Dredging of Tweed River to Resume Shortly
Operators of the Tweed Sand Bypassing (TSB) system will soon commence dredging of the Tweed River entrance. Weather permitting, dredging should start between the 17th and 21st of August, and will take approximately four to eight weeks.
In total, 150,000 cubic metres of sand will be dredged from the Tweed River entrance and delivered offshore of Bilinga, Snapper Rocks, Duranbah, and Fingal.
However, sand is not being placed at Kirra, in fact there is an exclusion zone around Kirra Reef (and also at Cook Island) to prevent any sand deposition affecting the reef environment. TSB claim the reef is regularly monitored to ensure that dredging does not create any adverse effects.
The Tweed River entrance gets dredged each year, usually in late winter as this presents the most favourable weather for dredging. If the swell is too large the dredge can't operate and the vessel needs to shelter and wait for conditions to improve.
Dredging of the entrance is done in conjunction with automatic sand bypass from Letitia Spit. If there were no dredging, the bar would gradually build up making the entrance difficult to navigate. Owing to the bypass system, the process of shoaling happens much more slowly, yet it still occurs.
Comments
Why is the a little break line between the Snapper and Dbah sand placement? Is that the state border or something?
It's not the maritime border. That starts at the northern edge of Snapper Rocks and extends at an angle of about 60degrees, cutting roughly thru point reef . That line continues for several miles before going to 90 degrees eastward.
Hot Spot border breaching by Nick & tubeshooter ...bloody excellent work crew!
Qld / NSW No Mans Land is 1/2 Chain or 10m wide.
Extends from 13kms inland to this said point here.
Emergency Use Neutral Zone is very much Heritage Listed.
Protected every bit as much as Cook Island & Endangered Kirra Habitat
2006 War on Terror "Sovereign Borders" bullied State Borders to man up.
https://www.aph.gov.au/binaries/library/pubs/bd/2005-06/06bd147.pdf
Australia' Maritime EEZ ( All states extended 200n miles as one)
Once free Ocean now shares several power mad border zones...as shown here!
Note: There are variations on a theme > Fishing (Similar) > Marine Reserves etc...
http://www.mesa.edu.au/seaweek2010/bkgd02.asp
"No Man's Land > extends > Emergency Pilot Station (Pad) < > Fed Ocean access.
eg: Pandemic NSW/Qld Lockdown > Dutto "Freely" cruises in & sets up Defence Lab Station.
Lab injects Vax into Tweed sewage outfall inoculating all surfers...cures Covid & defeats China!
All without catching covid or upsetting TSBP / Anna or Gladys as crew can clearly see.
2012 is earliest tbb can track TSBP slotting this Heritage / Emergency access.
Like a 24hr easement between compartments.
Normally wouldn't be noticed but for this ongoing project highlights the 10m wide anomaly.
Of course tbb gives crew a choice of something equally as mad.
Emergency corridor can also be a bonus escape valve for TSBP project.
Note if you smother the coastline in sand then the tide can't 'easily' run out...durr!
This amplifies inshore currents ripping away at end of line beaches.
Smashing down 1,000's of swimmers like 10 pins...washing basherz a mile from wave head.
Endless longer whipping wishy washy half faced wave trains flooding the bank.
A powerball effect of combover waves breaking wide & ahead of themselves (A superbank).
Where would Qld / NSW agree to slot a Tidal Drain to slow this mind numbing devastation.
Most would argue the least surfed = shared border break as you see on the Map.
Of interest, the following year 2013 the waves slowed to fire up the headlands..3 months.
tbb is not saying this has any bearing on the above 10m Gap in the Compartments.
Just that all these machinations played out during it's emergence.
Equally say Joel & Mick wanted a doggy door...as Joel was a VIP TSBP Conductor.
cheers tbb , love ya work
Technically speaking taking off behind the rock at Snapper is a breach of border restrictions. Froggies sand is QLD owned but NSW has jurisdiction over the sea in front of it.
The Albatross is on it's way across the ditch as we speak.
Equally so tubeshooter...NSW agreed to Qld Border version but also Control it.
Policing of Border ever changes Riverbank or Isthmus even to current bubble.
