Port Stephens council's plan to save coast

Port Stephens Council is up to the third stage of its Coastal Management Plan to identify and find ways to future proof its beaches and headlands. Picture, by Max Mason-Hubers, shows a lone man walking along Zenith Beach, as seen from Tomaree Mountain.

EROSION along Port Stephens' coastline due to extreme weather events and rising sea levels is going under the microscope.

Port Stephens Council has identified areas most under threat based on a list of "priority coastal hazards" - coastal erosion, tidal inundation, and coastal inundation caused by storm events and wind-blown sand.