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BellingenNSW

Abusing beaches as highways

"Overcrowding due to a surge in visitors at some of Queensland's pristine beaches has raised safety and environmental concerns. Reports of offences including reckless driving, littering and even defecating have increased at 4WD beaches in recent years amid a domestic tourism boom."
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au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-ma
#beaches #dunes #traffic #cars #vehicles #SUVs #4WDs #Biodiversity #wildlife #Invertebrates #birds #shorebirds #MigratoryBirds #turtles #NSW #Queensland #Australia #regulation #climate #tourism #FossilFuel #recreation #overtourism

Vehicle access on the sand at Teewah and surrounding areas has proven controversial in recent years. Source: Rainbow Beach Community News Image via Yahoo news
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NSW.Biodiversity

Abusing beaches as highways

"Overcrowding due to a surge in visitors at some of Queensland's pristine beaches has raised safety and environmental concerns.Reports of offences including reckless driving, littering and even defecating have increased at 4WD beaches in recent years amid a domestic tourism boom."
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au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-ma
#beaches #dunes #traffic #cars #vehicles #SUVs #4WDs #Biodiversity #wildlife #Invertebrates #birds #shorebirds #MigratoryBirds #turtles #NSW #Queensland #Australia #regulation #climate #tourism

Vehicle access on the sand at Teewah and surrounding areas has proven controversial in recent years. Source: Rainbow Beach Community News via Yahoo news
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BellingenNSW

Traffic on beaches
It's the Wild West - turning beach ecology into a Woolies car park

Off-road vehicles are allowed to cause "serious ecological harm" to beaches, dunes and estuaries ecosystems. Vehicles traffic is causing "unequivocal serious and widespread damage" to coastal dune ecosystems. "All of the species had suffered negative effects caused by off-road vehicles. The four-by-fours running over them basically crush them to death."

"Professor Schlacher said the Noosa North Shore, Rainbow Beach, K'gari and Bribie Island were among the car-accessible beaches that were being "pummelled to death"". On Bribie Island "there can be 1,200 vehicles on the beach in one day, and that's ridiculous. It's just like a Woolies car park."

Ban 4WDs from beaches >>
abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/cal
#NationalParks #beaches #dunes #traffic #cars #vehicles #SUVs #4WDs #Biodiversity #wildlife #Invertebrates #birds #shorebirds #MigratoryBirds #turtles #NSW #Queensland #Australia #regulation #climate

ABC News · Queensland study prompts calls for 4WD ban on beaches being 'pummelled to death'By Jessica Ross
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Swede’s Photographs

Good morning. 🌊🌊🌊

10 March 2025

Hmmm... I'm feeling sleepy. Somehow, Charlie figured out it was 7:30 a.m. even after we moved the clocks forward for daylight saving time. I wonder how he managed that—perhaps Grandfather Clock gave it away with its chimes. I think it starts chiming at 7:30, though I didn’t notice because I was dozing in my chair. Come to think of it, Ben was barking outside the bedroom door before 6:00 this morning, his usual time. But how did he know? To be fair, sometimes Ben wakes up extra early when he really needs to go out. Yesterday, I didn’t even realize daylight saving time had started until I noticed that my phone and the other clocks in the house didn’t match.

“The sun got confused about daylight savings time. It rose twice. Everything had two shadows.” - Steven Wright

Breeze and Birds The image portrays a calm beach scene with seagulls both on the sandy shore and in mid-flight. The gentle waves roll onto the sand, complementing the clear, soft blue sky above. It's a serene snapshot of nature, emphasizing the seagulls in their natural coastal habitat and capturing a tranquil seaside moment.
#photo#photography#photographer
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Ginkgo

Sanderling • Calidris alba
Jones Beach, New York • USA
Olympus OM-D EM-1 MKIII • 2025

A lone sanderling in winter nonbreeding plumage searches for food on Jones Beach on a cold and windy day.

#Photography #DigitalCamera #ColorPhotography #Photo
#Olympus #MicroFourThirds #OlympusPhotography #OMSystem

#USA #UnitedStates #NewYork #LongIsland #StatePark #JonesBeach
#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #WildLife #fedibird #Birdwatching #ShoreBirds

A lone sanderling in winter nonbreeding plumage searches for food on Jones Beach on a cold and windy day.
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