NSW (Officer)Maritime-Rail-Coaches >||< Buses-Roads-Airport (Police State) Qld
Reflects NSW Colonial power >|#|< SEQ Capital expansion.
tbb showed State - Fed (Exclusive Economic Zone 10m Access)
Just checked - Patrol Boats measure 7m across > (Slots into 10m Neutral Zone)
NSW patrol Cooly Bay...as next Port GC Seaway can't service live / release rescues
Qld must sanction NSW to Patrol (Live) Shark mitigation / breaches.
tubeshooter points this out...be cool to share any Maritime Map or agreement?
tbb agrees...NSW must harbour an overseeing arrangement in border waters.
Point Danger oversees north to Surfers Paradise.
This Map designates NSW Marine Rescue Zone in Cooly Bay
https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/documents/maritime/usingwat...
Having said that...Seaworld rescues Whales as far as Coffs.
tubeshooter earns bonus - Sand compartment's stop gap options.
* 2010-13 (FTF) Finfish Trawl Fishery extended to NSW border
Starts 5km offshore (20km) State boundary ( Supports : EEZ )
https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/53134/Final-Manag...
* Fish Stock Channel to detour migration from mass superbank strandings
* Sewage release outfall valve, to ward off Superbank skid marks
* Expansion Gap > Tradies know such an over weighted bedding needs relief.
Gap relieves pressure to prevent undermining any erosion fracture at weakest point.
If Sandbank was to rupture at weakest point it would undermine substrate. (Bad!)
*Huey's Dream Academy essential lifeline.
A deep Ocean feeding tube to revive our lifeless decaying Headlands.
Thanx again Nick...that was the right question to ask!
Locals luv getting thrown a wobbly...almost an underarm that one!
Crew gets rewarded a Sandman Fact Check...
(Rainbow) Balder R > dredged 3,000,000 m3 in 3 months
Tugun offshore Quarry measures 470,000 m3
Albatross dredges 150,000 m3 in 2 months
253 Albatross payloads would be needed to fill the offshore Tugun Quarry.
2020 Albatross dumped 19 payloads into Tugun Quarry.
13 years to fill Quarry at this rate ...That's about the size of it!
Do they then keep cruising north to fill the other Quarries (Chasing their tail.)
Dear Queensland.
New South Wales would like its sand back.
Please dump into these two bays at Evans Head.
If you only have enough sand to fill one of the bays, fill Half Tide(reason-picks up more refracted south swell than Jogglies).
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Mate - could you not mention that location please
what ,, EVENSHEAD , , LIKE ITS A FUCKING SECRECT .BET YOU JUST A NEW COMER IN A NEW BIG HOUSE THERE , MOST LIKELY A MAL RIDER ,
Lol - all caps kook.
He is surfalot67, so he's either a mal riding 54yr old, or two balls short of a 69 :D
Funny guy. Did you high five yourself after you typed that? Re read my comment you muppets, did I mention a location? I don’t live there but the locals I know won’t be impressed with old mate pin pointing a fickle but usually uncrowded gem. You prob surf Burleigh and complain about crowds
I'm just messing about having a laugh mate, don't take it personally.
tbb has a secret 1970's Trophy from surfing said Mystery Town's 3 Secret Spots.
1970's Schoolies Secret Spot Surf Safari scored again...on Secret Spot #4
3rd time Lucky on main break with mate...Stoked to see it's still a secret. Salute!
Now Qldurrz are not allowed to surf there unless we BYO sand...(Bonus!)
Bet yer never wish ya said that! Goldie is entombed in The Great Pyramids of TSBP.
Enough to stoke 1,000 secret Spots & unearth 1,000 more of our own lost gems.
"New South Wales would like its sand back."
A line best dest delivered with a Toe Cutter accent.
Push me, shove you..oh yeh says who
HAHAHAHAH
Meanwhile, in Byron Bay...
Hmmm. Some Bilinga banks would be nice. Always endless gutters and straight handers. History suggests they will save the fuel and just dump off the same patches at Rainbow and Kirra wide, never travelling south of Dbah, or north of Kirra.
Yep I agree. They have a definitely have a history of doing that. I have very little confidence that Kirra Reef and a few others won't be affected. I've witnessed them dumping in places they shouldn't have at night too many times.
And those flood lights and sometimes erratic positioning can make coming in or out of that bar in the dark a nightmare as well .
Second this.
I'm not so sure its about maintaining a navigable entrance to the bar.
I suspect its about making the Snapper/Greenmount/Kirra section more longboard friendly.
