SCHOOL resumes this week after holidays plagued by storms and hazardous conditions.
The weather forced the closure of several beaches in and around Port Stephens over the Easter and Anzac Day long weekends.
Holiday favourite, Bennetts Beach at Hawks Nest, was subjected to hazardous swell and waves whipped up by Ex-tropical Cyclone Tam, which had originally formed near Fiji and moved south near New Zealand from Good Friday.
Waves of up to three metres were seen off Bennetts Beach and Hole in the Wall, while more sand was carved from known erosion zones inside Port Stephens, including Jimmys Beach.
Easter’s king tides exacerbated the already dangerous and destructive conditions, including between the heads of Yacaaba and Tomaree.
On Sunday, 27 April, an East Coast Low hit the same region, closing the beaches again and bringing down tree branches and power lines.
The erosion at Jimmys Beach has proved to be entirely at the mercy of Mother Nature.
Six-weeks worth of trucked sand has now been washed away.
By Thomas O’KEEFE
