13-04-2013

Estuary event details

Estuary	Gellibrand River Estuary
Region	Corangamite CMA
Event type	Estuary Entrance Opening
Date and time	13 April 2013 13:00pm
Description	Mouth illegally opened 13/04/13 by tractor (entered top track beside locked gate)Late afternoon 13/04/13 Mouth opened about 20-30m wide. Side of steep cliff on east about 3m. high Very strong dark & smelly flow meeting rough s.w sea. Strong longshore drift (1 dead fish near mouth Trout?) Water only on side of OOR & OCR, more extensive flooding in camp ground Increase of water on Coe¿s mid flats & greatly increased flood water visible on Pacer¿s (G50) 8ml rain G6 - 13/04/13 Eel fisherman just managed to rescue net & catch ( had been catching & releasing interesting fish previously - Blue throated wrasse, ling also large healthy brim noted) Up until now there have been a large no. of very interesting birds on the wetlands Judy