Close Workshop 1: Coastal Geomorphology Overview

This workshop is aimed at delegates that do not have a background in the science behind coastal management in NSW or at those delegates that need their knowledge refreshed. It is aimed at providing attendees with a better understanding of NSW coastal processes and systems and their contribution to coastal hazards. It will include technical terminology and definitions used when undertaking coastal hazard assessments or when developing coastline management plans. Attendees will gain a basic understanding of how and why the coastline changes over time.

FT3 (Mossy Point/Broulee) will link directly with the workshop to provide a field based learning environment to observe first-hand the process discussed during the workshop.

Close Workshop 2: Legal - Hypothetical

Information on Workshop 2 to be available soon.

Close Workshop 3: Coastal Planning - How to apply DoP and/or DECCW guidelines

A collaborative workshop run by DECCW and DoP on incorporating sea level rise into coastal planning (Council LEPs and DCPs etc) that covers the new DoP and DECCW guidelines.

Close Workshop 4: Effective communication tools for educating the
community and media

Natural Resource Managers and technical experts often have difficulty in communicating technical advice to the community and the media. This difficulty is frequently expressed as messages being misrepresented or misunderstood within the wider community. This workshop will be facilitated by media professionals with a view to educating NRM practitioners on how best to communicate their message and bridge the gap between science, management and the media.

Close FT1 - Surfside and Cullendulla Creek – Hot spot and how ESC has responded

Take a walking tour of an area identified as a NSW coastal erosion hotspot. The tour will commence with the CBD of Batemans Bay to examine the challenge of developing an identified regional centre on a site that is highly susceptible to sea level rise. The tour will cross the bridge to the northern shoreline where Eurobodalla Shire Council and NSW Government agencies have been required to manage several development sites that are highly vulnerable to coastal hazards. Real case studies of applying adaptable building designs, zoning restrictions, hazard management plans and the practicality of voluntary acquisitions will be presented. The two shorelines will be discussed in the context of applying the retreat or protect adaptation options. A bus will meet participants for the return journey to the venue.

Close FT2 - Clyde River oyster growers & Southern Rivers CMA:
Supporting improved production through environmental stewardship.

With support from Southern Rivers CMA Clyde River oyster farmers have developed an Environmental Management System that aims to adopt production methods that produce less waste, improve water quality and improve yield. Through development and implementation of the EMS local growers have become environmental stewards undertaking catchment management and awareness raising activities aimed at protecting water quality and biodiversity values of the Clyde River including significantly improving the condition of an Endangered Ecological Community adjacent to the main processing site. The field trip will present these and other environmental initiatives implemented by Southern Rivers CMA as a part of the Clyde river high priority catchment initiative.

Close FT3 - Introduction to coastal geomorphology

This field trip is designed specifically as a field component to Workshop 1, however anyone attending will benefit. The trip will visit several sites to learn about coastal landforms and the processes that operate to create them. Participants will gain a better understanding of NSW coastal processes and systems and their contribution to coastal hazards through practical field based learning.

Close FT4 - Constraints to Coastal development

Coastal development is constrained by coastal hazards, but there are several other environmental constraints that must be considered by regional Councils. This field trip will travel to Barlings Beach to discuss the approval processes for a coastal Greenfield development site. The perspective of council and the developer will be presented to give an overall picture of the issues that needed to be addressed to gain approval. Following this, the trip will travel to Broulee to examine the interaction of State legislation on developing a site constrained by bushfire and an endangered ecological community. The final stop will be Bengello Beach, where Eurobodalla Shire Council has adopted a historic Property Vegetation Plan for a public reserve. The PVP has triggered on-ground actions that will manage access and protect an Endangered Ecological Community.

Close FT5 - Estuary Rehabilitation Works Tour

This will be a tour of several Eurobodalla estuaries showcasing on-ground projects funded through partnerships between DECCW, Council and the SRCMA. Projects visited deal with issues such as erosion control, saltmarsh and wetland rehabilitation, bush regeneration in EECs, and controlling access to significant environmental areas. Council and DECCW will run the tour.