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Adelaide Coastline Sand Carting May 2004. Glenelg Beach Removing 2-3 metres depth of sand. Beach width reduced by 100 metres. Glenelg Beach. Looking north towards the breakwater. Glenelg Beach. Looking south towards the jetty.
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Glenelg BeachRemoving 2-3 metres depth of sand Beach width reduced by 100 metres
Glenelg Beach Looking north towards the breakwater
Glenelg Beach Looking south towards the jetty
Holdfast Shores MarinaCause of the buildup of sand is the marina entranceprotection with a breakwater
South Glenelg – sourcing the sand South Glenelg Stormwater outlet – Glenelg south Public safety is a concern with heavy earthmoving equipment Rock wall and narrow beach at the southern end of Glenelg
Moving sandOffshore Bar is no longer a Tombolo Dredge is still working
The Broadway – Protecting the old seawall With a new section of rip-rap wall Note: geotextile filter, gravel base before large rocks are set in place. Concrete wall has been increased in sizeNote also the beach width at high tide on a calm day
Adelaide’s narrow beaches.Hove on the left and Somerton on the rightNote that it is high tide on a calm day Issue: the narrow beach is the result of roads and houses trapping the sand of the coastal foredune.Rock walls are protection for the structures we have built along the coast.
Brighton BeachLooking northHigh tide on a calm day Seacliff Beach and dune bufferlooking south
SeacliffSand from Glenelg is being dumped in piles on the beach to be levelled off by the waves
SeacliffSand from Glenelg is being dumped in a huge mound on the beach between Seacliff and Brighton