Family told to leave their beloved beach shanty home, as coastal erosion threatens to wash it away

For many, the seaside shanty town of Wedge Island, on Western Australia's coastline 160 kilometres north of Perth, is a weekend getaway destination.

With the sandbanks receding, only old carpets stop
the ocean washing away the shack's foundation.

But for one family it is the only home they have.

Rob and Kerry Howell live in a rusted tin shack and have been told they must leave because the ocean is threatening to wash away their home, in a devastating display of coastal erosion.

It is the second shack to be issued a demolition notice in two weeks, following bad weather and high tides.

Read ABC News story by Laura Meachim and Cecile O’Connor - “Family told to leave their beloved beach shanty home, as coastal erosion threatens to wash it away.”