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Northern beaches residents have been worried about how their beloved beach would fare when large swells and high tides hit the controversial Collaroy seawall. They were concerned the sand directly in front of the seawall would be washed away, eroding their beach, and, on Tuesday, that’s exactly what happened.

The erosion event at Collaroy Beach is far from an isolated occurrence. Other beaches along the eastern coastline have also experienced heavy erosion and scientists fear climate change will only make these events more frequent and more intense.

Patrick Allan has continued an almost 100-year-old family tradition of living in Collaroy, spending years surfing the waves, but he’s planning on leaving the small seaside suburb. The building of the seawall was the final nail in the coffin.

“I’ve watched council do everything, dump truck loads of asbestos and everything here over the years, but now they’ve let this private development application come through which is going to kill this beach,” he said. “The full effects of the seawall won’t be known until they finish.”

“This is my home, but the beach and the whole area have changed.”

The coastal strip was pummelled during a massive storm in 2016. Homes were damaged and a swimming pool was pulled into the ocean, costing homeowners and local government almost $25 million to fix. Another two big storms further eroded the sand dune in July 2020.

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https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/collaroy-beach-a-hellscape-as-sand-in-front-of-seawall-washed-away-residents-20220105-p59lyd.html

Image at top from about nine years ago... 

I have proposed somewhere recently on this site that Collaroy was going to be hit by a similar 2016 storm around the 2021 equinox but it seems I've been out by a couple of weeks... though just before the 21st of December, the region (Dee Why — a couple of kms from Collaroy) got hit by a massive downburst... etc... Anyone living on this piece of sandy real estate should be grateful the council build a wall, otherwise their swimming pools would go back to New Zealand... or Antarctica...

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