Wednesday afternoon - 16 November 2016
1:30pm All field trips are preceded by a presentation by Dr Mike Hilton on Dunedin Coastal issues
1. Monarch wildlife and harbour tour
2:30pm - Bus around Otago Peninsula to observe harbour views and Te Rauone beach changes,
4:30pm - Board the Monarch at Wellers Rock for a cruise around Taiaroa head viewing albatross, shags, sea lions and seals, then cruise back up the harbour to Dunedin wharf observing shipping channel, harbour walls, kai moana.
7:30pm - Arrive at Dunedin wharf
2. South Dunedin groundwater and Ocean Beach Domain management issues with Mike Hilton
2:30pm - Bus tour South Dunedin groundwater issues;
3:00pm - St Clair sea-wall & geotextile tubes; John Wilson Drive (New Zealand’s only dyke?); foredune notching’; coastal monitoring; Lawyers Head.
5:30pm - Return to St Margaret’s
3. Port Otago – dredging operations, deposition and erosion issues
2:30pm - Minibuses to Port Chalmers and to Port Otago Offices
Martin Single and Rebecca McGrouther leading presentation, discussion and questions
- Presentation by Port Otago and consultants in the Promotions Room
- Content will be similar to open days for the inshore disposal consents
- Fact sheets on beaches & coastal processes (Martin), surf quality (Peter), marine biota, and disposal history (Rebecca).
- Interactive wave play computer program to look at the effects of disposal on wave quality (Peter McComb will demonstrate/explain)
- 5 minute dredging video - demystifying the dredging process in Otago Harbour
- Presentation on our consenting work and public engagement process
- Short tour of new cruise terminal, which will allow delegates to view a ship working at the Container Terminal.
Bus to Heyward Point with Port Otago and consultants to see the coastal processes in action.
5:30pm - Return to St Margaret’s