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#coast

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David Allan

It is 80 years ago today since this structure on a beach near where I live in North East England officially became surplus to requirements. Thank God the threat of invasion never materialised.
I often wonder how my parents, who hadn't then met, spent VE Day. It was a question I never thought to ask. For dad, it must have seemed something of a bittersweet moment, being as he was, posted out to the Far East. At the time, still not quite out of his teens, I understand he had played some part in early 1945 in the Battle of the Ramree Islands in Burma (now Myanmar) against the Japanese.
It would be another three months before VJ Day, seeing the end of the war in the Pacific and the complete cessation of global hostilities.
#veday #ww2 #pillbox #monochrome #landscape #coast #england #photography

This concrete pillbox, a relic of the Second World War, still stands on a beach in North East England as a silent witness to the threat of invasion the British Isles once faced.
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Manly Blog

Coastal erosion and human intervention
A rapidly escalating volume of traffic on ocean beaches

"In the absence of the Bribie buffer and without the dune system on the surf coast, they would suddenly be exposed to storm surge and inundation."

"Morton says the previous government long ignored the erosion under the assumption this was “mother nature” at work. But the new MP says the review will consider the impacts of human intervention, from dredging and wake from the offshore shipping channel to widespread coastal development."

"Bribie Island resident, retired engineer and environmental volunteer John Oxenford agrees human intervention has fuelled the erosion – but he points to the 2007 opening of the beach to four-wheel drives as “opening a real Pandora’s box”."

"The pressure of tens of thousands of vehicles and associated foot traffic since had prevented the natural regrowth of dunes during the winter period, and further exposed them to erosion during the summer months, he says.“Year over year over year, we’ve seen rapidly escalating volume of traffic on the ocean beach,” he says. “The end result of that is erosion.” "
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#erosion #coast #beach #coastaldevelopment #traffic #DIY #Gold Coast #wildlife #SUVs #cars #FossilFuels #CarsOnBeaches #sprawl #Caloundra #BribieIsland

The Guardian · ‘It’s pretty scary’: Sunshine Coast residents fear storm surges as Bribie Island buffer erodes awayBy Joe Hinchliffe
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nationalparks

Redwood National and State Parks today. Days with a modest tide make getting around quite easy (A note of caution for those who are troubled by insects: this is the time of year when small biting insects drift in the coastal area and their bite far exceeds their size). Learn more about the park at nps.gov/redw/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #ocean #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #coast #pacific #redwood Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #waves #tide #clouds #insects

View from the coastal area of Redwood National and State Parks today. The blue sky is a welcome sight. The addition of elegant flowing cloud forms is an added benefit. In the foreground, the Pacific Ocean meets the shore. The point in the distance is about a four mile walk round trip from the closest trailhead.
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