Coorong Incident
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 18:45
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Member - Doug T (W.A)
Was there any posts on the incident down on the Coorong in SA that caused the loss of camping gear and submerged a few 4X4s , I was away at the time and just caught the end of the news report. // After what I just read on the web one would not have wanted to be driving
the beach when this one happened .
These waves would have been good for surfing.....maybe
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Historical tsunami in Australia:
The Northwest Coast of Australia, however, has the greatest frequency of tsunami and the largest events because it lies closest to the Sunda Arc of Indonesia. An earthquake there on 19 August 1977 generated a tsunami that measured 1.5 and 2.5 m on tide gauges at
Port Hedland and
Dampier. Both the Krakatau eruption in 1883 and an earthquake on 3 June 1994 generated tsunami that ran up over 4 m above sea level along this coast. The Krakatau tsunami moved boulders 2 m in diameter 100 m inland at Northwest Cape opposite gaps in the
Ningaloo Reef.
Prehistoric tsunami in Australia
Depositional and erosional signatures of tsunami
For example, there are numerous piles of boulders aligned like fallen dominoes along the top of cliffs at Jervis Bay, New South Wales. The waves that overwashed these cliffs also deposited shelly sand that can be radiocarbon dated around AD 1500. This event produced one wave that overran the 130 m high headland flanking the south of Jervis Bay.
At Gum Getters Bay, boulders as large as a boxcar were moved. They are stacked parallel with each other to the top of a 30 m high
cliff. In this regard,
cliff collapse did not produce the deposit. Rather the boulders were deposited from a wave that overwashed the
cliff.
Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 18:50
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 18:50
Doug
The paper I read said that people attending a fishing comp at
Kingston lost 20 4wd when a larger than normal king tide came in .
Was it a king tide,or did you hear something else?
Regards Boo Boo
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 18:54
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 18:54
I just missed the start of it and heard where some vehicles had been submerged and or half buried by sand wash
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 19:04
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 19:04
Been posted on here by Truckster.
Do an archive search.
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 19:06
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 19:06
20 .....DAMN I THOUGHT MAYBE 3 OR 4 , as I always say don't F### around with nature , we never win
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 19:11
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 19:11
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Follow Up By: Nick R - Sunday, Jan 28, 2007 at 11:20
Sunday, Jan 28, 2007 at 11:20
the post had some pictures, most didn't look like 4WDs to me.......
Nick
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Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 18:58
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 18:58
Doug, I just re-read the paper and it was a king tide.
20 4wd were buried/submerged up to the roof lines.
Jeez, costly fishing trip.
Regards Boo Boo
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 22:10
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 22:10
Less than half 4bys with the news pics. Falcons and all sorts. Vans too.
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Reply By: DIO - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 20:23
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 20:23
Have a look at the following:
ABC News Report
ABC News Report
Optus Net News
Should be enough to bring you up to speed.
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Reply By: navaraman - Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 22:00
Saturday, Jan 27, 2007 at 22:00
I drove down to
Beachport the following day and wondered why so many cars where being carried on the back of tow trucks. A few of my clubmates were camped at
Beachport last Saturday night when the storm hit and it was pretty hairy by all accounts. Lots of the beaches were inaccesible as the access points were all blown away. I had alook at the beaches at
Kingston today on my way
home and they looked harmless, as they usually do,
Patrolman Pat
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