Some A-frames down the Bilinga stretch would be sweet.
shaping up as a lost opportunity
Andrew,
If you were the captain of MV Albatros, where would you be dumping your load?
Size of load 120 olympic swimming pools.
150,000 cubic metres divided by 1250(size of olympic pool).
Surely 60 loads for us and 60 loads for them is fair.
The vessel is in NZ at the moment and can be easily tracked. Including previous track route marks. It shouldn't be too hard to work out where they dump it when they get here.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/nl/ais/details/ships/shipid:251741/mmsi:24... and click on the "Past Track" link left of screen.
What's the $$$ cost of this dredging?? Deep water running around north wall in a north direction. I can't see no problem for any size boat that goes in and out of there. If you can't make it out off that seaway, you have no business being out in open ocean!.
"If you can't make it out off that seaway, you have no business being out in open ocean!."
Tell that to Captain Kyle.
7 weeks of repairs and Begonia is at Nth Straddie......
https://followingsea.net/blog/Begonia
Curiosity nearly killed the cat,him ,and his passengers. That situation is like taking a plan out in a blizzard,or cyclone,or jump in my car and do a few laps ,as fast as we can go against the clock, but there's oil on the track on 4 major corners.
He tried to cross in the most shallowest part of the seaway. If he was looking for a thrill, I'm sure he got one.
Goes to show,no matter how good you are,or think you are, you can still be a kook and kook it.
Is kirra bank based on reef? since when was kirra a reefbreak? its a shame what happened to that place. Never surfed it either. Didnt have my p's when i went to schoolies.
Sand bottom. There's a spot of reef further out on the shoulder. Basically covered by sand now.
The waves used to come out of deeper water then jack up on the sand.
Now there's so much sand in the bay you can see them feathering hundreds of metres out.
It takes a bit of power out of them.
Its a shame whats happened to surfing in general.
But the boards are better.
As dastasha says the break itself isn't reef apart from that one small rock.
The reef being referred to with regards to dredging concerns is a small group of rocks further north of the groynes and sits just beyond the surfline in shallow water. It attracts all sorts of life and often lots of it.
I've had it explained to me that the reef helped the sand bar by creating a scouring current that helped maintain the deep/shallow gradient of the bank.
that maintained the super hollow nature of Kirra.
anyone else heard that?
Yep , I've heard that one. Having dived and fished there a lot I'd say the theory is very plausible.
The way the current/sweep moves around the reef when the it's running seems to deepen the edges around the reef naturally.
No idea about the theory you mention, but I've always wondered about the continuity of Kirra. Like, how back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s it broke close to the rocks, and how now it breaks fifty or so metres further out, and yet it retains its distinguishing features.
You'd think such distance would cause whole new aspects of the wave to show - weirdness, fatness, irregularities - but nup, it's breaking in a completely different patch of ocean yet it's still Kirra.
Yeah Stu, it's still not Kirra mate unfortunately. The whole sand pump thing killed it, along with removing the end of the groyne.
Come to think of it D'Bah is a shadow of it's former self now too.
The waves were definitely more powerful at Kirra and because of the deep water out the back the size was substantially larger too. Kirra used to hold (real) 6-8 foot easy and it was surfable.
The inside reef at Kirra is now under sand, it was called "The Butterbox" and in big swells you could take off on the boil.
One of the saddest things these days is that Little Groyne at Kirra is gone. We used to get 4-6 foot sand dredging barrels down there....
Toorak's is also gone - there was a concrete outlet pipe from Coolangatta Creek, just South of the North Kirra surf club - where you'd get A frame peaks either side of the outlet.
More breaks meant more places to surf, which spread the crowds out rather than concentrating the take off zones. I guess everything changes though....
Ah, Little Groyne, sweet, sweet memories. Also Greenie used to wrap and break around the rocks and was a wonderful, wonderful fun wave. Still great waves up there, but with the crowds and current sand formations, it is a shadow of its former self. So thankful I had 29 years living right in the heart of it.
Had many a barrel with rod rocket (rest his soul) at little groyne. There was a sausage groyne too, which used to have some little rippers.
BTW, Mr biscuit, who was it all those years ago that got u into surfing? I heard it was some weird kid from the goldy who wore billabong boardies in FNQ, and freaked out all the locals ;)
The Albatross has dropped anchor just north of Kirra after steaming from Brisbane last night. I'm guessing they'll start dredging tonight.
And end up making the peel angle at Kirra more acute.
