Latest motion for Wamberal erosion solution comes to naught
There were speakers at the public forum; there were speeches and questions from councillors, there were questions and yelling from a packed public gallery. It took 45 minutes of debate,…
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Wamberal erosion issue continues to escalate
Wamberal Beach – or the lack of the sandy beach at Wamberal to be precise – continues to dominate the news and the stories are likely to continue for weeks…
Community urged to speak up about Wamberal erosion
It’s time for a serious re-evaluation of a seawall for Wamberal, says Lamont.
Evacuations, power outages and transport disruptions across the Coast
Evacuation orders were issued yesterday for parts of Wamberal and The Entrance North as severe coastal erosion and dangerous waves threatened homes, while wild weather battered the Central Coast, causing…
Emergency erosion works at Wamberal
Emergency erosion repairs began at Wamberal Beach on Tuesday, July 1, ahead of a predicted major storm system set to hit this week. The Bureau of Meteorology issued a Coastal…
Council to lobby State Govt for sand nourishment
Sand nourishment took up the first half hour of the council meeting after four residents addressed the topic at the public forum.
Campaign ramps up objections to seawall DA
Save Our Sand (SOS) anti-seawall campaigners have organised drop-in centres where volunteers are helping people lodge objections to the development application (DA) recently lodged by the Wamberal Protection Association. The…
Wamberal Beach seawall DA lodged with Council
The first of three development applications covering Wamberal beach has been formally lodged with Central Coast Council by the Wamberal Protection Association (WPA). The first DA known as Section B,…
Storm proves more sand is the solution: SOS
The Wamberal Save Our Sand (SOS) group says the huge storm which hit the area on Friday, April 5, showed that a wide, sandy Wamberal Beach is the best form…
New Bill could see end of seawall plan for Wamberal
Opponents of the PEP 11 permit for off-shore exploration aren’t the only ones celebrating the passage of the Seabed Mining and Exploration Bill through NSW Parliament recently. The Wamberal Save…
More on those Wamberal beachfront covenants
Central Coast Council has confirmed that some waterfront properties at Wamberal Beach have covenants that indemnify Council for damage to those developments. But it has not said how many of…
Battle over seawall continues
The Save Our Sand (SOS) group has accused Central Coast Council Administrator Rik Hart of exaggerating cost estimates for sand nourishment at Wamberal beach. The group says coastal engineer Angus…
Buyback scheme not the answer for Wamberal
FORUM: For the debacle that is the Wamberal Seawall, one option needs to be completely discounted – a buyback scheme. Reading the recent article on the seawall brought two things…
The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News 5@5 for the third week of December 2022. In the bulletin this week: Dog walkers get a council reprieveMass save at Wamberal BeachGosford Council Chambers…
SOS draws a line in the sand over Wamberal erosion solution
Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) says it is sick of not having its voice heard over possible solutions to ongoing erosion and will hold a Line In The Sand…
Seawall folly
Forum Re: Council proceeds with seawall options for Wamberal Whoever fought against nature & won. Work with nature or lose. Those who choose to build on the sand will not…
Campaign to close off choices for Wamberal
Forum – It is disturbing that the Wamberal Taskforce is downgrading the issue of sand renourishment in its agenda (“Wamberal community says sand nourishment must stay on agenda”, CCN 319),…
Wamberal community says sand nourishment must stay on agenda
The Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) group has accused the State Government and the Wamberal Seawall Advisory Taskforce of a lack of consideration for community concerns, following statements made…
Community say invited on five Wamberal seawall options
Residents have until September 10 to comment on five seawall concept designs under consideration as a permanent solution to ongoing erosion problems at Wamberal Beach, but the Wamberal Save Our…
Wamberal Beach SOS guarded over sand nourishment plan
The community group Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) has stopped short of endorsing Central Coast Council’s proposal to nourish Wamberal Beach using crushed sandstone from the Sydney Metro West…