Report - Smallish 1 - 2ft waves on open beaches. Very light offshore NW winds. High Tide

Some banks holding ok at Sandpits. Not much action anywhere else.

The main focus of today's photo isn't the waves, its the plume of smoke in the background.

In its supposed "world's best practice" method of wiping out our native forests, part of the Forestry process is burning off all the leftover wood that hasn't been carted away for woodchipping. This is supposed to create a bed of ash that helps new trees establish and grow quicker.

In reality its a cost saving measure, and an easy way of getting rid of a pile of wood.

In these days of global warming, mass pollution and carbon capture its totally unacceptable.

There are so many other ways of disposing this stuff without creating a pall of smoke of the whole state, forcing asthma sufferers to stay inside and remind the rest of us what its like to live in a big city in China.

Why not -

- mulch it, then spread on the ground

- leave it to rot/compost and use to fertilise the area that was going to be torched

- sell it for firewood to heat homes

- use it to generate electricity

- don't knock it over/chop it down in the first place

I am not going to go into whats wrong with the rest of the forestry practices at this stage.