This week we deployed our drifters in the Wooli Wooli River, located in the Clarence Valley region of NSW. These drifters are used to record current velocities during specific tidal levels to help calibrate a hydrodynamic model. Our drifter design has changed a little over the years, which were originally designed by Lauchlan Bye and Helen Fairweather by the University of the Sunshine Coast, and now are under the careful eye of our coastal engineer Mike Thomson. When tracking

This week our undergraduate researcher Aly Chandler completed her university research with JBP, which brings her to the end of her degree from the University of the Sunshine Coast. Over the last six months Aly has been validating the XBeach coastal model against observed erosion at Bribie Island and the potential for erosion around the newly reconstructed Maroochy Groynes, Queensland, which has been supported by the Sunshine Coast Council. While the use of numerical modellin