1. Adelaide Coastline Sand Carting May 2004

3. Glenelg Beach Removing 2-3 metres depth of sand
Beach width reduced by 100 metres

4. Looking north towards the breakwater
Glenelg Beach
Looking north towards the breakwater

5. Looking south towards the jetty
Glenelg Beach
Looking south towards the jetty

6. Holdfast Shores Marina Cause of the buildup of sand is the marina entrance protection with a breakwater

7. South Glenelg – sourcing the sand
Stormwater outlet – Glenelg south
Public safety is a concern with heavy earthmoving equipment
Rock wall and narrow beach at the southern end of Glenelg

8. Moving sand Offshore Bar is no longer a Tombolo
Dredge is still working

9. Loading and moving sand from Glenelg Beach

10. 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 size Note also the beach width at high tide on a calm day

11. Adelaide’s narrow beaches
Adelaide’s narrow beaches. Hove on the left and Somerton on the right Note 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.

12. Brighton Beach Looking north High tide on a calm day
Seacliff Beach and dune buffer looking south

13. Seacliff Sand from Glenelg is being dumped in piles on the beach to be levelled off by the waves

14. Seacliff Sand from Glenelg is being dumped in a huge mound on the beach between Seacliff and Brighton