Seating places

I am very fond of these benches on the St Kilda Promenade. I like the way the tetragonia and pigface cascade over and between the lava rock walls like a blanket over the back of a couch. The rock walls on their own are black and harsh, but when softened by these plants I like them.

Seaford Life Saving Club

The building cost $1.7m which and was commissioned by the Frankston City Council through a design competition.

The architects wre Robert Simeoni Pty Ltd.

The beautiful view is framed by the entrance.

The toilets are to the left of this picture.

To see beautiful pictures of the building go to

www.architecture.com.au/awards

Seaford Life Saving Club

The cafe from the beach. The cafe is leased by the Frankston Council.
There are ramps and paths to the beach.

Victorian Coastal Forum

23 April 2009
for the presentations referred to below see www.vcc.vic.gov.au Victorian Coastal Forum
Three themes of the Victorian Coastal Strategy

• climate change
• population growth
• the marine environment

John Church CSIRO

• sea level rise will be variable (will not rise like water in a bath tub)
• sea level rise will come from both mass and volume change (thermal expansion)
• we might go from 1 in 5 year events every 1 to 2 years, and historically derived 1 in a hundred year events several times a year
• combined storm surge and tide wil have more impact than sea level rise

for more information go to www.cmar.csiro.au/sealevel/

see also presentation from Clive Attwater from SGS:

Lyndon Webb from Wellington Shire

• ask developers to prepare a climate change sea level response plan (include S173 to acknowledge risk on vulnerable properties)

Peter Christoff

• burden sharing

Risk assessment is primary

'deceptive certainty of lines on maps' to define acceptable levels of risk

Peter Durkin

DSE

• natural buffers are the most cost effective

[see 15.08 of the SPFF and practice note on location and design]