Actually I do understand why the council doesn't research an alternative to a concrete wall, because it's easier to build a wall, something humans have been doing for thousands of years, we're good at it. The NB has always excelled at extreme ugliness. Hear, hear! 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. Plenty others have discussed it. The activism of Tom Kirsop is legendary and in December 2019 Northern Beaches Council honoured him with a park at Narrabeen called Surfrider Gardens. @Craig - Seem us humans have been doing dumb shit for quite a while now. There is no better option. It's orders of magnitude more than a bunch of multi-million dollar properties at risk. We need to get all the data and expert opinions out in the open before decisions are made. The public should not suffer loss of amenity or pay the costs to protect it. Done well they could create added atmosphere to the beach life we love to live here for. Agree 100%. Maybe start a thread in the Forumsand you must have a few Wild sea tales to tell with 560 Lord Howe trips under your belt. The Collaroy Beach seawall project was put to the test for the first time today with the arrival of a moderate to large east-northeast groundswell from ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, coinciding with a king tide. The beach has remained under threat since that time, with additional erosion occurring during subsequent storms. Went down for a look and its a fucken disgrace. @dawnperiscope Bumper Farrell had the prime position. Sounds like you are pretty deep in that world! The whole buy back argument being too expensive is a crock of shit. Picture: Nearmap A subsequent image of Collaroy Beach from June 8, 2016. The only feasible way forward without wasting any more council and tax payers money to protect the properties in question is to acquire the properties at any cost and return them to a naturalised stated. This clearly did not happen at Collaroy. https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/coastal-properties-at-highest-clima https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-17/will-climate-change-put-an-end-to Kala Grace In Dramatic Rescue While Competing In Backdoor Shootout, 'Corners Of The Earth: Kamchatka' Tour Dates, Watch: Hossegor Super Session January 6th, Australian Designer To Launch Crescent Head Hotel Amid Local Development Concerns, Dead Marine Life Washes Onto South Oz Beaches After Flooding, Watch: Ryan Callinan // Beneath A Pear Tree, Watch: Cronulla's Jarvis Earle Wins World Junior Title. Just wondering if the stairs built into the wall are private property? A sneaky second application, for the vertical wall was seen by very few. Certain death. Yea I agree with this. How to Build a Seawall: Step 1: Conduct a thorough examination of the surrounding area and environment. A man whose million-dollar beachfront property on Sydney's northern beaches was damaged by king tides says he and his neighbours are happy to chip in for the construction of a sea wall. There are many software suits now that can handle very complex near-shore modeling, including sediment transport from wave and current action. Shop unique custom made Canvas Prints, Framed Prints, Posters, Tapestries, and more. Collaroy homes along Pittwater Rd have been cordoned off today. They aint getting crushed. Good point, lilas, that explains the mystery of why aborigines didn't build their homes close to the ocean. Both!! Narrabeen and Collaroy residents hold signs and protest their opposition towards the sea wall extension plans in November 2012 In November 2002, Harmer and Donohue led a protest against a $12 million sea wall, proposed by Warringah Council, with 3000 people linking arms along a 1.1km stretch of beach. Confirming that they were involved in the initial design only. the council up here is anti sea walls, but there is a thread that runs through them very much of "stuff the beachfront guys - they are rich". 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. Protesters linking arms on the beach in 2002. 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. Good point, however wouldn't a potential buyback theoretically drive the price up? Surf Breaks Inc. Coming to a beach near you ! Some family recently went through this as their house sat above the construction zone for the Spit / Northern Beaches Link tunnel. Initial reports claim Marcio Friere wasn't wearing an inflatable vest when he was held down in large waves. 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". How many parts of the great ocean rd could have to close and the emergency that would lead to. This is where I live. We have the tools and imagination to manage the climatic challenge that beginning to show in my lifetime. Or as the comment above lists - quoted by Prof Short - not let the property developers and real estate industry interfere with good management strategy decades ago that would have avoided council being left with a steaming pile of shit. Wetsuits may never be the same again. We have over 40 years of combined experience installing, maintaining, and repairing seawalls on both residential and commercial properties. It's going to be interesting to see how it holds up after this weekend/early next week with another round of resonably solid E/NE cyclone swell hitswho's going down to take more photos and show the aftermath?!! It would be interesting to know if coastal engineers are bound by law to follow best-advice from Consulting Scientists? Anyone who has been to Chiba in Kanto