Gellibrand River Estuary

Overview

Estuary name	Gellibrand River Estuary
CMA	Corangamite CMA
Description	The Gellibrand River Estuary is approximately 8.7km's in length and flows through a variety of different landscape types before it enters the ocean directly into the Twelve Apostles Marine National Park. It has a catchment area of 2346Ha.
Estuary Values	the Princetown Wetlands-Gellibrand estuary are listed in the Directory of Important Wetlands for Australia. significant birds can be found on the Gellibrand River estuary such as the Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus)- Status: Endangered (IUCN, Adv List) and the Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)- Status: Vulnerable (Adv List). a significant fish species found on the Gellibrand River is the Australian Grayling. Estuarine Wetland Ecological Vegetation Class is Depleted in the Otway Ranges bioregion Riparian Forest Ecological Vegetation Class (Vulnerable) Swamp Scrub Ecological Vegetation Class (Endangered) camping game hunting motor boating non-motor boating picnics and barbecues recreat
Estuary Threats	degraded estuarine vegetation degraded water quality disturbance of acid sulphate soils intermittently open estuary invasive fauna livestock access reduced floodplain and wetland connectivity
Data	Site observations
Status	Active
Monitor group	Gellibrand River EstuaryWatchers
Document	P116120_FS01V04_Gellibrand_Factsheet_20171101.pdf
Document	Gellibrand River Estuary Fact Sheet

Map

Sites

Site details	Options
G1 Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Retired Physico-Chemical 20-04-2007 - 16-05-2008 Open estuary area behind sand dune	Observations 11
G2 Old Coach Road Bridge Princetown Active Physico-Chemical 20-04-2007 - 11-10-2024 Road bridge over estuary on Old Coach Road	Observations 630
G3 Camp Kangaroobie Retired Physico-Chemical 20-04-2007 - 15-06-2012 Platform at estuary adjacent to Camp Kangaroobie	Observations 28
L1 Bridge at Latrobe Creek Mouth as it enters the Gellibrand Active Physico-Chemical 15-06-2007 - 11-10-2024 Foot bridge over wetlands	Observations 227
G4 Bridge at Rivernook Active Physico-Chemical 21-04-2007 - 11-10-2024 Bridge at Rivernook	Observations 182
G5 Coxon's Bridge Active Physico-Chemical 21-04-2007 - 11-10-2024 Bridge at Coxon's	Observations 237
G6 Great Ocean Road Bridge at Lower Gellibrand Retired Physico-Chemical 20-04-2007 - 11-03-2017 Great Ocean Road Bridge at Lower Gellibrand	Observations 227
G6GB Gellibrand River (upstream) Water Level Gauge Board Retired Gauge Board Water level gauge board located on eastern river bank, downstream of Great Ocean Road bridge.
GGB Water Level Gauge Board Active Gauge Board Adjacent to the permanent monitoring station approximately 5m upstream of the Old Coach Road bridge.
GMC Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Observation Site Active Mouth Condition 20-04-2007 - 11-10-2024 EstuaryWatch post marker on top of sandune at estuary mouth	Observations 777
Gp1 Gellibrand River Estuary Mouth Photopoint Active Photopoint 18-07-2010 - 19-12-2024 EstuaryWatch post marker on top of sandune at estuary mouth	Photos 2682

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