Erosion

The red and white obelisk is a must-see for visitors to the South Australian tourist town of Robe, but it's at risk of plunging into the water below.

Frustrated with a lack of government action, the residents of this coastal paradise constructed their own sea walls to slow coastal erosion. But authorities claim the ad hoc builds sometimes make erosion worse and need to be removed.

Residents of Perth's northern beaches are "on cloud nine" over the rejection of a controversial plan to build 17 groynes along the coast. 

Residents along Victoria's coast are fighting back against coastal erosion with innovative and environmentally friendly solutions.

Chris Houlahan was casting a line near Esperance when he turned to witness a sight he would later describe as "scary, awesome, and fantastic". 

Southend, on South Australia's Limestone Coast, relies on tourism money that could dwindle as coastal erosion creeps in.

Approvals to fix a dangerously eroded Queensland beach south of Bundaberg drag out as residents fear their slice of paradise is slipping away into the ocean.

A review into coastal erosion along Adelaide's coast suggests three possible options for the next two decades, ranging in cost from $40 million to $155 million.

A coastal council is calling on the Victorian government to develop policies that provide certainty for seaside communities amid concerns erosion and rising sea levels will leave them unrecognisable.

Rangers in North Queensland have fined a four-wheel drive owner and towing company after their "deep wheel ruts" scared protected wetlands.

Illegal dirt bike riders are creating an environmental disaster for some of the Victoria's most delicate vegetation, conservation regulator says

The dunes and beaches around Lancelin are some of WA's most popular destinations for four-wheel drivers. But a new report from the local council has recommended cutting back public access.

Despite ongoing community protests, geotechnical works have begun for a proposed seawall on a New South Wales Central Coast beach that suffered severe storm damage during 2020.

High levels of erosion and massive mounds of seaweed are affecting kilometres of beaches along the south-east coastline, with Flinders University researchers blaming frequent storms.

Emergency works are under way in the state's Midwest to save a marine rescue hub at risk of being washed away by strong swells. 

Coastal erosion is washing sand away from some of Adelaide's most popular beaches at a rapid pace, with a state government review still months away from completion.

An excavator digs around a sinkhole in Mount Gambier to reveal its edges under bitumen.

Residents rail against a Perth council's proposal to install more than a dozen groynes along a 5-kilometre stretch of beach to prevent a receding coastline from wiping out roads or even homes.

An expert says it could take 10 years for dunes near Esperance in WA to return to pre-fire vegetation levels after a blaze scorched 180 hectares.

These 3D-printed biodegradable structures are helping to restore mangrove forests in eroding coastal areas.

Samba Brown's dad says his little girl would have died had it not been for the rapid response of Apollo Bay locals.

Popular Adelaide beaches will soon begin receiving truckloads of sand to help overcome erosion and sand drift, amid concerns that the condition of some shorelines is currently the "worst it has been".

The Gold Coast has a surprising problem – a limited supply of sand. Ongoing beach erosion and climate change are expected to create even greater challenges for the city.

Five of six four-wheel-drives have been found bogged up to their axles on a fire break in a north Queensland nature reserve, with park rangers estimating the drivers caused $50,000 damage after attempting to travel the area after a major rain event. 

During El Niño cycles, Australia's beaches recover from erosion while beaches from California to Chile erode. It's known as the El Niño Southern-Oscillation climate cycle. But as climate change ramps up the effects ENSO cycles may become more intense.