will have seen the Tetrapod formed surf breaks there. They can be excused as they thought theyd be informed before any such works took place, as per the 2016 Coastal Management Act. Its a wicked problem theyve got, in the true sense of the word.. Sorry to go hard on your story like that but I feel we need to keep the science at the forefront of all coastal engineering discussions. I dare say the neighbours are on notice too. We had made a big mistake that would become bigger. Collaroy Seawall Detailed Survey for construction of a new seawall in highly sensitive erosion zone. More to come once the other residents agree to pay their contribution. Rd: 7th Oct. 1912: c041070001: 1912: Z/SP/C25/1a: Collaroy Park Estate Narrabeen: No boundaries shown: 7th Oct. 1912: c041070002 [1915] Z/SP/C25/2 [plan of Collaroy] Government Rd, Sea View Pde, Collaroy Ave, Main Pittwater Rd, Jenkins Pde, Beach Rd . As good as a house on the beach would be imagine how much more beautiful the East Coast would be with a 1km + building buffer from the coast depending on the terrain. There are some fed govt areas that listen to this thinking. I saw the construction going in, says Donohoe of seeing the area cordoned off earlier this year, and thought they were building rock revetments. It is all about the road. Ignorant clown. The road is the public asset to be protected yes linked to their actions - but if it was really only just about PW road then surely a more cost effective way would have been to introduce less expensive and arguably more effective measures as I understand earlier reports have indicated including reveg and rock? Perhaps at best, the council acquires the land and owners get a sum to relocate to a 'normal' house west of Pittwater Road (god forbid). I cannot see how can this be a feasible long-term strategy from the cost perspective. Instead they provide a caveat for bulldozing sand from low on the beach to higher on the beach in times of heightened storm activity - which only lowers the beachs natural defence system. These very costly bandaids never work and continue to fail while extending the problem to adjacent properties that don't have the wall. Def landing size incorrect i reckon900mm min ? Collaroy Sea Wall With such close proximity to the ocean, our client tasked us with producing an alternative to the commonly used polystyrene forms. I think we have already seen 19 cm of sea level rise on the east coast - and at least up here it hasnt translated to any significant/extended erosion issues. processes currently-exported iron ore, bauxite, and alumina into green. (AO) Seeing and continuing a precedent that the government should pay and protect small groups of private landholders while the property owner reap the benefit and profit of rocket fuel property prices. I'm not entirely sure, but one of the reasons why an offshore reef structure hasn't been considered for Narrabeen may be because it's part of the Northern Sydney Protection Zone, hosting submarine cables that connect Australia to various parts of the Pacific (including Japan). (Those suburbs are just local ones I know a bit about. It's propped up by the NSW and local governments way beyond the importance or value of that stretch of private land. By doing so they have encouraged similar management intervention from beachside landholders by 1. demonstrating part liability for coastal erosion processes by building such a structure that threaten adjacent properties and 2. Will this mean sand depletion north and a build up south? With expected sea level rises obviosly making those matters worse - however there is some irony in the fact Gina Reinheart whose carbon footprint is horrendous, just bought the most exposed land in sunshine beach to these very issues - but im also stressed people like her etc will want to build sea walls down the track. Pipeline specialist injured while duckdiving in heavy waves. Mentioned in a previous article (linked below) - the region hosts submarine cables, so it's part of the Northern Sydney Protection Zone. This has cut into the base of the dunes below the surf club. Google "End-wall effect erosion" and you'll find many papers/studies on this. 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. Given that it seems to fly in the face of best practice, has anyone asked what the NSW Coastal Council has to say about it? Take the houses away eventually they would be building a wall to protect that road that you whinging moles drive around on for 20min checking it. I am looking at it but there is probably someone better qualified out there. A seven-metre high wall erected to protect beachside mansions from being washed away has sparked debate among locals in a wealthy Sydney suburb. Thanks heaps for the update Craig. Such a shame. The point i guess im coming to is, and i know an old couple whose property is very exposed to this issue, who have lived there since 1960's and are now in their 80's and likley won't see the impeding issues in their lifetime - but really they have done nothing wrong, bought an old shack in a place they love when no one lived up here, I wouldnt say there are a lot of people left like that but there are a few I know up here a version of that and the whole "screw those rich pricks" mantra is just divisive. On Saturday November 27th hundreds of locals came down to Collaroy Beach / North Narrabeen Beach in grim weather conditions to protest the monstrous 7 meter . Just take the hit cost wise now and return the area to something close to its previous natural