When ABC contacted me, I only agreed to do the story if it would NOT be a sensationalised article about dunes taking over the town, which is just NOT TRUE. Yes the dunes are encroaching on one of the roads into town (not the main one) and that is what we are focussing our revegetation project on. Very disappointed with the selective editing and outcome. My scheduled live radio interview this evening has been cancelled now they know my concerns, which is why I am expressing them here.
HI, I thought your comments on film were good. I didn't feel at first viewing that the ABC had sensationalised things, but I guess if you were hoping for a pitch of purely "plucky locals get cracking to stablise dunes" and they had even a touch of "sand dunes eat up town" you were never going to be on the same wavelength. The doco says the road has been moved once already, and that old settlement has completely disappeared, so those are facts they can honestly report. Anyway good luck with it all.
Thank you for this story. Just wondering if there was funding or if you town could possibly sell and move some of the sand to other parts of Australia that need it and regenerate the remaining sand to ensure a safety border from the town? Or is there a environmental reason we can’t?
I'm wondering why the locals are focussing on the "slip face", surely the wind will overwhelm whatever you do there. How about planting on the upwind face to stop the sand drift where it starts. Or put some wind break fences there and across the top of the dunes. But I'm not an expert. Also, how did this all start ? The dunes have advanced so much in 10 or 30 or 50 years, per various comments, what happened to change the landscape ? I'm guessing human action down at the shoreline was a factor, wood-cutting, brush-gathering, putting roads and parking in for the fishermen. Letting animals graze and deplete the cover, etc. Let's have Part 2 looking at all that.
When ABC contacted me, I only agreed to do the story if it would NOT be a sensationalised article about dunes taking over the town, which is just NOT TRUE. Yes the dunes are encroaching on one of the roads into town (not the main one) and that is what we are focussing our revegetation project on. Very disappointed with the selective editing and outcome. My scheduled live radio interview this evening has been cancelled now they know my concerns, which is why I am expressing them here.
HI, I thought your comments on film were good. I didn't feel at first viewing that the ABC had sensationalised things, but I guess if you were hoping for a pitch of purely "plucky locals get cracking to stablise dunes" and they had even a touch of "sand dunes eat up town" you were never going to be on the same wavelength. The doco says the road has been moved once already, and that old settlement has completely disappeared, so those are facts they can honestly report. Anyway good luck with it all.
Cousin Len "poonrey" would know the dunes like the back of his hand , would like to visit again soon to check the work I did on the hall
im fully support revegetation i see green in this area
Thank you for the video, very interesting story.
Thank you for this story. Just wondering if there was funding or if you town could possibly sell and move some of the sand to other parts of Australia that need it and regenerate the remaining sand to ensure a safety border from the town? Or is there a environmental reason we can’t?
Great story, thanks so much for bringing it to us. Fabulous that the locals are having a go at stabilising the slipface and best of luck to them.
it was interesting unto they had to add climate change.... sand has always been moving!
Mother Nature takes it all back rather quickly
I'm wondering why the locals are focussing on the "slip face", surely the wind will overwhelm whatever you do there. How about planting on the upwind face to stop the sand drift where it starts. Or put some wind break fences there and across the top of the dunes. But I'm not an expert. Also, how did this all start ? The dunes have advanced so much in 10 or 30 or 50 years, per various comments, what happened to change the landscape ? I'm guessing human action down at the shoreline was a factor, wood-cutting, brush-gathering, putting roads and parking in for the fishermen. Letting animals graze and deplete the cover, etc. Let's have Part 2 looking at all that.
Just. Idea Bulldozer is needed. Rockwall needed.
Bugger!