Albatross visible on big Groyne Cam
Meanwhile the Begonia's new steering setup is not up to the job
https://followingsea.net/blog/Begonia
haha ,, "We will need to get our thinking caps on and see what we can do.",Begonia log , ... that should be interesting.
Looks like the Albatross has pulled the pick , and is about to kick off.
are they going to dredge the insane bank built-up right off the Tweed Bar?
I'd assume so FR.
First load was just dropped at north Dbah just south of Boundary St.
bummer, that bank looked insane.
was hoping to get up and surf it.
Big effort coming from your end with borders now nearly airtight. Tweed Shire Council and the Aboriginal Land Council have closed Letitia road and beach to vehicles since I think April last year and it's extended four months since May 2021 or until the elections are over. You can still walk the road/beach or bike, but that's an effort: solid walk, solid paddle, solid surf, then solid walk again. I've done it once around March-ish to surf around the pump, as I didn't realise the road was still closed, probs wouldn't do it again. Can't park anywhere along the road, so Fingal head beach is the start point. Or launch a ski, but something tells me that's not your go.
Banks are looking pretty good along that stretch:
Thanks Ben, I was thinking of parking up at Tweed somewhere near Twin Towns and paddling out the river on run out tide.
Anyway that's off the menu for now.
No worries. Good alternative, not much paddling involved with that option at all.
They seem focused on just east of the north wall tonight . And so far it's all been dumped just offshore from the coast guard tower.
Good viewing from the Tweed Bar cam.
I wonder how much the dredging affects Fingal.
Can we borrow that dredger when you're done. There are soo many nearly there points and coves along the Great Ocean road that just need some sand pumped in to sort out the bottom contours.
The crew is working the guts of the river mouth and south wall tonight.
So far all the sand has been dumped in the same area in front of the Coast Guard tower.
Here's what it's done so far.
You can watch in real time here: https://www.marinetraffic.com/nl/ais/home/centerx:153.540/centery:-28.16...
Interesting tracks.
Notice it goes into D'Bah or Snapper on both those trips further North?
Also, anyone know what the track colour codes mean?
I suspect colour is proportional to speed (red = stationary).
Yeah, had thought that too, but, if stationery, there'd be no movement, so no track ...
Maybe slow speed?
Or, operational. Dredging or dumping?
The link Ben mentions keeps the track marks for 24 hr periods whether the vessel is moving or not. The site also has information regarding if the vessel is either At anchor , Underway or Restricted in Maneuverability {dredging or discharging}. including current speed course etc
hard to tell how the banks will work until we get some swell. i hope they dredged that bank wide of snapper where the last storm dumped sand. that caused waves to break up and lose power, then the inside sections along rainbow to greeny to be fat and weak.
Albatross sitting off North Kirra, viewed through our surfcam.
Nice workplace on a day like today! Wonder if he's got a line out.
This is one of the best threads on Swellnet at the moment. alongside the SEQLD/NNSW forecast comments.
Just came across a recent clip of Parko surfing that outside bank that freeride76 mentioned. Given the transects the dredge has been conducting recently I'd say it's all over by now.
Just wondering if anyone has any credible scientific evidence that the Tweed-Sand-Bypass/ dredging has ANY affect on beaches south of this system. Other than the immediate local vicinity I find it almost impossible to believe that there would be any affect south of this setup[tweed] as our long-shore drift sand-flow along the east coast is South-to-North. So how is it possible that this would have such an impact on beaches far south of tweed that are always replenished by beaches even further south of them. If you have shit banks in your local beach then my guess it's got 99% to do with the beaches south of you, NOT north of you.
Local sand banks can naturally shift over years and this has well documented long before any by-pass projects started.
There are also other coastal processes that can affect the formation of good sand-banks such as local rain, rivers, creeks, lakes, sand-dunes,sand drift, and traffic [beach 4wheel drives]. It's just way to simple and easy to try and put all the blame on one of man's interventions that hasn't even a tenuous connection to the result.
I think the bigger point everyone is missing is that we have a massive resource floating past our doorstep every day.[Sand = Land] Why are we jut letting all this sand flow up to Frazer island and clog up the reefs?
Reclaiming land along the coast seems entirely logical when you have the actual ingredients for land coming to your door.
There is approx 500,000 cubic meters moving from south to north every year and this could give us some valuable land along the coast to replant trees and help nature return. All it needs it to be stabilized which is easy with reefs to protect it. Reefs also have a massive benefit to the marine environment by increasing biodiversity greatly.
