Bring back the beach

LISTEN to the science… Portland Beach Safety and Restoration Alliance members Vern McCallum, Scott McFarlane, Dean Beckman and Pam McLeod amid some of the rocks they say are a danger at the rock wall at Allestree. After spending two years monitoring the sea wall as part of a state government citizen science project, they propose an innovative solution. Picture: KAREN HODGE 2010119kh08

By Chalpat Sonti

October 23, 2020 | 10:48 AM

YOU might call it going back to the future, but that’s exactly what a local group of citizen scientists wants to do with the Dutton Way sea wall.

The Portland Beach Safety and Restoration Alliance is pushing for the sea wall to be replaced by ‘whale tail’ (T-shaped) reef groynes, which it says has been done successfully around the world.