19th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference 2009 and the 12th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference 2009 (COASTS and PORTS 2009) Wellington,xxx New Zealand 16-18 September 2009 ISBN: 978-1-62276-429-7 Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. Copyright© (2009) by Engineers Australia All rights reserved. Printed by Curran Associates, Inc. (2012) For permission requests, please contact Engineers Australia at the address below. Engineers Australia Engineering House 11 National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 Phone: +61 2 6270 6555 Fax: (02) 6273 1488 [email protected] Additional copies of this publication are available from: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Phone: 845-758-0400 Fax: 845-758-2634 Email: [email protected] Web: www.proceedings.com TABLE OF CONTENTS EVOLVING COASTS Geomorphological Threats of Climate Change on the Gippsland Coast ..........................................................................1 Allan Charteris, Eric Sjerp, Andrew McCowan, Elise Lawry, Duncan Malcolm Integrated Assessment of Coastal Hazards and Climate Change for Clarence City, Tasmania.....................................7 James T. Carley, Matt Blacka, Alessio Mariani, Ron Cox, Clive Attwater, Phil Watson Intermittently Open-Closed Lagoon Entrance Morphodynamics: Infilling, Stability and Climate Change Impacts ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Bradley D. Morris, Ian L. Turner Past, Present and Future Evolution of Coastal Lagoons, Westland, New Zealand ........................................................ 21 Claire L. Kain, Deirdre E. Hart Shoreline Evolution Modelling of the Catherine Point Region, Perth, Western Australia............................................ 29 Bradley J. Smith, Trent S. Hunt, Joanne Smith PORT DEVELOPMENT Assessment and Upgrading of Teluk Ewa Terminal, Malaysia ....................................................................................... 34 Wesley Wong, Ellinna Siou Freeport of Riga, Latvia Development of RoPax and Cruise Terminal.......................................................................... 35 Torsten Retzlaff Planning and Design for the Oakajee Port Development Project in Western Australia................................................ 41 Richard Mocke, Bill Carlton, Richard Jupp, Stephen Cork, Sigurður Sigurdarson Design and Construction Interactions with the Fergusson Terminal Expansion ........................................................... 48 Alistair Kirk, Stephen Priestley, Niksa Sardelic The Reinstatement of Bandy Creek Boat Harbour, Esperance ....................................................................................... 57 Rhys Jones, Charlie Bicknell, Karl Ilich OCEANS AND RESOURCES Oceanography in the Public Interest: Tales from Raglan................................................................................................ 65 David Phillips, Shaw Mead, Shawn Harrison, James Frazerhurst, Guillaume Dodet, Chris Klinginger, Jose C. Borrero Cook Strait: The Nexus in New Zealand’s Coastal Oceanography ................................................................................. 72 Craig Stevens, Murray Smith Observations of Secondary Flow and Upwelling at Cape Saunders, Otago Peninsula .................................................. 79 Peter Russell, Ross Vennell Origin of the Grey Carbonate Sands on the Beaches of Owen Anchorage, Western Australia.................................... 83 Michelle Carey, David Haig, Bruce Hegge Resource Evaluation, Exploration and Current Prospecting Interests of West Coast Ironsands, North Island, New Zealand ............................................................................................................................................................ 90 Alan Orpin, Helen Bostock, Scott Nodder, Phil Barnes, Geoffroy Lamarche EVOLVING COASTS MANAGEMENT Coastal Erosion of the Hawke Bay Coastline from Napier to Cape Kidnappers ........................................................... 97 Richard Reinen-Hamill, Gary Clode, Neil Daykin Sediment Budget for an Episodic Injection on a High Energy Coast............................................................................ 104 Nicola A. Cowie, Terry R. Healy, Peter J. McComb Establishing Setback Lines for Land-Use Planning: A Risk-Informed Approach....................................................... 111 Rudolf B. Jongejan, Roshanka Ranasinghe The Potential for Offshore Sand Sources to Offset Climate Change Impacts on Sydney’s Beaches .......................... 118 Angus Gordon STRUCTURES AND ENGINEERING 1 Swanson Dock - Extending Asset Life Beyond Design Life............................................................................................ 125 A. Aziz, F. Blin, M. Dacre Woody Point Jetty Reconstruction................................................................................................................................... 132 Peter Cummings, David Marshall DBCT 7X Project Marine Works..................................................................................................................................... 138 Arne Nilsen Concrete Degradation in Precast Concrete Piles ............................................................................................................ 145 S.A. Freitag, S.M. Bruce, A. Shayan, R. Slaughter, R. Pearson Assessment of the Repair and Performance of Concrete Armour on Three Breakwater Heads in NSW.................. 152 I. Jayewardene, R. Jacobs, S. Driscoll MODELLING COASTAL WATERS 1 A Suspended Particulate Matter Transport Model with Satellite Data Assimilation .................................................. 159 Heinz Günther, Mikhail Dobrynin, Gerhard Gayer Hydrodynamic and Environmental Modelling in the Vicinity of Scott Reef ................................................................ 164 Morten Rugbjerg, Thomas Uhrenholdt, Paul Van Gastel, Geoff Wake, Samantha Jarvis Modelling the Initial Formation of Channel Networks .................................................................................................. 171 B. van Maanen, Giovanni Coco, K.R. Bryan PartTracker – A Fate Analysis Tool for Marine Particles ............................................................................................. 178 Ben R. Knight, Remy Zyngfogel, Barrie Forrest Umuroa FPSO Oil Spill Incident New Zealand, October 2007...................................................................................... 186 Sasha Zigic, Scott Langtry, Brian King, Marc Zapata MANAGING HAZARDS AND CHANGE Evaluating the State of New Zealand’s Coastal Management ....................................................................................... 192 Scott Bremer, Bruce Glavovic Auckland Marinas’ Occupation Charges - Tacking Against the Tide!......................................................................... 199 Hugh Leersnyder, Ingrid Leersnyder A Web-Accessed Classification of New Zealand’s Coastal Environment ..................................................................... 206 Darcel Rickard, Terry Hume, Doug Ramsay, Ude Shankar, Andy Short, Nathan Hight Managing and Mitigating Biofouling Risks: Awareness, Policy and Implications....................................................... 211 Andrew Bell, Daniel Kluza, Chris Denny, Liz Jones Indicator Beaches on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand ................................................................................... 216 Andrew Wood, Karin R. Bryan, R. Keith Smith, Giovanni Coco, Vernon Pickett DREDGING 1 Seismic Refraction Surveys as a Tool for Port and Harbour Investigations................................................................. 223 Jim Anderson Comparison of Seabed Sampling Methods in the Port of Dampier, Western Australia.............................................. 228 Brendon Brodie-Hall, Peter Royce, Mark Davey, Wayne Young Geraldton Port Enhancement Project – Dredge Performance versus Seismic Velocity in Limestone Material .............................................................................................................................................................................. 232 Joel Bailey, Tim Green, Jim Anderson Prediction of Plume Generation and Movement from Dredging Operations in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne .......................................................................................................................................................................... 237 David G. Provis, Saima Aijaz Modelling of Dredge Plumes............................................................................................................................................. 243 Stuart H. Bettington, Kelli E. Miles OBSERVING AND MEASURING COASTAL WATERS Understanding Long Wave and Harbour Seiching Processes in Port Kembla Outer Harbour.................................. 249 Sean J. Garber, Alexander F. Nielsen, P. Doug Treloar Analysis of Coastal Wave Field Properties by Using Temporal Sequences of Radar Images of the Sea Surface................................................................................................................................................................................ 256 Jose C. Nieto-Borge, Francisco B. Cifuentes-Cristobal,