The Gold coast is already on reclaimed land due to the fact all the swamps were filled in with sand for housing, etc. So it's not a new idea whatsoever.
If only the Gov planners had some foresight to see we could enhance and protect our coastal environment with some intelligent thinking.
I know the environmental purists will disagree with what I am saying but to be honest I have no time for discussions with people at either end of the environmental spectrum as being extreme one way or the other never got humans anywhere.
Progress is not the enemy> Trying to keep things the same in an ever-changing world is
If we want to maintain the status quo then we have already failed, as no new ideas or improvements ever came from keeping things the same.
'Just wondering if anyone has any credible scientific evidence that the Tweed-Sand-Bypass/ dredging has ANY affect on beaches south of this system.'
- why would anyone think it would? it's not about NSW beaches, it's just artificially unplugging the entrance so the fisho's get out safely and moving the sand north to the GC like nature intended.
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Line in the Sand .... Pumping & Dredging scale up big time into 2022
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[Factcheck] TSB has been pumping sand consistent with Natural Longshore Drift
Record North Coast Flooding + Less real term funding to clear the record East Coast river silting.
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/operations/general-information.html
Sand Dredging Tech has improved but is it enough to tame another La Nina Event.
2022 Sand Pumping Volumes.
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2022/augus...
Big first half of 2022 sees near record Sand Pumping matching the foundation years
Mid year Pumping had surpassed 2021 Annual Pumping Volume
End of July (Current) Pumping has surpassed all 2016-2021 Annual Pumping Volumes
2022 River Dredging Volumes likewise return to pre 2008 Foundation Era
Only 2017 Games special dredged more but 2022 already cemented over 2017 annual pumping total
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2022/augus...
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/operations/dredging-2022.html
GCCC #1 Rainbow Quarry (Bilinga) > Extra 15,000 m3 ( Longest Haul )
Indicates Improved Fuels / Dredge / Pumps in order to contemplate exhaustive demands.
Offset cost-wise by eliminating the Dreamtime Run & wide Kirra Dumps.
Extra Time is also saved by the extra 15,000 m3 immediate dumping onto D'Bah.
Re-juggle possibly amounts to similar km's but considerably more Volume.
Meaning 2022 Pumps / Dredging are currently running at full steam foundation era Sand Bypassing.
As tbb reported...ramping up for no extra money!
Unsure if TSB can apply for Natural Disaster Relief. (Anyone?)
With BOM La Nina Alert these pumps might need to ramp up another notch.
We could see NSW Govt Dredge River Mouths as precautionary Flood Mitigation.
Firstly! That will likely deprive or restrict funding for TSB.
All that Sand will drift to choke the TSB set up that wasn't designed for continual overlode capacity!
With BOM clocking a 3rd La Nina > We could see record 2023/24 Sand Pumping to keep in the game.
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/outlook/
Here's the state of play.
*NSW transport recognize record successive NSW La Nina Flooding events choking River Mouths
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-24/calls-to-address-richmond-river-b...
*TSB Transition Project Phase 3 (June 2021) Preparation of a new system ... is well underway (Check!)
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/operations/tsb-transition-project...
* Improved Dredging Vessels & Pumping affords larger Payload for similar cost?
10 May 2022 (It's possible that Vessels / Pumps have been upgraded or retro fitted!)
https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2022/05/10/combined-innovations-improve-dr...
We see a hint of this with current Gold Coast Pumps starting 1 month later for same paylode & cost
*Goldie Erosion...2022 $1m Dredging Amounts (Former Start was Late July > now Late Aug)
24 Aug-Mid Sept ~ Dredge 30,000m3 @ Tallebudgera Creek (Pump) > Burleigh Storm banks
End Sept-Dec ~ Dredge 30,000m3 @ Currumbin Creek (Pump) > North of Breakwall
https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2022/08/24/gold-coast-annual-dredging-prog...
So...all in all GCCC / TSB are performing at cost to deal with capacity Foundation level Pumping
However! La Nina + Record Sand Volumes in River Mouths will keep kicking more sand in their face.
They'll need to man up & bulk up to fight off a 3rd La Nina Bully with little more than their worth!
It is strange to read that these contracts are fixed price over many past years yet more is expected!
tbb is just saying...look around & others putting out way less are demanding way more!
