THE Hunter Region has three problem areas, where the coastal movement of sand is causing disruption to human activity.
At Stockton, which for some time now has grabbed the lion's share of the political attention, the problem is erosion, attributed in general to 200 years of "improvements" to the mouth of the Hunter River, which have interfered with the general equilibrium that still exists along most of the east coast, even if the impending threat of rising sea levels presents a longer-term concern.
