Dredging

• It is a vehicle based on the classic Land Rover Defender 110 platform but ready for the beach.
• The 2024 ECD Beach Runner is now in stock and available just in time for summer.
• Built on a Defender 110 frame, the new Beach Runner is packed with features for fun in the sun and into the evening on the beach.
• The Beach Runner is equipped with an audio system that can undock to take on the beach.

• As the leading manufacturer of automatic pool cleaners, Polaris invented the pressure-side pool cleaner over 50 years ago and is known for continually innovating the newest technologies in pool cleaning.
• The Polaris® Spabot™ carries on that legacy, and for the first time, gives homeowners an automatic option to keeping their spa clean.
• "Before now, homeowners still had to clean their portable hot tub or in-ground spa manually," said Sarah Martin, Polaris' product manager for robotic cleaners.
• Easy to operate, it can be turned on with the simple slide of a button and goes to work once it's in the water.

• “At Barletta, we’re committed to leveraging consumer insights to deliver game-changing innovation that drives the marine industry forward,” said Jeff Haradine, President of Barletta.
• “The new twin-engine pontoon will provide boaters with enhanced performance on the water and deliver a safer experience when swimming.
• Barletta is committed to redefining the pontoon segment with pioneering, family-focused marine products, and the brand’s latest innovation is the next step in this journey.
• This is the third Innovation Award win in the pontoon category for Barletta since its founding six years ago.

• When you arrive at your favourite beach these summer holidays, you may notice something different about the coast.
• With the triple-dip La Niña now making way for El Niño, our beaches have been through a rollercoaster ride.
• Using designated camera cradles installed at beach viewpoints, CoastSnap uses community snapshots taken on smartphones to track beach change.

Turning beach snaps into scientific data

• All you need to do is place your camera in the cradle, take a photo and upload it using the QR code at the station.
• Because the position and angle of the photo is always the same, over time these snaps reveal how the beach is changing.
• This aerial view enables beach change to be easily measured.

From local to global: a network of community beach monitoring

• We now have more than 350 CoastSnap stations in 31 countries and across five continents.
• This makes it the largest coordinated network of coastal monitoring worldwide – and all the data is collected by the community.
• In Ghana, West Africa, students from local schools are using CoastSnap to better understand how the “golden seaweed” sargassum impacts fishing communities.

Monitoring the present to plan for the future

• This is particularly important as sea levels continue to rise, storm tracks shift, and beaches come under increasing pressure from overdevelopment.
• This data is being fed into numerical models that help coastal researchers predict what the coastline will be like in the coming decades – and plan accordingly.
• This will go some way to ensure future generations can enjoy the coast like we do today.

Mitchell Harley receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is also the New South Wales Chair of the Australian Coastal Society. Fred Chaaya works for the University Of New South Wales Water Research Laboratory, which manages the CoastSnap project and network.