Adelaide Coastline Sand Carting May 2004

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Adelaide CoastlineSand CartingMay 2004
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Glenelg BeachRemoving 2-3 metres depth of sand
Beach width reduced by 100 metres
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Glenelg Beach
Looking north towards the breakwater
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Glenelg Beach
Looking south towards the jetty
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Holdfast Shores MarinaCause of the buildup of
sand is the marina entranceprotection with a
breakwater
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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
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Moving sandOffshore Bar is no longer a Tombolo
Dredge is still working
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Loading and moving sand from Glenelg Beach
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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
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Adelaides 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.
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Brighton BeachLooking northHigh tide on a calm
day
Seacliff Beach and dune bufferlooking south
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SeacliffSand from Glenelg is being dumped in
piles on the beach to be levelled off by the waves
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SeacliffSand from Glenelg is being dumped in a
huge mound on the beach between Seacliff and
Brighton
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