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Estuary event details
| Estuary | Gellibrand River Estuary |
|---|---|
| Region | Corangamite CMA |
| Event type | Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! |
| Date and time | 18 November 2013 10:00am |
| Description |
My wife and I paddle up the Gellibrand river (3-6) times a week at this time of year and have noticed that general downstream flow is more rapid (outside rainfall events) than in previous years. We paddle with an GPS enabled smartphone that records our boat speed and distance travelled. In previous years the difference between upstream and downstream sections has been neglible. This year our upstream runs are on average 1- 2kmh slower and our downstream runs are on average 1 -2kmh faster than in previous years. The section of the river most travelled is between Princetown township and Kangaroobie. When paddling we occasionally scare up Australasian Bittern often more than one in view at any given time (potentially indicating presence of pairs). Judy has expressed that we email her sightings/observations as they occur so they can be dated and recorded on the database. Also of note was a sighting of a seal Monday 18th November this week near Princetown township by a neighbour and sightings (3 in total) of a platypus in the section of river about 1.2 km upstream of Princetown townships (where concrete culverts lie above a river beach in Ted Ware's paddock) |
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