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Gellibrand River Estuary

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ID	Date	Status	Details
#16040	16 Feb 2024	Pending	Notes: Sandi Stannard also present gp1_5
#16036	19 Jan 2024	Pending	Notes: Sandi Stannard also present gp1_5
#15954	22 Dec 2023	Pending	Notes: River outflow tannin rich gp1_1 gp1_1
#15870	17 Nov 2023	Pending	Notes: Dead baby seal washed up beside river mouth Sandi Stannard also monitoring gp1_5
#15820	20 Oct 2023	Approved
#15750	15 Sep 2023	Approved	Notes: Wind gusting up to 4 on Beaufort Scale
#15724	25 Aug 2023	Approved	Notes: Thick layer of river reeds across much of track to beach Water surging back and forth at AHD meter at start 0.64-0.68
#15674	21 Jul 2023	Approved	Notes: Flow in and out along separate channels-river flow on west side, sea inflow on east. Brown river discolouration of sea less extensive than last month Long wave crests surging into lagoon
#15589	16 Jun 2023	Approved	Notes: Wind gusting Extensive brown discolouration in river and sea Strong longshore drift and long small waves well up into estuary
#15536	19 May 2023	Approved	Notes: Gentle wind gusts
#15492	21 Apr 2023	Approved
#15381	24 Mar 2023	Approved	Notes: Forgot to check AHD on way out-sorry!
#15288	10 Feb 2023	Approved	Notes: AHD estimate only-scale covered with dirt
#15258	21 Jan 2023	Approved	Notes: Unable to read actual water level as board very dirty at bottom. <0.4 at start and finish Wide beach in lagoon causing narrow shallow point in estuary inside mouth Outflow had deep segment next to rocks and shallow segment next to beach Narrow channel at mouth on far side of rock trio with fast outflow Large area of very brown sea at mouth Pronounced longshore drift
#15184	16 Dec 2022	Approved	Notes: Large sandy beach on lagoon Extensive brown discolouration out to sea Longshore drift Difficult to read AHD-very dirty, markings not visible
#15152	22 Nov 2022	Approved	Notes: Strong southerly wind gusts Sea extensively+heavily coloured with dark brown matter from river From admin: Observations likely taken on Fri 18/10/22 not 22/10/22 gp1_1 gp1_2 gp1_3 gp1_4
#15090	21 Oct 2022	Approved	Notes: Large clumps of reeds on beach. 4m pole with worn surface+bolt lying on beach. Also big log on beach. Sea dark brown over wide area+waves breaking have brown discolouration. Water flowing in both directions through mouth. Clumps of foam on water in estuary. Fish seen jumping in lagoon. Extensive sea mist. Mouth_condition_21st_Oct._2022_.pdf
#15028	16 Sep 2022	Approved	Notes: Fairly narrow mouth but widened out quickly at dunes. Gentle slope down to river at mouth with clumps of reeds. Large tongue of sand behind dunes. Mouth_condition_16th_Sept._2022_.pdf
#14960	19 Aug 2022	Approved	Mouth_condition_19th_Aug._2022_.pdf
#14911	22 Jul 2022	Approved	Mouth_22_July_2022_.pdf
#14696	19 May 2022	Approved	Notes: AHD posts removed due to planned bridge replacement. Water level high, almost up to jetty. No sandbank. Wide estuary mouth, narrow river outflow channel Large clump of ?reeds ?seaweed in lagoon I forgot to record tide heights Mouth_condition_19th_May_2022_.pdf
#14634	22 Apr 2022	Approved
#14615	18 Mar 2022	Approved
#14831	14 May 2021	Approved	Notes: Access track partially underwater
#13649	20 Mar 2020	Approved	Notes: Mouth closed but an illegal opening occurred on 19-03-20 which created some outflow out for a short period before the channel closed up again by early am 20-03-20 About .30m of last rock above water level at start of river Water over increased area of top track, low track has water up to ocean car park. Campground has no visible water but very small puddle on north side of OCR before bridge. No water visible on G.O.R. Small area of shallow water flowing from river is travelling north across OOR - vehicle access was still possible