03-08-2015

Estuary event details

Estuary	Barham River Estuary
Region	Corangamite CMA
Event type	Weather Event
Date and time	3 August 2015 13:32pm
Description	In june and july the middle 300m of the marengo/apollo bay beach lost a lot of sand. The profile went down in areas by over a metre. I the first week of August high tides and swell had easy access to the primary dune the Great Ocean road sits on.Over a metre of primary dune was eroded away. There was considerable quantities of sand moving past the river mouth . Estuary heights were slightly elevated for that time of year. Two main beach access points are closed including the photoed sandbag one. Before the event all the sandbags were hidden below sand except the top two. The formed walking track and a car park has been compromised.