work can be done within the same time and budget already allocated
then there is no reason why they wouldn't do it. most of the local gov guys are great and very helpful as long as it doesn't conflict with the type of things mentioned above (then like all gov agencies, they are hand tied).
i know people trying to progress this type of thing with Surfing WA and some local councils right at present. just needs the right mindsets in local gov and an opportunity to kick over into reality.

have some faith! or start a petition so that council direct them to do it instead...

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Razzonater said..

I always thought maybe rio or bhp could do a community wavescape.

So. Who's going to get chummy with some top dogs at RIO/BHP? They already have community projects carved out in their budgets!

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bene313 said...

Razzonater said..

I always thought maybe rio or bhp could do a community wavescape.

So. Who's going to get chummy with some top dogs at RIO/BHP? They already have community projects carved out in their budgets!

I have no idea how you could get there interest. If you drive through Guildford hazel mere. All the biggest earthmoving vehicles in the world are built there. Couple weeks of haul packs and excavators. I know it's a long stretch but it could be done. Maybe as someone else said lobby the council etc etc. I'm sure most perth surfers would donate if it was legitimate. I'd be good for 50 bucks any day of the week if someone had a serious proposal. ( im serious about it but lack everything except an active imagination to execute this project)

Start a club, build a member base, put together a business plan outlining community benefit and projected growth, then petition your local council.

I was involved in the comittee of a startup football club years ago. You'd be amazed at the levels of funding/government grants available for community clubs that keep kids off the street.

If a local football club can be granted prime real estate, given funding for a clubhouse, flood lighting, coaching and development, then surely a well organised surf club could present a decent argument on why an artificial reef or sand slug and a set of changerooms would be of great benefit to local kids and families.

By Perth's miserable standards it is a premium spot

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mitchbat said..
By Perth's miserable standards it is a premium spot

Its the best beach wave in the Metro area. There are no others, no point even looking...