Byron Bay lies along Australia’s Gold Coast. Storms have caused considerable erosion problems. One homeowner, John Vaughan, is going to court over injunctions against hard armor solutions. Softer solutions, such as geotextile tubes, are preferred. Vaughan has lost thousands of cubic meters of land to erosion. In the meantime, he’s pushing to at least be allowed to make repairs to geotextile bags that are defending his land. Even that work seems tenuous given the area’s “retreat” policy in regards to erosion.

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