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SFA Newsletter Autumn 2015
SFA Newsletter Autumn 2015
April 2015
SANDRINGHAM FORESHORE ASSOCIATION (SFA)
Founded January 2007
ABN 42947116512
A CHARITABLE NOT FOR PROFIT VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION
SFA
PO Box 52
Sandringham 3191
E-mail: sandyforeshore@optusnet.com.au
Website: http://sandringhamforeshore.tumblr.com/
Tim Flannery has published over 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has
named 25 living and 50 fossil mammal species. His 32 books include the award
winning The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, which has been translated
into over 20 languages. He has made numerous documentaries and regularly
reviews for the New York Review of Books.
Our Bayside community are proud of Tim and his amazing achievements; we
are honored to have him as our patron! Tim is a fine role model for our young
children.
Professor Tim Flannery at the Beaumaris Bay fossil site event 22 Feb 2015
Photographer Pauline Reynolds
We were pleased to recently meet with our Mayor of Bayside City Council
Felicity Frederico, Kelly Crosthwaite Acting Regional Director of Port Phillip of
the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Sally
Patterson Program Manager Coastal Projects, Port Phillip Region of DELWP for
a walk on the Sandringham beaches to demonstrate and discuss continuing
erosion on our beach and cliffs north of both the Royal Avenue and Southey St
beaches particularly at this time of the year with sand shifting to the north
leading to annual sand depletion. We also discussed the build-up of sand
around the Sandringham Harbour. Soon we are meeting with the DELWP and
Bayside City council to discuss and provide feedback to the draft report -
Sandringham Sand Management Plan prepared by Cardno coastal engineers.
This report has been developed to review in detail sand management options
proposed by community members as part of the Bayside Coastal Processes
Forum held in October 2013. We will keep you up to date.
See photo taken at Tennyson St beach 19 April 2015 Note the exposure of the
stumps belonging to the old beach houses on the Sandringham beaches
(probably around 1950) once embedded in the sand dunes and base of the
Sandringham cliffs! The first stump appeared about 1 year ago. With storms
and wave action resulting in further cliff erosion and retreat, the rest of the
stumps are now exposed!
Royal Ave beach April 19th 2015 - note lack of accessibility and further cliff
erosion just north of the Royal Ave groyne
Beach cleaning
Have you noticed our beaches are cleaner due to the enormous efforts of
volunteers with Beach Patrol? But they need your help! More volunteers are
required particularly to pick up the growing number of plastics! For more
details about your local Beach Patrol contact Ross Headifen at
admin@beachpatrol.com.au
SFA would value your feedback on the state of our local beaches by voting on
our poll: http://sandringhamforeshore.tumblr.com/poll
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The VCS 2014 builds on the achievements of previous three iterations of the
Strategy and addresses five key issues: Managing population growth
http://www.vcc.vic.gov.au/page/victorian-coastal-strategy-2014 to download
report
Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron development update
Look out for updates on the BMYS development using this link:
http://www.dtpli.vic.gov.au/planning/environmental-assessment/projects/beaumaris-motor-
yacht-safe-harbour
Have your say or read comments about the Beaumaris Bay Fossil site on
www.nobeaumarismarina.com
Sign a petition FOR preservation of the Beaumaris Bay Fossil Site in the face
of potential expansion of the BMYS.
http://www.nobeaumarismarina.com/petition/
Upon returning home I decided I would always keep up the hobby and I'm now
just as excited by finding the same fossils which I have been finding since I was
15. Along the way there have been several moments which stand out. To me
each tooth is so special because when I find one I know I'm the first to have
ever laid eyes on it and that often the fossils I find have not even seen the light
of day for 6 million years since before they laid down to fossilise. In fact my
memories associated with each find are so strong that in most cases I can
recall where each fossil was located, how it was orientated and how I felt when
I found it. I've met many interesting people along the way and must thank the
late Colin McRae who would often identify my finds whilst volunteering for the
museum of Victoria in the 90's.
I hope that the fossil beds are around for many years to come and I look
forward to seeing a third generation collector in my family. These days I would
rather see how happy a small tooth can make any stranger that I bump into on
the walk from the beach back to my car, yet I still attempt to add 1 display
worthy fossil to my collection at he end of each hunt and I know that there is
still something out there waiting for me to find it.
Everyone should give collecting a go and see if you like it.
Enjoy tram rides in Bayside in the 1950s available on the following links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFxM1r9s3KM&list=PL7779333938C9E51
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ucApsY1iY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jPG3_rI3sk
[Historic Trams in Australia by Gezza1967]
We hope you have enjoyed reading the autumn edition of the SFA newsletter.
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