'It's heartbreaking': storms cause devastating erosion at Newcastle's Stockton beach
by Amaani Siddeek from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Z89R)
The beach that lost some 20,000 cubic metres of sand to large swells last year has been battered again
"Devastating" erosion at Newcastle's Stockton beach has put the future of surfing and surf live saving in jeopardy, as anxious residents await further damaging swells at the end of the week.
The director of education at the Stockton surf life saving club, Willow Forsyth, said 3,600 cubic metres of sand that was injected into targeted areas of the beach in December had been swept away, and even more damage done by this week's storms.
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