If our Rivers are #1 La Nina Flood mitigation then Sand Pumping & Dredging become lifesavers.
Take a look at NSW Flood Prone Rivers...another 2023 La Nina disaster in the making.
Panic calls to release large volumes of Water from Dams while all River Mouths are blocked...
Before ya pour more into yer Flood Basin...Perhaps ya might wanna pull the plug first...just saying!
Recapping recent TSB Dredge Totals
2019 = 151,360m3
2020 = 110,178m3
2021 = TSB Dredging
59,061m3 Snapper
52,181m3 D'bah
14,729m3 Bilinga Rainbow Quarry
7,34m3 Fingal
133,316m3 Total
End of 2022 Review
Studies...
23rd Feb Letitia Beach Report by Blue Coast
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/july22/ref...
Year 21 Report ( $6m/yr for 600,000m3)
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2022/dec/T...
24th Aug ~Annual Talle Creek > Currumbin Ck Dredging 2x 30,000m3
https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2022/08/24/gold-coast-annual-dredging-prog...
Sept ~ Bonus (Mini Goldie Sand Pump / Reef Review)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-03/gold-coast-no-stranger-to-beach-e...
Significant 2022 Environmental Impacts from Flooding / Sand-Pumping
* Massive D'bah Sand Dump in Feb
* Major Feb Flood scouring of 100,000m3 bed inside retaining walls
* Immediately followed in March by 215,000m3 of Peak La Nina infill (All within a month!)
* Sadly 50% of Kirra Reef Habitat was silted over...echoing Desert Storm of 2012.
Data Continues from above with continued epic Foundation Level Sand Pumping.
December figures are yet to fall but it won't change the outcome.
2022 is nudging 600,000m3
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2022/dec/S...
Recapping last review...
Highest Pumping Levels since Foundation Era 2002 / 2003 / 2005
4th highest Annual Total in 22 years
(re: March 215,000m3 record La Nina infill > Oct Pumps big finish)
Also as recently as October being highest monthly pump for 15 years
Seems as if they could & may even run back to back foundation level Pumping
2022 Tweed River Dredging
33,174 m3 Snapper
30,599 m3 D'bah
8,626 m3 Dreamtime
72,399 m3 Total
It doesn't add up now...does it?
Half of recent Years Quota but with record 2022 infill to shift?
2022 Placement Areas > Fingal + Bilinga Rainbow Quarry quotas are absent from Data?
It seems as if Record sand needed dumping & pumping real fast to nearest Dump site D'bah!
Considering also some wild seas during Sept...crew can check in the data...
Logically this near dumping would keep any placement of record sand on budget & on time!
Kinda like > "Emergency Bypass / Bypass!"
Wots the story then tbb? Huh!...Oh that!
Note the Aug > October Pumps ramped up to mop up any spare Dredge Spoils...(Got it!)
Local salts call that a Triple Bypass...Anyhow! Crew know that stranger things happen at sea!
End of Year Bonus for the crew...
Surf Council Speak & Thanx from the TSB crew ( Check here for Best Surf / Lineup Photos )
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2022/nov/T...
Local Goldie / Tweed folk are happy to share our lot...Happy New Year #1 swellnet & crew!
Dredging has resumed at the Tweed Bar.
Looks like Sig is about to about to set a few pots.
Those lights on the dredges can be a real pain in the arse crossing that bar sometimes.
2022 Continues with mass Dredging shortfall being offset by massive Dec Pumping 88,971m3
Yes! tbb called that...pretty sure the crew could likewise see that coming to meet annual TSB quota.
As envisaged above...Dredging shortfall saw a resurgence in foundation era (2002-05) pumping levels
2022 Total Sand Pumping = 672,710m3
2023 Dredging = 260,000m3 is also ramping Foundation Levels.
Ok! Let's see how & why TSB need to push near capacity Pump'n'Dump!
Average Annual Transport 1km south of Jetty = 647,681m3
2022/23 Current dual Pump/Dredge Sand Bypass = 932,710m3
Crew can read 30% La Nina impost that is currently being bypassed at great cost on low budget.
2001-2006 Foundation era Notes relevant to Superbank...
SR-E (Snapper Rocks East) Peak month > Pumped 95,000-115,000m3 / "Peak month/s"
SR-E 2022 (December) was the next highest peak volume = 88,971m3 / month
Ok! But why is that noteworthy... (tbb predicted back2back foundation level pumping!)
