City of Mandurah teams up with UWA on coastal research program

RESEARCHERS from UWA are working with the Peron Naturaliste Partnership and nine local governments, including the City of Mandurah, on a regional coastal monitoring program covering about 200km of coast and estuarine areas between Point Peron in Rockingham and Cape Naturaliste.

The project aims to improve understanding of the erosion and changes to the coastline over the last few decades to help with future planning for a sustainable, long-term coastal monitoring program.

The project is the first of its kind for the region with a unique collaboration that includes the university, local government and a regional coastal organisation.

The team will complete monitoring of the coast ,which will include measuring beach widths, collecting aerial photography and existing data to map changes to the coastline over time.

Researchers expect to see some interesting data on changes to the coastline over the last few decades over the next 12 months.