Before and after cyclone Hamish passed by Noosa (G.Hardwick).Apologies for the quality of the images -- it's the comparison I was after.
After narrowly missing the wrath of Tropical Cyclone Hamish, Noosa’s main beach still suffered a significant loss of one of its least sustainable resources — sand. Noosa main beach, due to the hard rock groins and other nearby development, such as Hastings Street, usually pumps sand from the nearby estuary to keep the beach sandy for visitors.
However, by the time Hamish was close to Noosa (just off the tip of Fraser Island) it had reduced to only a category 2 cyclone. I wouldn’t like to see the results of a category 5 hitting square on the Noosa coastline. Somehow, I think some very expensive properties would lose some real estate.
A note for budding photographers. The images above display what happens when shooting into the sun. High contrast, sun directly overhead or into the lens, makes for a poor quality image. Ideally these images would have been shot during the late afternoon, with the sun low in the sky. But sometimes it’s just not possible to get the best lighting conditions.
Earth Snapshot, displayed a great image of the eye of the tropical cyclone in all its fury. I came across this image after stumbling upon Map Hawk.
Tropical Cyclone Hamish. (Earth Snapshot)
Wow! My family is up at Noosa (I’m on the Gold Coast) and they said it was pretty bad. I was there at Christmas and was glad the problems with the seaweed and smell wasn’t there this Chrissy.
I do remember that there wasn’t much sand years ago and the boardwalk near what was a beach side bar had handrails because it was so high up.
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Thanks for the comment Dennis. Sorry for the late reply. After the most recent storm event beaches across the coast have lost even more sand from the frontal dune systems. I wonder if this will be a trend repeated each year?