Many great harbours of the world have experienced decades of influx of pollutants from a range of sources. Considerable efforts have been undertaken by public authorities to “cleanup” legacies of contamination and mitigate adverse impacts. Sydney Harbour is one such great harbour. In this blog, Bruce Thom discusses the contamination status of Sydney Harbour, focusing on the contributions of Gavin Birch and his team in the School of Geosciences University of Sydney Read the blog here: https://australiancoastalsociety.org.au/acs-blog/2025/02/contamination-status-of-sydney-harbour-contributions-by-gavin-birch/ (fb)

The Australian Coastal Society invites you to the 16th National Coast to Coast Conference held jointly with the 8th Queensland Coastal Conference. The Conference will be held from 4 – 6 June 2025 at Mantra on View Surfers Paradise, QLD. This year’s conference theme is "Embracing our Coastal Lifestyle: Connecting our experiences with the future" Practitioners, scientists, planners, managers, community members, engineers, policy makers, social scientists, researchers, and professionals working in coastal environments are invited to submit an abstract. Abstract Submission closes Friday 31 January 2025. You can find the submission link here: https://comms.eastcoastconferences.com.au/v/107159/1050320/email.html?k=wLvl12nNOgtUuk0o550Alg4tobp4WXnuvo1cg9grBw8 #NationalCoastToCoastConference #QueenslandCoastalConference (fb)