We are excited to be working with the Douglas Shire Council on this project to review innovative coastal inundation methodologies and to develop new guidance for storm tide mapping in Queensland. A big thank you needs to go to the Queensland Government, who are funding the project through their Innovation and Improvement Fund. See more about it here: https://douglas.qld.gov.au/study-to-better-understand-storm-tide-risk/ I hope that this project will bring an end to the simplistic ‘bath-tub’ modelling that has been used to map storm surges through areas of varying dunes, vegetation and coastal defences. Whilst this approach still lingers in Australia it has a long list of problems that