state. !.Basic, crude, primitive, a fcukn disgrace and no regard for the beauty of the areajust shit!.Year 7 school project standard. Nobody there is in a position to offer 2-3 times market value. Apologies for misreading you. Turned this place into a concreters paradise. However, theres an irony that could've beenliftedstraight out of a script for Utopia. It would be possible to introduce a major sand nourishment program to move the shoreline seaward, says Gordon. exports the same quantity of energy in green electricity and hydrogen as it exports in thermal coal and liquefied natural gas. State govt has been acquiring properties for more toll roads of late and they have been getting low-balled big time, totally screwed over. Thanks Lilas, totally get where you're coming from and taken on board. Having said that, nature usually finds a way to overcome most "permanent" human structures, and they often seem to forget that the wall isn't continuous.yet. EDIT: Just to be clear, the issue of erosion has nothing to do with sea level rise, climate change, or buying the latest board. There is a common denominator here, "Coastal" engineers with a lack of knowledge and understanding of coastal processes. Market value is driven by what people are willing to pay for it. Climate projections will have some Australian surfers rejoicing, and others not so. [ask GaryG] Could be some good entertainment next time some serious swell hits. OMG!!! Collaroy has a long history of property erosion, yet a century after it was first documented theres no consensus about how it should be managed. On the release of his latest edit, R-Cal chats to Swellnet about love and other acrobatics. 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. Here is the DA for the wall. The thing is, the existing site was fine except a motorway was about to be built straight through it. This wicked problem is a result of intergenerational dumbness. 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. For a couple of furlongs it was quite close to the ocean but nobody cared. And more recently there was a local magazine piece discussing future sea level rises and the Noosa beach rock wall not being able to contain that, plus the homes along the Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach stretch being at future risk, and councils would be needing to address that. A new wavepool development for the Sunshine Coast points to the future of pools in Australia. Sure, but wowee regarding that huge backwash and wave entering back into the surf zone. >>How can you say there is no evidence unless you have the facts to prove it? 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. On the release of his latest edit, R-Cal chats to Swellnet about love and other acrobatics. Would be very interested in knowing what other options were considered and why they were discarded Yeah it's easy to get caught up in the house situation, but the road is at exactly the same height and built on sand too. Yulex geta second chance at a first impression, and this time they makeit count. From their perspective building the wall before further erosion took place and moved closer to the road was another advantage as was disregarding the impact on the beach for a potentially more permanent solution. As I understand it, governments have been reluctant to purchase vulnerable properties because there will be so many of them and the public purse could never afford it. It may not happen in my lifetime [fingers-crosssed] but it's a real issue when thinking about your children who eventually inherit your home. Seawalls of this design have been shown - all over the world- to destroy beaches. More than likely entombed in one of those tetrapod molds you mentioned above. My parents in NZ were excited when they took out bloodymangroves at the mouth of the estuary where they lived. They've had a very very blessed life compared to anyone else in this country and that in return they would do such harm to a public place to save their private property is a bit sad. Was the carpark damaged by the 2016 storms and if so-to what extent? Any system that affects the coast from a different angle upsets the balance of that orientation and the system then takes considerably more time to re-adjust. In that regard it seems to have achieved its design objectives very nicely, and the sacrificing of the public beach (and public access/amenity) in front of it is just 'collateral damage'. We have summarised some key facts about the first of the Collaroy owners' seawalls. Yes, blowie, I've yet to see anyone our age advocating for a soft solution. Owners, Council and 'engineersshame shame shame. It has to be worth a look. Criticism of the debris left on the beach, the erosion as the sea ran up against the wall and drew away all the sand during January 2022 swells and the manner in which these works have been carried out prompted council staff to investigate a number of times during the heavy swells, and has been under regular inspection since then. 