Along Sawtell beach to the north, just before the Murrays Beach stairs is a big pipe socialising the terrestrial runoff from suburbia. The coastal pollution leads to some rocks on the beach making up the intertidal ecosystem. As a tough rocky interface between the sea, the land and the sky they provided rich pickings for pied oystercatchers and other shorebirds.
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| Run off pipe with eyes |
The eutrophication from land leads to algae blooms covering the intertidal rocks. Green slime smothers the area. Adding the thermal stress of 'the hottest October on record', the intertidal animals, such as barnacles, limpets and tube worms were all cooked.
At the horizon a fisherman is gathering bait.
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