I went over to Farnborough Beach today to check it out after the cyclone and let Kody have a run on the sand. The storm waves plus the high tide and storm surge have now destroyed most of the beach.
The wooden ramp at Bangalee is hanging over a 1.4m drop to the silty-sand
and the former beach is all but gone. The sand dunes now end at an abrupt drop of 1.5m to more than 2.4m. for as far as you can see. The beach still has sand but it's now much lower. The surface is covered with pumice stone as far as you can see in every direction and there is flotsam and jetsam everywhere. I found a very large section of a fiberglass boat hull and even a tooth brush. There are lots of trees and logs stretching from the base of the dunes (cliff) to about 30m toward the sea.
The beach is also a lot flatter and the tide will rise faster across the sand because of it.
It is not all gloom and doom however, the beach here will recuperate, it just takes lots of time. All the access tracks are destroyed but you can climb down if you really want to. I will ask the council when they might be able to repair the ramp at Bangalee but I think it will be some months away.
I will try and get some photos of the destruction for you all tomorrow. It would be an excellent time to take a sieve and check out the sand. After such turmoil on the beach, you can find sharks teeth as you sieve thru the sand.
When the water clears, we are all going fishing.
Kody
