Will we be rigging in the carpark next year perhaps?

Remember the bench that was in the middle of the grass 2.5yrs ago? Yeah well........



^^^^^ Where the waterline is here, was grass 18mths ago.



and the gazebo that was waaaay back from the water and even after some erosion, they still managed to fit the RedBull tent in front of it at last two LOC's.......




The park can't be saved as it erodes there every 10 or 20yrs then kinda comes back (according to the old crew here). Well not without a massive breakwall or something.
Shame to see at least 20m of our park gone in less than 3 winters.
They need to make a similar standard park 200-500m north where the huge carpark is.

^^^ bloody pics wrong way around, how can that be when i uploaded then cut n pasted both links. grrrr

This stuff makes me wonder. We get some areas that get washed away in storms, and others that build up over time.

Is it that we have the naive expectation that the shoreline stays where it is or is it that create hard surfaces that cause the erosion to be more dramatic?

Hi Mark, here's how it looked in 94, when I saw you a few years ago I was surprised then how it looked, beach not you

Holy crap!!!! damn shame but it can be rebuilt but might cost a few $$$. I've seen some amazing things done with giant sandbags to save beaches.

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sotired said..
This stuff makes me wonder. We get some areas that get washed away in storms, and others that build up over time.

Is it that we have the naive expectation that the shoreline stays where it is or is it that create hard surfaces that cause the erosion to be more dramatic?

Beaches do change over time but human intervention speeds up the process by building mariners. These monstrosities change the currents and the shifting sands. One beach disappears and another one has grown

Interesting to see mark ,The Geraldton area is having major coastal changes to, with large lawn areas, established trees / foreshore vegetation and car parks falling into the ocean.

It looks very similar up here to .............one area at St Georges the coast line has moved back 20m over the last 2 years and it aint stoping

It is now just happening on Mid tides and swell surges / forget about the big one off storms and high tide causing this destruction

I give up getting involved with the solutions (Overseas engineers/governments and councils workers no best ) ,

It sure is funny / interesting listening to everyone's opinions and reasoning as to how to stop it and fix it.

More sand bags groynes and rock walls ............................yip peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The natural coast is an endangered species

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firiebob said..
Hi Mark, here's how it looked in 94, when I saw you a few years ago I was surprised then how it looked, beach not you

Sick photo Bob! Ya know you're getting on when you can recognise peoples cars from 20 years ago! The good 'ol days.

Thirsty point at Cervantes suffered the same fate as well unfortunately. The entire bitumen carpark ended up in the drink and they had to decommission/remove the toilet/shower block. No news of a new one either.
Perhaps a rename from Thirsty Point to Thirsty Bump.

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Big Al said..
Thirsty point at Cervantes suffered the same fate as well unfortunately. The entire bitumen carpark ended up in the drink and they had to decommission/remove the toilet/shower block. No news of a new one either.
Perhaps a rename from Thirsty Point to Thirsty Bump.

Thirsty Bay perhaps?

in both locations, Lancelin and Cervantes, I wonder where the sand is going?

I think all that sand has ended up at Safety Bay. I took a walk around there today and there is a lot of new sand on all sides of Tern Island (the point which forms one side of "the pond"). The boating channel the council spent millions on only a year ago is now only about 10m off the end of the point.
The sand bar is looking more extensive than ever too.