digger fiddling

A quick pop down to see how the half million dollar sand buffer was holding up.. there was quite a chunk out.. and a steep scarp which a dig...

Honesty

I thought and wondered alot over the weekend why people are not honest about their intentions and actions, why there is always dishonesty wh...

Middle's Beach Dune progress

Managed to find a tide low enough to get down on the beach and walk along to get some photos, couldn't make the walk all the way along t...

An alternative Dune Solution

There have been many theories and talk about a suitable method of restoring our dunes to a safe and acceptable state without extensive costs...

Five Days Sand progress

A mix of progress with the emergency sand dune rescue. Where trucks have been working around the clock bringing sand in from a quarry at Bla...

Cost Of Beach Repairs Calculated

Channel 9 News Item - July 9, 2007 - 3:19pm source link "This afternoon DCC staff briefed council on the final cost of the emergenc...

Ch9 News - Cost Of Beach Repairs Calculated

Channel 9 News - July 9, 2007 - 2:19pm This afternoon DCC staff briefed council on the final cost of the emergency measures to save Dunedin...

ODT -hunt for the sausage slasher

Front page of the ODT again today, will the the article speak for itsself: along with a brief of the plans for the emergency restoration wor...

ODT - Beach Emergency declared

Had work for most of the day, managed to get to St Clair to see the progress at about 4 this avo. Had a chat with a nice DCC guy, who explai...

:: VID :: 6 weeks out of Middles

A video containing a collection of 200 photos taken the preceeding 6 weeks to the day after the Sand Sausages were slashed at St Clair beac...

ODT - Sand Shift for Beaches

Front page again, again.. " Sand Shift for Beaches" Otago Daily Times 3rd july 2007 I arrived at St Clair about 3.30 today.. to ge...

incomprehensible timing

Within the same week.. the front page of the ODT again. Seriously? with the very real threat of more severe erosion along the same beachfr...

Channel 9 News Item - July 2, 2007 - 3:54pm source link "Dunedin City Council are racing to beat another bout of bad weather foreca...

ODT - Kettle Park Under Seige

My good friend Mark sent me through the scanned images of the front page of the ODT Friday 29th June .. I added in the air shot of Middles f...