6 October 2015

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A Woman’s Place Julia Ahearne, Elin Smith and Lizzy Leary have stories to tell, and will get their chance as Peninsula op shops combine with performing artists to bring local stories centre stage later this month. The Southern Peninsula Arts Centre in Rosebud will come alive with pop-up op shops, theatre, workshops and conversations, 30 October – 1 November.

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Big bill to save Portsea beach Mike Hast mike@mpnews.com.au THE state government is considering options to stop the ongoing destruction of Portsea’s iconic front beach after it received the findings of a $300,000 wave monitoring and seabed modelling study commissioned mid-2014. The study by Worley Parsons was recently handed to the government

and environment department bureaucrats. They must quickly decide how to save the 1000-sandbag protection wall and stop the destructive swell now spreading both east and west. The sandbag wall may only last another 18 months and it will be expensive to replace. Storms in May removed thousands of tonnes of sand and foredune from the eastern end of the beach, exposing the roots of old trees as well as

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rocks under the foredune, destabilising temporary steps (which have been closed) and damaging more than 20 of the 1000 sandbags. A huge section of foreshore at the eastern end collapsed onto the beach and was washed away. Damage is also being done to Fishermans Beach west of the pier. Storms exposed rocks not seen in living memory as well as the remains of an old jetty. The News understands that options

being considered include: ď Ž Changing the seabed to stop ocean-like waves refracting off a large sandbar. ď Ž Building an underwater barrier to reduce wave energy. ď Ž Installing groynes on the beach. A temporary fix may be the placing of sloping rocks in front of the sandbags. The Worley Parsons study is the third into the problem and was commissioned following pressure from

residents, aquatic businesses and Nepean Ratepayers Association. It measured currents, waves and tides, and has modelled the wave “climate�, including seasonal wave patterns. It has confirmed a 2013 report by environmental consultancy Water Technology, which found that changes to the seabed had increased the size and velocity of waves reflected onto the beach. Continued Page 6

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