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PoMC Powlett River Mouth Condition Observation Site
Active Mouth Condition 13-03-2010 - 12-04-2024Powlett River Estuary
255 results found (Displaying 201 - 250)
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| #5170 | 28 Jun 2013 | Approved | Notes: Water rushing in with incoming tide, creating small waves. | |
| #5167 | 25 Jun 2013 | Approved | Notes: Outwards flow very strong. River now following its natural pathway out to the left handside, following the bedrock which may have formed via natural processes over thousands of years. | |
| #5165 | 20 Jun 2013 | Approved | ||
| #5163 | 17 Jun 2013 | Approved |
Notes:
Tide pushing in slightly at mouth, but water predominately heading out (i.e. freshwater flows). Water on Parks Vic Wetland south of the mouth of the Powlett River Road still present in patches. |
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| #5162 | 15 Jun 2013 | Approved | Notes: Paddocks not covered by much water anymore, really only the remnants in very low lying areas. | |
| #5158 | 14 Jun 2013 | Approved | Notes: Water still covering floodplain paddocks downstream of Bass Hwy, but a large portion of the water covering floodplain paddocks near the estuary mouth is now gone. | |
| #5157 | 14 Jun 2013 | Approved |
Notes:
Mouth opened naturally between 8:30 and 9ish. It was closed at close to opening at 7:30am when Parks Victoria staff sighted it. |
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| #5153 | 11 Jun 2013 | Approved | ||
| #5152 | 9 Jun 2013 | Approved | ||
| #5151 | 8 Jun 2013 | Approved | Notes: Hooded plovers and other coastal birds at mouth | |
| #5148 | 2 Jun 2013 | Approved | Notes: South wind bringing more sand across sand berm. | |
| #5146 | 27 May 2013 | Approved | Notes: - Birds and frogs throughout wetland area, plus at the estuary mouth: Sighted; White Faced Heron, Hooded Plovers, Pied Oyster Catchers, plus a variety of others. | |
| #5143 | 21 May 2013 | Approved | Notes: Water from estuary creeping towards ocean. | |
| #5137 | 18 May 2013 | Approved | ||
| #5142 | 17 May 2013 | Approved | Notes: Hooded plovers at mouth | |
| #5136 | 14 May 2013 | Approved |
Notes:
Birds foraging in saltmarsh located on seaward side of the Powlett River Road (providing protection from the strong winds). Hooded plovers present at mouth. |
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| #5133 | 5 May 2013 | Approved |
Notes:
Gemma Smith joined us for the observation. There were a couple of shearwater carcases lining the beach and attracting a large group of seagulls. A lack of southerly winds over the past two weeks has meant that the shearwater chicks have struggled to launch properly and so many have been turning up dead along the beaches and highway due to exhaustion. |
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| #5131 | 1 May 2013 | Approved | Notes: Mouth Closed over since monitoring on the 20th of April 2013 | |
| #5130 | 29 Apr 2013 | Approved | Notes: Mouth closed with large amounts of saltwater flowing over sand berm into estuary (very large swell) | |
| #5128 | 20 Apr 2013 | Approved | Notes: Mouth opening very narrow. This follows a dry start to Autumn after a very dry Summer. | |
| #5126 | 24 Mar 2013 | Approved | Notes: There has been a substantial build up of sand at the mouth. The opening is very shallow and the water is flowing over sand at the mouth. | |
| #5101 | 9 Feb 2013 | Approved | Notes: The mouth is fairly narrow. There has been considerable sand build up on the west side of the mouth since mid December when we last monitored. The water is flowing to the east of the rock shelf. | |
| #5090 | 16 Dec 2012 | Approved | Notes: Too windy for Mike Linsell | |
| #5119 | 8 Nov 2012 | Approved |
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| #5088 | 3 Nov 2012 | Approved | ||
| #5081 | 6 Oct 2012 | Approved | Notes: Juvenile seal carcass still at the point where we found it last time. | |
| #5041 | 8 Sep 2012 | Approved | Notes: We found a juvenile Australian fur seal at the mouth. It had an infection in its right eye and seemed weak although it had enough energy to keep us on our toes. | |
| #5021 | 11 Aug 2012 | Approved |
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| #4981 | 30 Jun 2012 | Approved |
Notes:
Observation taken on the high tide. Ocean waves were washing into the estuary and causing the water in the lower part of the estuary to rise and fall by about 20 cm at the gauge board. The Powlett river was extemely high over the weekend of 23rd and 24th of June and also earlier in the month. High rainfall on the 21st and 22nd of June was responsible for closing many of the local roads and highways. Much debris has been deposited by the ocean waves inside the estuary on the eastern bank. Very cold morning. NW wind Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr |
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| #4961 | 19 May 2012 | Approved |
Notes:
Sand bank to the west of the mouth has been gouged out considerably since the last observation. High rainfall over the last last few weeks has diverted the river mouth from the east to the west side of the rock shelf . The curve of the river has been reduced considerably by the high outflow in the past few weeks.
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| #4902 | 14 Apr 2012 | Approved | Notes: Since the last mouth observation the river mouth has moved to the east side of the rock platform. This could be to do with the larger than normal swell that occured over the Easter weekend. | |
| #4862 | 10 Mar 2012 | Approved | ||
| #4843 | 11 Feb 2012 | Approved | Notes: Matt Khoury joined us for monitoring at the mouth and at the bridge. | |
| #4822 | 10 Dec 2011 | Approved | ||
| #4742 | 5 Nov 2011 | Approved | Notes: Matt Khoury helped out. | |
| #4721 | 24 Sep 2011 | Approved | Notes: Nick Wislon attended. | |
| #4681 | 20 Aug 2011 | Approved |
Notes:
Extremely foggy. Adam McNally assisted with the monitoring. |
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| #4623 | 2 Jul 2011 | Approved |
Notes:
By 11:10 am the water had risen to just below the gauge board indicating that there was a tidal influence associated with the data collection. Dave Wingfield had to leave early to attend to blaze in Kilcunda. He returned later when we were collecting data at PO2 |
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| #4581 | 15 May 2011 | Approved |
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| #4622 | 14 May 2011 | Approved |
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| #4504 | 2 Apr 2011 | Approved |
Notes:
Strong SW wind. Went to the river with the whole family and pulled out some sea spurge on the way back.
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| #4441 | 26 Feb 2011 | Approved | Notes: Excellent three foot right hander to the east of the river mouth. | |
| #4401 | 18 Dec 2010 | Approved | Notes: Hooded plover fence has been erected on the west side of the river at the end of the sand dune. | |
| #4321 | 20 Nov 2010 | Approved |
Notes:
Large drill rig has been set up 800m off shore in a SSE direction from the mouth. River very low due to continued spring rains gouging out the mouth. 2m swell. |
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| #4266 | 10 Oct 2010 | Approved |
Notes:
foggy morning fog cleared while photos were being taken. Powlett flowing strongly |
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| #4264 | 11 Sep 2010 | Approved | Notes: Big froth build up at the opening where the fresh water met the sea water. Froth blowing over the beach | |
| #4205 | 18 Aug 2010 | Approved |
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| #4202 | 18 Aug 2010 | Approved |
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| #4203 | 18 Aug 2010 | Approved |
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| #4242 | 7 Aug 2010 | Approved | Notes: River flowing quickly. Mouth cut wide by water. Lots of sandstone exposed. 20 to 25 metres across at the narrowest point. Flowing on both sides of the rock platform. | |
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