Well it is kinda > Massive Month total + Massive Dredge Program...
2023 First Quarter is not at foundation levels...'as yet'...but it is reawakening & coming on strong!
There seems to be a gradual upgrade of SR-E pumping.
Surfers can check ramping of SR-E pump outlet : 2022 Oct 77K > Dec 89K > 2023 April 99K
TSB Crew are getting the band back together for a comeback special...
As it stands...
SR-E 2023 (April) Just reactivated foundation level Pumping = 98,756m3 / mth
Again...Noteworthy...Why is that again...not sure if tbb needs to answer that, as crew know the answer?
March...Standard Low SR-E = 23K
April...Massive Pumping SR-E = 99K
May...Massive Bullies arrive on Goldie...WSL CS (Where's our Supa Bank...Said Now! Aussie Slaves!)
Govt's bankrolling o/s sports organizations to shape our Land/Seascape at the twiddle of a dial.
Previous years WSL re-positioned Shark Nets & Pulled the lever on sand pumps...More! More!
Q: Are WSL qualified to wield max power over Fortress Oz Frontline Climate Change defence...
Anna: "We decide how much to bankroll o/s Corporations to cement our estuaries!" (Can't Breathe!)
Many East Coast crew (tbb) are still forbidden to leave our shoreline to defend it...for how long Anna?
2023 TSB Dredging Menu.
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/operations/dredging-2023.html
Exclusion Zones (Cook Island / Kirra Reef)
80,000m3 Bilinga ( Deposit for 2017 Com Games Southernmost WSR Rainbow Canyon )
75,000m3 Snapper Rocks East
65,000m3 Duranbah
30,000m3 Fingal
10,000m3 Dreamtime Beach
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260,000m3 Total
Annual Dredging Totals / Duration / Location (Makeshift Rundown for crosschecking!)
https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2023/may/D...
Foundation Years ( Snapper >Cooly > Kirra > D'bah)
2000-01 = 532,517 (12mths)
2001-01= 289,972 (7mths)
Gears down to 2006 noting... June-Sept 2005 (22K Palmy loads)
2008/9 ( Peak Budget NSW $5.6m Qld $4.2m )
Rising to 2009 (Break) rising to 2017
2013 (Lowest Budget NSW $1.9m / Qld $1.8m)
2017 = 216,605m3 (7mths) D'bah trickle down effect
No Dredging
2019 = 151,360m3 (17days) 1st Fingal Care Package +Teaspoon doses for CG Rainbow Canyon)
2020 = 110,078m3 (15 days)
2021 =133,316m3 (35 days) NSW/Qld Last known Budget $3.3m equally
2022 = 72,399m3 (71 days)
2023 = 260,000m3 (50-98 days) Note wide open Dates...tbb thinks that Extra Cost times with Qld Budgets!
What does this rundown & latest data say!
Firstly...TSB gig expires in Sept 2024...most would expect a Shipshape Outfit to continue as is!
Meaning all gear must be compliant to operate at full capacity...(eg: Pumps operating at capacity)
So we could just be seeing capacity checks for ongoing realistic contract pricing...a good fair workout!
It says there is not enough budget or capacity for on demand Capital City Port type dredging levels.
TSB are ramping Pumps / Dredging to Foundation Levels to shift 30% extra La Nina payload.
Says that Goldie Mayor is furious about not getting enough MILO in his Commemorative CG goblet.
In other words...his bloody great Rainbow Quarry is starving his beaches of Gold dust.
Bullying TSB to shift mountains north to fill his quarry...not outta their job description but not budgeted.
Says to move Record La Nina foundation amounts to farthest destination with no extra capital or gear!
Wot odds for TSB to exhaust global fuel supplies to cart 80,000m3 Sand north to dust Mega Canyon?
WSR Bilinga Rainbow Quarry measures 470,000m3 & is very hungry, awaiting to be fed...Now!
Note: Goldie Mayor is not chippin' in for petrol money for Hellhole of the Pacific Rainbow Surf Safari.
Most interesting is the wide open 50-98 days timeline TSB have advertised.
Don't take a genius to work it out. Mayor's Rainbow gig is conditional on being paid first...Please!
Basically finishes closer to 50 days without the Rainbow gig or 98 days with fully paid gig! (Choose!)
But...Big But!
