EstuaryWatch Data Portal

Top of Berm was 144m from nearest Estuary water.  76m from top of Berm to sea. (low tide)

Clear evidence on beach of Berm being overtopped by sea the previous night.  Wet sand and seaweed.

Note Level Board at Ocean Road Bridge was fouled and unreadable, 1.2m is the best estimate

Berm length from River to top of berm = 146m

Berm Height 1.24+0.9 = 2.14 mAHD

Bridge Marker badly fouled.  Impossible to read accurately.

1.09m is best estimate.

Distance from Estuary to top of berm is 140m

Possible recent minor overtopping from sea

Estuary to top of Berm 135m

Top of Berm to Sea  31m

110m from Estuary to top of berm.

Berm Height 1.23 + 0.9 = 2.13m AHD

Evidence of recent berm overtopping

Williweather tides

Berm Height above sea difficult to measure accurately

Assisted by Pam

Note from Estuary to top of Berm 125m

Tide heights from Williweather

Assisted by Emily Hansen

Level indicator on GOR Bridge very difficult to read

Level Indicator at GOR Bridge very clear and clean

Water scoop for pH and Turbidity samples missing

Assisted by John Slykhuis

Assisted by Emily Hansen

Evidence of recent overtopping 

Evidence of recent overtopping from Ocean

Note that Level scale at GOR bridge is dirty and unreadable at low levels 

Continuous level monitoring indicated 1.07mAHD at the time

For some unknown reason the photos from my Macpro turn upside down when they upload to your website. Gail has always had this problem as well.

Assisted by Jane

Tides from Williweather

Data entry of photos etc is now much easier.  WD

Hello Deirdre.

Need:

New box to house equipment - slightly bigger than last one

2 x pH 1413 EC 12,880

New bigger bag for Rose

Spare batteries for pH metre

Jane Rollinson 0406804615  New Volunteer to go onto WhatsApp and the System. jane_rollinson@hotmail.com

Sorry about upside down photos. think I've worked out what to do next time.

John Slykhuis assisted

Doug and Vicki Tipping are new members

Assisted by Doug Tipping

Evidence of tidal inflow overnight

Trundle wheel sticking, Berm length by  GPS Strava

Will have to move AP3 site due to tree growth

Many helpers

Doug, Vickie, Justine

Level below scale on AHD board.  Level from DELWP continuous monitor. (see photo)

Prior to our observation on the 16th November there had been substantial rain and also quite a few tidal inflows.

For the first time in years a fisherman had caught three of four bream and a salmon. We assume they were coming into their home estuary to spawn.

We have not seen fish in the river for years - because of the acidity. 

Sorry about photos being upside down. I'm sure you can fix them faster than I.

No Wind direction - how to mark this on the data sheet?

Don't know if there is a tidal influence - how to mark this on the data sheet?

Assisted by John Slykhuis

Assisted by Kim Byrne

Note Still flow into Estuary from Ash pond maintenance  Flow visible at Culvert across Coalmine Rd

Assisted by John Slykhuis, Evelyn and Hadley

Bridge AHD indicator obscured Level approximate

Kim Byrne assisting

Artificial opening on Friday 28th January 3pm

Assisted by Kim Byrne

River has changed direction/Shape near mouth

Great deal of white floc deposited on river bottom

Photopoint AP1 has changed Sign is nearly buried and dune has been eaten away  See photo

Note Altered course of river with cutaway of dune on eastern bank

See photo

AHD Scale at bridge dirty, virtually unreadable at these low levels

Ably assisted by Kim Byrne and Coco

Used Williweather tides for Anglesea Beach as in previous instances.

Note that Williweather tides use Pt Lonsdale values but time corrected for Anglesea Longitude.  This is completely different to Lorne nos

Assisted by Rebecca Ecologic

Assisted by marg and Rob