Site details

Overview

Estuary Bourne Creek
CMA West Gippsland CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code Bo1
Site name Bourne Creek Eastern Bank Phys/Chem
Nearest road and town Bass Hwy, Kilcunda
Description

Grassy bank 20 metres upstream of the Kilcunda Rail Trail Trestle bridge. Eastern bank of the creek.

Site access

Park in the carpark to the east of the trestle bridge (i.e. Wonthaggi side of bridge) and head to the western end of the carpark, then follow the sandy path towards the creek for 40 metres, then head down to the creeks edge (i.e. to the grassy bank).

Land use
Land use description

Coastal reserve, with land on the northern (inland side) of the Hwy consisting of crown waterway reserve (i.e. the estuary), residential and grazing land.

Status Active
Observation history 24-05-2016 - 25-09-2024

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 18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
Observation #15969 #15970 #16005 #16102 #16242 #16354 #16425 #16427 #16428 #16443 #16492 #16493 #16494

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
Top 8.7 14.3 7.4 17.7 9.4 45.8 8.2 36.7 27.0 1.0 1.0 1.7 44.0
Bottom 21.3 25.2 9.3 51.2 8.8 39.0 6.1 7.1 8.3 24.4 57.6 2.4 2.0

pH

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
Top 8.2 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.3
Bottom 8.2 8.0 7.1 7.7 8.0 7.3 7.3 7.7 7.8 7.5

Ammonia mg/L

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
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Bottom

Temperature ° C

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
Top 20.90 21.90 20.00 19.60 12.80 11.30 15.40 9.90 13.30 11.80 13.50 0.00 0.00
Bottom 22.40 21.80 20.30 19.60 13.90 11.40 13.60 10.70 14.40 16.30 17.20 0.00 0.00

Salinity ppt

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
Top 7.50 2.30 19.40 27.70 3.90 2.90 28.40 28.50 20.70 20.20 20.00 20.40 12.70
Bottom 12.00 2.40 20.40 27.90 17.60 27.40 35.40 33.10 32.80 32.50 32.00 30.90 30.70

D.O. mg/L

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
Top 7.59 5.78 4.16 9.38 7.92 7.54 7.46 7.06 6.70 7.05 7.57 5.02 3.16
Bottom 6.49 4.87 4.27 9.39 1.82 1.24 2.56 6.45 1.64 0.60 1.15 5.03 3.07

D.O. % Sat

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
Top 89.10 66.80 50.60 119.00 75.40 69.70 90.40 73.80 72.60 72.80 82.80 57.60 34.10
Bottom 80.40 56.20 52.60 119.30 19.30 13.40 31.30 70.50 19.60 7.30 14.50 58.30 36.10

Conductivity mS/cm

18-12-2023 16-01-2024 08-02-2024 27-03-2024 30-04-2024 08-08-2024 30-08-2024 03-09-2024 09-09-2024 16-09-2024 20-09-2024 23-09-2024 25-09-2024
Top 12.97 4.38 31.06 42.93 7.03 5.27 43.89 44.24 33.02 32.36 31.90 32.55 21.14
Bottom 20.05 4.53 32.59 43.21 28.38 42.68 53.61 50.63 50.04 49.53 47.58 47.42 47.06
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