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Bye Bye Bondi

icyfroth — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:33:00 GMT

Bondi under siege as swelling ocean seeps into suburbs

Bondi beach will shrink to a thin ribbon of sand and extreme storm surges would reach the top of its concrete sea wall, research commissioned by the local council shows.

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on Friday, found the sea level would rise and could be expected to be up to 80 centimetres higher by the end of the century.

As scientists warned of dire global consequences from climate change at the report's release in Stockholm, residents in Sydney are grappling with the practical implications.

In the case of an 80-centimetre rise in sea levels, high tides would regularly flood parts of many Sydney suburbs that are close to water, including sections of Annandale, Mosman, Marrickville, Brighton-le-Sands, Sylvania Waters, Five Dock and Narrabeen.

In Bondi, critics say local authorities are ignoring rising sea levels that threaten millions of dollars' worth of planned waterfront works - a claim strongly contested by the council.

The beach, which pulls 1.8 million visitors a year, is poised for its biggest overhaul in decades after the council proposed an underground car park, beachfront parks and a new waterfront promenade. It follows the unveiling last week of the $7 million North Bondi surf lifesaving clubhouse.

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catsnknots — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:32:42 GMT

I believe that means that Flannery would also have the ocean in his lounge room...

poor fellow.

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silverfaun — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:38:31 GMT

Flannery, the biggest rent seeker in Australia & the labbies are flocking to try to prop this disgrace up...good luck with that

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siggie-reported-by-alarmists — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:41:16 GMT

Coastlines do, and always have changed.....lol. Fancy thinking they wouldn't.....

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donnashuggy — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 01:18:42 GMT

Most of us live on sand dunes, if you look at old pics

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lakeland27 — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 01:20:57 GMT

flannerys house is above the height of a metre rise. he's smarter than the average denier

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*ibis — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 01:31:35 GMT

i demand the goverment immediatly starts building a big sea wall and starts pumping sand on to bondi beach

how do you start one of those petition things?