Qldurr can add that Premier / Goldie Mayor only just brought down their 2023/24 Budgets...
tbb is only guessin' that TSB will get an extra bucket'n'spade to sprinkle more Gold Dust for our Mayor.
The dredge has arrived for the annual, erm, dredge.
'Tis a different vessel this year, the TRUD R sailing under the flag of Denmark. Was last in Yamba.
So obviously the TRBP isn’t enough to keep it as clear as they want??
Hate to be pedantic but that's the same dredge as last year.
It's also the same one they used at Stockton last year for the beach nourishment.
Ah is it? My bad. I thought they always used the Albatross.
Albatross was last used in 21.
The Viking R was used in 22.
I think they also used Trud R's sister ship Modi R as well last year.
I remember the vessels name (Trud R) when comments came up about the name origin in another thread, which the vessel turned out to be named after the daughter of a Norse God.
Love the optimism in the foreground
hahaha. Maybe they're waiting for the big boat to do a lap past for bit of wake.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:158133/mmsi:21...
Qld-NSW Borderline Dedication to our expert crew that love dredging up the past.
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Captain Ben's Tweed River Dredger's Table with exclusive #1 swellnet sand volumes
Dredge...........Albatross..Albatross..Albatross..Viking R..Modi R + Trud R........Trud R
Year......................2019.......2020..........2021.......2022.......2023 +....2023.........2024
Bilinga / Tugun 30,000....33,000......14,729....................40,898 + 39,830.....50,000
Snapper Rocks 54,000....22,199......59,061...33,174.....59,722 +...8,958..................
Duranbah......... 36,000....30,229......52,181...30,599.....68,060......................40,000
Fingal............... 30,000....24,750........7,345......8,626.....31,084......................50,000
Dreamtime ............................................................................................10,975...................
Cubic Metres..151,360..110,178...133,316....72,399...199,764...59,763....140,000
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Bloody hell TBB, formatting that graph to align in the comments can't have been easy.
Big salute from the south to you!! You're a gem.
southernraw is a clever cookie & speaks from experience...
Correct...breaks yer heart lining up all columns knowing the ai bot scrambles it into chaos!
Salute our #1 swellnet Surf Comp God Steve...reckon he lives in Chaos Theory!
Motion to enquire if freeride76 gets paid 10x extra to re draft his #1 Comp reports 10x over!
Coz like Steve ain't got no choice but to run out many lines of Comp Heats, each get shafted 1-3 points.
#1 Reason tbb drooled over swellnet #1 Form Guide (Impossibly Perfect Surf Comp Robot God!)
Like who is this Mysterious Surf Comp God ~ Spock / Data? ....all swear Hippie Steve wears the cape!
For those not in the know...takes around 10 x jigsaw aligned reloads...
Misaligned adaptions that the crew don't see ...example...
Gotta tweak the table according to ai bot's Line Up of the day!
Above table needs several altered loads to suit the ai bot of the day...takes around 5-10 mins approx.
Usually around 1-3 shift points on each line need re formatting in random ai alignment..but!
tbb is not the sharpest Geek so takes a few more goes...Geek would memorize more = Less Loads!
Have tried writing out ai code on back of envelopes for bigger Timelines just to avoid extra uploads!
Fair dinkum...tbb's code would look like this...
(Initial Load > Then...shift all Data points & press reload just the once...as if!)
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Fortunately...for sake of a sound mind...
Once the link is established the corrupted ai format settles in same robotic chaos each upload.
In otherwords it's formatted chaos...not random with each upload...although it may shift by ..1 (next) point!
So once each line is adjusted it usually / hopefully stays in newly corrupted form...(tbb is lying!)
Well that's the Plan...ain't got no Plan B but to go with the corrupted ai bot's mandated data flow...so be it!
Looks a little like this when uploaded for re formatted 10th time...just to align the columns seen above!
Noting tbb will likely need to re adjust this Chaos just to example the Chaos...go figure!
Year ....1000....1000
Date.......1000......1000
Time..1000..1000
Next......1000.....1000.....1000
That's how we corrupted Desk Jockeys roll in the swellnet shire...www is seriously warped!
Up until now...we users put up with it...but now crew are starting to backdoor the Matrix time tunnel.
Reckon the crew are closin in on tbb....#@!* Knock Knock Thud! Crash! tbb is outta here!
Left a stack of Meds in the Top Drawer for the crew...Knock yerselves out!