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Estuary events Thompson Creek Estuary
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| 02-05-2017 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Whilst monitoring last week an EstuaryWatcher on the surf coast came across a team of paleontologists lead by Dr Erich Fitzgerald from Museums Victoria. They were exploring prehistoric whale fossils between 12 and 28 million years old! (Credit for photo 1 is John Broomfield). For more information on this amazing work see the following links: Links to whale fossils and whale evolution: https://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/600-million-years/timeline/tertiary/janjucetus/ Link to Museums Victoria Discovery Centre: https://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/contact-us/ Links to Dr Fitzgerald: Twitter: @emgfitzgerald Web: https://museumvictoria.com.au/collections-research/sciences/palaeontology/people/erich-fitzgerald/ Kate Wynn  |
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| 12-09-2016 |
Estuary Entrance Opening Five days after the artificial estuary opening the water level sits at 0.54m AHD. There is still water sitting on the floodplain. rherben    |
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| 09-09-2016 |
Estuary Entrance Opening Photos taken the day after the estuary was opened on September 8, 2016. Water level was 1.52m AHD. rherben   |
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| 07-09-2016 |
Estuary Entrance Opening Thompson Creek artificial estuary opening. Water level recorded as 1.51m AHD. rherben |
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| 05-09-2016 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Estuary closed. AHD gauge at the estuary is reading 1.51m AHD. Significant inundation of the roads and property. nhinz  |
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| 01-08-2016 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Point Impossible Road is closed at Blackgate Road due to flooding caused by the high levels of the Thompson Creek. rherben |
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| 25-03-2016 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! fish death Nicole Hinz |
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| 07-02-2016 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Fish death reported on the Thompson Creek estuary. Rose Herben |
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| 03-10-2014 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Physio-chemical Data Site: Breamlea , west end of Horwood Drive , 2m from step in rock wall Temp. 17 C Dissolved Oxygen : 9.17 mg/L D.O. sat 94.8 % Electrical Conductivity : 36.2 Sample at 10cm depth Turbidity : < 9 mtu pH 8.1 Max depth 0.2 m Mouth closed Some ( <2% coverage ) green algae Laurence McGain |
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| 03-10-2014 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Physio-chemical Data HACH meter 2 Thompson Creek ,Blackgate road bridge Maximum depth 1.0 m at depth 0.1 m Temperature 15.75 C Dissolved Oxygen 12.13 mg/L Dissolved Oxygen 122.1% Electircal Conductivity 32.3 mS/cm at depth 0.5 m Temperature 15.1 degrees C Dissolved Oxygen 13.48 mg/L Dissolved Oxygen 133.5% Electircal Conductivity 32.7 mS/cm at depth 0.9 m Temperature 15.15 C Dissolved Oxygen 12.73 mg/L Dissolved Oxygen 126..4% Electircal Conductivity 33.4 mS/cm Mouth closed Some strands of green algae , about 5% surface covered Laurence McGain |
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| 09-07-2013 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Estuary Closure Rose Herben |
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| 11-06-2013 |
EstuaryWatch Monitoring Group notices & meetings Meeting at Gordon library for Data base training with Rose Herben, Kate Skinner and Clinton Grosvenor. Kate Skinner |
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| 30-05-2013 |
EstuaryWatch Event Thompson Creek EstuaryWatchers met for QA/QC. Rose Herben |
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| 07-05-2013 |
Estuary Entrance Closure Hi Glenda & Rose, Unsure of the exact dates, but it did occur during the recent very dry period where we had no rain. I noticed there was a considerable sand build up in late March with a narrow, shallow opening and a few weeks later (say about 7th April) the creek mouth was completely closed. The creek mouth then reopened but was only 10 metres wide and had a marginal flow (ankle deep) for a few weeks when it was completely closed again circa 26th April. Then on the 3rd May about 5:30 PM (I know this exact date from hoodie records) with a huge swell and big high tide (1.6 metre from memory) the width of the creek opening was at least 150 metres wide and the ocean was surging down the creek. Small waves were peeling off on both the Breamlea & Torquay sides of the creek for at least 150 metres down the estuary. The foredunes on the Breamlea side were completely washed away leaving a vertical scar and there was only a small area of dry beach sand left between the dunes & creek on the Torquay side. To say I was amazed at the sight was an understatement. I would have taken images but did not have a wide angle lens with me. Hope this helps, Cheers, Geoff. Rose Herben |
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| 06-02-2011 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Heavy rain and flooding were widespread in the catchment area on 5/2/2011 . Water quality was sampled at Dan's Reserve , McCann's Road , Connewarre. Maximum depth sampled was 1.1 m At depth 0,1 m ; 25.1 degrees EC 1.241 mS/cm ,D..O. 1.55 mg/L , Dissolved.Oxygen . 18.7 % Turbidity 30-40 ,pH 7 At depth 0,5 m ; 24.9 degrees EC 1.243 mS/cm ,D..O. 1.06 mg/L , Dissolved.Oxygen . 12.8 % At depth 1.0 m ; 24.5 degrees EC 1.241 mS/cm ,D..O. 0.41 mg/L , Dissolved.Oxygen . 4.9 % Turbidity 60-80 ,pH 7 Green Algae covering up to 5 % , sunny , strong SW wind Laurence McGain |
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| 28-04-2010 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! On the Torquay side of the estuary mouth we sighted the following types and numbers of wader birds; 1) Two Hooded Plovers 2) Twenty to thirty Red Necked Stints 3) Ten plus Red Capped Plovers. Laurence McGain |
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| 18-01-2009 |
Unusual/Extraordinary occurrence! Sighting of shore birds in large numbers. Lauren Penman |
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| 15-12-2008 |
Estuary Entrance Opening The estuary mouth opened naturally after heavy rainfalls the previous days Matthew Khoury |
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