Save Ocean Beach

The natural and physical resources of Ocean beach and its adjacent City Dunedin are under threat and you can help!

Channel 9 News Segment "Dunedin's coastline is paying the price for our recent wild winter weather.
Several of the city's main beaches are rapidly eroding, forcing Dunedin City Council to close the walking track connecting St clair to Middle and St Kilda beaches.
For the past few days, Council staff have been keeping a close eye on developments along the beach, and are suprised by just how fast the land is disappearing."


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Below: The two houses are gone, every scrap of their existance has been removed, the topsoil/sand has been stripped/levelled in preparation for the building work to begin on the Hotel development


Above left: another view of the prepared ground, Above right: From Forbury Road.. the new beauty salon's construction is well underway.. below, caitlin takes a photo on the wee pentax while driving past of the beauty salon. with her image caught in the wing mirror.

Was taking photos for a painting project, and these were part of them, thought I'd share on the blog.. Gorgeous views of the Esplanade with the Sea Wall leading on to the Dunes. You can see Forbury Park raceway in the distance of the first photo.
The Two sportsgrounds on either side of Moana Rua Rd in the second one, and the third is pretty much the same.. but nice to see a high tide dry-sand line has returned to the beach


The sand scarps are still clearly visible, and from this view the closeness of the sports grounds is startling