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. Both Donohoe and Gorden were correct, up to a point: The construction began with concrete piles sunk six metres below sea level, protected by a rock toe. While celebrating his record for coastal protection with a park on the Collaroy-Narrabeen stretch, Northern Beaches council was also processing a Development Application thatd threaten the very same beach. Kimura (2016) "When a seawall is visible: Infrastructure and obstruction in post-tsunami reconstruction in Japan" and the sick irony of the beach access sign detailing the seawall works with all "enquires to be made For the swellnet readers here's some background info, and here. Brendan Donohoe says the . Should this critical lens be applied to other topics such as the Coolum wavepool? "community engagement", and my personal favourite "building resilience". Surely going to get all crazy reverb and backwash stripping their sand more rapidly as well. We took the easy way, down towards the ocean and along on the back of the dune. Will be ironic if they have to pull it down for not meeting code on the steps. Wow, that is ugly even by brutalist/modernist standards. Both Brendan Donohoe and Angus Gordon, and other people Swellnet spoke to, admit to being blindsided by the construction. Imagine the carnage during the next ECL. Ive already done some research but the swellnet knowledge base is one of the best in this area. The erosion at Collaroy/Narrabeen Beach is not particularly significant, unusual or surprising. other than just the width of beaches increasing, has anyone actually seen a full dune rebuilt. You shouldve known by 1990. Unfortunately, what we see in Collaroy might become a norm to protect this lifestyle. Caveat emptor..buyer beware. Dont lynch me its only an idea. Ha! It's corrupt to the eyeballs and the only winners are the crooked pollies and the dodgy construction companies while the once beautiful Japanese coastline is lost forever. Much better to work out a solution where the public doesnt lose their beach as per collaroy, but councils/government do need to help landowners. Would be interesting to see the state of that beach on the north side of breakwall now, This was the same dune system a few years before all these easterlies. It ran northwards around the back of the lagoon and on toward what is now Collaroy Beach. Not sure why coastal ginger beers (engineeers) assigned by local councils just keep getting it wrong, but it would be fascinating to go through the meetings minutes of how these get passed, and the deceptive and misguided arguments that must be being put forward. 1. If you're looking to protect your property from flooding with erosion control in McHenry, IL and the larger Chicagoland area, give Seawalls Unlimited a call at (815) 331-8830. The exception of course is if youre a donor to the LNP then a $3M block of land can be sold for $30M!!! Might be time to lawyer up. Can't see sand staying around with all that crazy activity. Im presuming that sand delivery's from the lagoon will be an ongoing thing. a report a number of years ago by the Great Ocean Road Coastal Committee, GORCCshowed there were more than 47 areas that were of immediate concern where the ocean would cut the road. 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. Staged retreats seem the best option, but also some councils are genuinely desperate to embrace the most apocalyptic climate change forecasts. The role of the council in all this might come out if people push hard enough. lilas Manly Hydraulics did the work which was used for the initial design but I am not so sure about their input on what was finally constructed. Point being that the experiment is a gimmick as it would be quite easily modelled in a software program given all geometric surfaces and the regular wave pattern. It would have been a bargain 20-30 years ago to buy the properties and return the space to the public for the purpose of more effective less intrusive, natural and cheaper remediation efforts. There's been a lot of work done to gain a better understanding of the value of the beach re both market and non-market economic benefits. They are a method of hard engineering. Drone footage over Collaroyafter the June 2016 'Black Nor'easter swell' (Photo: UNSW Water Research Laboratory). Seawalls have the inevitable effect of reflecting and concentrating wave energy and accelerating erosion. Collaroy sea wall. They must only exist on a dense (and expensive) schedule of maintenance, no doubt. It appears that because of the relative lack of access to PC, the equation would be out of kilter to begin with. It didn't last long and within 12 hours the sand that was built up against the near finished first wall was 2/3rds washed away. Separately at the Collaroy pool end of the beach when the walk way became unstable they just craned in these massive bags of rocks on top of each other and said job done - ugly as fuck. It's actually quite simple to install and get going unlike a lot of open-source software. Same old issues, with a more educated market. Jeez. Ben, yes there are submarine cables and the protection zone is there to prevent damage to the cables, but I don't think that would preclude construction of reefs, it just means that any proposed reef design/construction would have to be in consultation with the cable authorities. Wow Zen saw those photo's , it's really sad that they couldn't come up with something else , which raises the question.what other alternatives are there?? They have destroyed every built form on the beaches. I am safely 140m above sea-level now so that should be safefor a while hahaha. 