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Concerns over detention dams scenarios
The release of the final CSIRO Northern Rivers Resilience Initiative (NRRI) Report on 30th June has understandably dominated discussion across our region and in Council. The report presents high resolution hydrological modelling and explores a range of flood mitigation scenarios for the Richmond River catchment. While I welcome the science and the improved understanding of…
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The changing face of Nimbin
Nimbin isn’t the tourist town it used to be. Twenty years ago, three buses a day came over from Byron full of curious backpackers. And where else could you easily buy weed? We had three backpackers hostels, now we have none, and there are no daily buses from Byron, or not that I notice. Occasionally…
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Engineering flaws in CSIRO Report
Engineers often look at the world slightly differently. It is usually from a rational base, even if some people say they are a bit weird about numbers. So let’s look at a number. The volume of Sydney Harbour is 562 million cubic metres. The combined volume of the proposed detention dams is 565 million cubic…
