More than 40 years ago, a council option to acquire Wamberal beachfront homes was the cheapest option among a list of possible beach management strategies. The option was noted in a Land and Environment decision in 1993 dealing with a development application to build a beachfront home at Wamberal. The other options were to continue to allow development; to construct a seawall … [Read more...] about Wamberal 1993: all parties in court agreed the beach would recede
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Wamberal Beach 2017 report
Central Coast Council Watch has a copy of the Wamberal Beach Cost Benefit Analysis from 2017 that community members have been looking for. The report was noted by the councillors in June 2020 when they held an extraordinary meeting after the storms that saw some Wamberal beachfront owners evacuated and more than 4000 tonnes of temporary emergency rock protection placed on the … [Read more...] about Wamberal Beach 2017 report
Heir apparent(ly) emerges: revealed at Wamberal Taskforce’s final meeting
A potential heir to residue waterfront land at Wamberal Beach has come forward. Harold Clarke Thompson died in 1939 leaving Wamberal beachfront land to seven heirs. Council has been searching for Thompson's descendents for years (see links to my previous stories below). The minutes of the March 1 meeting of the Wamberal Beach Seawall Advisory Taskforce reveal the … [Read more...] about Heir apparent(ly) emerges: revealed at Wamberal Taskforce’s final meeting
