Information display

Coastcare Day and the International Day of Action on Climate Change, held on December 3, was marked on the Peninsula with an information display on the Ettalong Beach foreshore.

It was presented by members of the local dune care group and the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) Central Coast branch.

This action was timely with erosion an issue on Lance Webb Reserve.

Members distributed information on coastal processes and the need to retain dunal vegetation on Ettalong town beach and thus reduce the need for more costly retaining walls.

There was also a banner signing asking the federal government to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol at the Woy Woy Environment Centre.

ACF Professor Ian Lowe said on his recent visit to Gosford that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change models project that increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases resulted in changes in frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme events, such as more hot days, heat waves, heavy precipitation events, and fewer cold days.

Storm surges will have a dramatic impact on the Peninsula and the Central Coast as a whole.

Mark Ellis, Woy Woy