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Chelston Street Landslide, 29 April 1988. Large rotational failure and associated debris at front of bench between PC7 and PC5. Fig. 2.8 page 21. (see publication reference below)

Slip sliding away – landslips at Munibung Hill

Slip sliding away

MM has carried stories over the past several months, where contributors have mentioned substantial landslides in the Thompson Road area.

No documentation or photos have been available to support these verbal reports, until now. The report documents the extent of land movement in catchment areas on the eastern side of Munibung Hill over a 38 year period.  The land continues to be unstable and therefore unsuitable for rezoning for residential housing purposes.

Landslip at Chelston Street, behind Fairfax Road, Warners Bay, 28 June 1950 event.

< The top view shows scarps near the back of the bench.

 

< Bottom view shows failure at the front of the bench, where material mobilised into a flow. Fig 2.3 page 15, in …

Three-Dimensional, Transient Piezometric Response in Landslides to Rainfall, by Kelly S.Williams-Sweeney.  A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Applied Geology, University of NSW, Sydney. 1992.