Looks like they are trying to 'trap' the weed in that one spot??

I'd be spewing if I had paid top dollar for a beach side residence and had to put up with the smell etc...

South Beach at Port Denison looked exactly like that at Easter after a 5.2m swell came through - just in time for the holiday makers

hi bakesy, a bit confused by your post as to whether you mean it is just the sand excavation plant that has been there for the past 5 years (it has been more than 10 years in different forms), or the weed building up? also, had a look there last thursday and all the weed shown had been washed out on an ebb tide. it does look a bit average (and smells of course) when it gets trapped, but with a structure like the channel there, it is inevitable - hell, some of the weed piles i've seen on our coast since march make this seem like a japan sushi plate! also fyi, there is a sign in front of the sand bypassing compound as to why they are doing it. for those interested, it goes something like:

To ensure safe navigation of the channel and maintain the beaches
to the north, each year sand is pumped to the other side of the
Channel, continuing the natural flow of sand along the
coast.
Annual Sand Bypassing Process
1. Sand is excavated.
2. Sand is fed directly into a mobile screening and pumping plant
which mixes it with water to form a slurry.
3. The slurry is pumped across the channel and along the
coastline 250 metres north.
4. Sand is deposited onto the beach and naturally continues to
move northwards along the coast.
Thus ensuring a safe navigation channel. The current bypassing target is 85,000 cubic metres per year which is moved between February and July.

got a bit to do with the operations there, so if you have any queries on it, feel free to send me a pm.

Cheers

Shame they won't pump some sand into Medge.........was a woeful season 2011-2012, pretty much non-existent except for the largest offshore swell to hit Mandurah and then the tide was wrong.

nice one Mick, there's a couple of local nutters that surf that place!

That's the best pic of m wedge I have ever seen!
Does anyone remember the break that was there b4 the cut? Never got to surf it (just surfed surf beach in those days as a grom) but have seen photos of it and it looked awesome.... I think it was called dixies or something? Anyone got any old pics of it?

Medge about to get funky

swalkington said...

That's the best pic of m wedge I have ever seen!
Does anyone remember the break that was there b4 the cut? Never got to surf it (just surfed surf beach in those days as a grom) but have seen photos of it and it looked awesome.... I think it was called dixies or something? Anyone got any old pics of it?

We used to go in through the back of the old tip. That and Melrose. I surfed down that way loads but honestly can't remember much of it.. Getting too old

doggie said...

jbshack said...

swalkington said...

That's the best pic of m wedge I have ever seen!
Does anyone remember the break that was there b4 the cut? Never got to surf it (just surfed surf beach in those days as a grom) but have seen photos of it and it looked awesome.... I think it was called dixies or something? Anyone got any old pics of it?

We used to go in through the back of the old tip. That and Melrose. I surfed down that way loads but honestly can't remember much of it.. Getting too old

AAArrrr errrrr when I was a boy we only had logs of wood to surf arrrggg

Doggie sadly i think we are the same age.

He's one for ya. Can you remeber the comp at Trigg point that was a teams event? I can remember guys like the two TC's, Martin Potter, Even a young Occy. It was based around a country v's country event. They also had a big grand stand built just for the event? Must have been around 1985, 86 or 87?

jbshack said...

doggie said...

jbshack said...

swalkington said...

That's the best pic of m wedge I have ever seen!
Does anyone remember the break that was there b4 the cut? Never got to surf it (just surfed surf beach in those days as a grom) but have seen photos of it and it looked awesome.... I think it was called dixies or something? Anyone got any old pics of it?

We used to go in through the back of the old tip. That and Melrose. I surfed down that way loads but honestly can't remember much of it.. Getting too old

AAArrrr errrrr when I was a boy we only had logs of wood to surf arrrggg

Doggie sadly i think we are the same age.

He's one for ya. Can you remeber the comp at Trigg point that was a teams event? I can remember guys like the two TC's, Martin Potter, Even a young Occy. It was based around a country v's country event. They also had a big grand stand built just for the event? Must have been around 1985, 86 or 87?

I do remember that but I was trying to get a root around that time so it wasnt on my mind that much

I organized for my class to go on an excursion to watch that comp, was in Yr12. Way to scam a day at the beach. Swan Premium,the black can, were the naming sponsers i think