Why Australia’s famous Byron Bay beach is disappearing – BBC News

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Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast is a surfing and tourism hotspot.

But for the past six months its most popular attraction, Main Beach, has been steadily eroding.

Professor Rodger Tomlinson from the Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, explained to the BBC how his team had identified the cause of the erosion: a process called “headland bypassing”.

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New South Wales is a southeastern Australian state, distinguished by its coastal cities and national parks. Sydney, its capital, is home to iconic structures such as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

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