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. what's the logic/law in having to buy back the properties ? Btw when I say 4ft these waves 99.99% of the time are sloppy, they break for half a second and then dissapear and its an ugly wash for kms out to sea. Posted the story from that link here. Spot on tango. I just can't see HOW these monstrosities ever get approved, purely on an engineering level. The sooner we (as humans) acknowledge the nature of nature, and work with it instead of against it, the better for everybody. It would be fantastic to see an interview with someone from Many Hydrolics as they did all the Scientific modeling and have been very open in sharing their data. Locate courts, tribunals and offices. Yamashita (2020) "Living together with seawalls: Risks and reflexive modernization in Japan". and I live 8 hours away. It is worth remembering that this council, as Warringah, council, was twice dismissed for corruption and incompetence. Alas this would have meant some loss / damage to private property. At the same time it would put an end to the constant dredging and relocating of sand from Narrabeen Proven time and time and time again that sea walls do not work- period. I have to disagree. All of which. Not much wriggle room for negotiation, and in a volatile market owners are more liable to be offered (and it's an offer they can't refuse) recompense that sits at the lower end of the scale. Unfortunately politics and money flow are not associated with longer term planning in Australia at present. Its all about the squeaky wheel. It's folly to believe you can hold back the Pacific. However, while they prevent further shoreline erosion, they do not deal with the causes of erosion (French, 2001). Would be really good to see an article on the current state of affairs in the Coastal engineering world. The houses up the dune with no apparent erosion would be an apple compared to these lemons (for now). Shit.That looks like they are preparing for an invasion. 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. Installing the Pilings is the fourth step. So where public assets like roads are involved things get really sticky. This was done to ensure the wall would be up before people realised what it was. Seawall construction isnt mentioned. Get Pro. Click on "Documents" for the interesting stuff. Looks like the council are aware of the liability concerning the still submerged rocks. 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. https://www.swellnet.com/comment/772908#comment-772908. and the second last line of your article states- And since there's been no budget allocated for future buy backs. The above video might be of interest to help understand the design of the wall. I wrote to Many Hydraulics Laboratory to ask for the details regarding the sea wall assessment they produced. there is no excuse for purchasing a property on the beach in the last 30 years let alone 5 without an inkling of understanding of the risks. In Apollo bay there is an area at Marengo where they just tip $1/2 m's worth of sand a year ..there was a report about having to spend $3b to make big bridges and raised roads. Beaches with hard structures can return, though it takes longer, and rocks and concrete in the wave zone also make for a dangerous combination. the whole sea level/erosion issue is here now ..hmm any idea's solutions you have come across? In blustery, unfavourable conditions, people began lining up at 4.00pm Saturday afternoon (27 November) between Collaroy and Narrabeen to form a 'line in the sand' against the seawall's construction. I guess that the levees will give me a 100% guarantee that it'll never happen in my lifetime". Structures appeared. Stick your comments up your arse fuckwit engineers dont approve shit like this they get paid to do what they are told direct your retarded comments at millionaire house owners and council you piece of shit. However, the residents focused primarily on the protest against the sea wall while not suggesting any alternate solutions to solve the coastal erosion, and therefore, failing the 3rd criteria. I'm a huge tree-hugger but they will not stop powerfull ocean waves. But obviously no owners want to give up tax free capital gains.. dunno has to be a solution that doesnt destroy the beach like collaroy or completely crush home owners, they arent all pricks. 314k members in the sydney community. why should the taxpayer pay to protect a small number of private landholders who actively choose to profit from purchasing in a tidal zone? Collaroy's existing situation is precarious at best. There is a significant risk that, as Craig suggested, end wall erosion will simply move the problem and lead to calls for extending the wall. I imagine the ocean will eventually claw away under and around and over the structure. 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. In their natural state, sand dunes are dynamic and in a constant state of flux. The second DA is now here. But, they just persist time and time again. 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. Also I'm suspecting at the lga level the up front investment to do this work can be a hard sell. What a mess. 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. The Collaroy Beach seawall project was put to the test for the first time today with the arrival of a moderate to large east-northeast groundswell from ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth, coinciding with a king tide. So there is probably another DA somewhere. Pretty incredible and frightening stuff. 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. The also don't grow in sand so they won't be of any use to prevent coastal erosion on our open-ocean beaches. The best thing about it is that you can output actual 3d animations of the simulation so that EVERYONE can understand the results. 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