Each dry season thousands of tourists flock to Darwin's Mindil Beach Sunset Markets, but this year wet season tides and waves have washed away half the beach, restricting access. It's left Darwin council the latest scrambling to find a solution to coastal erosion.
Damage to the site of Darwin 's famous Mindil Markets has left the local council scrambling for solutions to coastal erosion .Scientists are warning that government infrastructure planning decisions can have a big impact on whether erosion worsens.
This year, wet season tides and waves have washed away half of Mindil Beach, leaving its many access walkways hanging dangerously in mid-air.The City of Darwin council has promised to carry out repairs as soon as possible. For decades, residents along a section of suburban Australian coastline have witnessed their beach dissolve before their eyes, sometimes literally dropping into the sea. It's a problem that is also confronting coastal towns throughout the country.He said sea level rise was coming, but it was not yet the main culprit."The average range was 2.6 millimetres per year, and over the last few decades it has accelerated to about 3.4 mm per year.
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