Site details

Overview

Estuary Thompson Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code T1
Site name Point Impossible Road Culvert at Mullet Creek
Nearest road and town Breamlea. Point Impossible Road
Description Site is on the side of the culvert where Mullet Creek enters Thompson Creek estuary.
Site access Drive along Point Impossible Road towards the beach. Park in the pullover before the road bridge/culvert. Walk across rocks to the side of the culvert.
Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Rural Croppping
  • Rural Residential
Land use description
Status Active
Observation history 17-10-2014 - 21-07-2024
Site T1 Image
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Map

Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU

Observations

Date 17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Observation #16307 #16310 #16313 #16316 #16319 #16322 #16325 #16268 #16328

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top 9.0 9.0 15.0 34.0 27.0 33.0 19.0 24.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 11.0 22.0 30.0 33.0 19.0 23.0

pH

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top 8.1 7.9 7.8 8.1 7.9 8.1 7.7 8.3
Bottom 8.1 7.9 7.8 8.0 7.8 8.1 7.9 8.2

Ammonia mg/L

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top 19.20 19.40 21.10 21.20 14.60 10.80 10.50 10.80 11.00
Bottom 18.30 19.50 21.40 20.50 14.10 10.70 10.80 11.00 10.80

Salinity ppt

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top 37.10 41.90 43.30 50.30 48.20 50.50 47.80 29.70
Bottom 38.40 38.30 43.30 51.20 48.10 50.80 48.80 37.20

D.O. mg/L

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top 6.51 7.38 2.75 7.99 6.73 10.17 10.94 6.21 11.00
Bottom 7.11 6.07 0.43 0.14 3.05 8.42 9.37 6.00 9.43

D.O. % Sat

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top 72.90 81.30 31.00 90.70 65.60 91.60 97.70 74.50 100.30
Bottom 76.00 74.01 4.80 1.50 29.40 75.80 84.30 72.40 85.60

Conductivity mS/cm

17-12-2023 21-01-2024 18-02-2024 17-03-2024 21-04-2024 19-05-2024 16-06-2024 10-07-2024 21-07-2024
Top 53.00 59.80 61.90 71.80 68.90 72.20 68.30 66.40 42.40
Bottom 54.90 54.70 61.90 73.10 68.70 72.60 69.70 66.46 53.20
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