Site details

Overview

Estuary Tidal River
CMA West Gippsland CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code TR2
Site name Fishing Platform 4 (Upstream)
Nearest road and town 6th Avenue, Tidal River
Description

Fishing Platform 4 (Most upstream platform on the Loo Errn Boardwalk). 

Site access

From the Tidal River Visitors Centre follow Loop Road to the Loo Errn Boardwalk. Take the eastern track entrance (i.e. the first track entrance that you reach).

Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Other
  • Recreational
Land use description

National Park Camp Ground

Status Active
Observation history 05-11-2017 - 26-03-2024

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 06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Observation #15746 #15823 #15879 #15915 #16091

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 10.0
Bottom 9.0 4.0 9.0 9.0 9.0

pH

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 7.3 7.3 7.4 7.2 6.6
Bottom 8.4 7.2 7.3 7.8 6.4

Ammonia mg/L

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 13.30 25.40 19.20 22.90 15.20
Bottom 13.50 22.10 19.10 21.90 17.90

Salinity ppt

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 0.00 2.70 3.70 3.30 0.70
Bottom 35.30 26.90 33.80 32.00 19.50

D.O. mg/L

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 11.80 12.42 9.90 10.60 10.44
Bottom 9.90 13.13 8.55 8.43 4.28

D.O. % Sat

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 110.30 153.10 107.40 126.40 102.90
Bottom 115.20 175.80 111.40 115.10 50.20

Conductivity mS/cm

06-09-2023 20-10-2023 21-11-2023 17-12-2023 26-03-2024
Top 0.00 5.11 4.82 6.03 1.43
Bottom 53.60 42.20 51.80 49.28 31.71
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