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BoMC Bourne Creek Mouth Condition Monitoring Site
Active Mouth Condition 27-04-2017 - 30-04-2024Bourne Creek
ID | Date | Status | Details | |
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#16151 | 30 Apr 2024 | Approved |
Notes:
Only just closed but entrance looks to be engaged at high tide. |
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#16113 | 12 Apr 2024 | Approved |
Notes:
After 64mm of rain on April 2, Bourne Creek naturally opened to the ocean. However, it looks like the estuary will soon close over again. |
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#16097 | 27 Mar 2024 | Approved |
Notes:
Water barely reaches past the bridge at the moment. |
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#16001 | 8 Feb 2024 | Approved |
Notes:
Had to estimate berm height as it wasn't a straight line between waters edge and lowest part of the berm. Water levels quite low. |
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#15965 | 16 Jan 2024 | Approved |
Notes:
Looks like the estuary opened sometime between the last observation and now. |
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#15947 | 18 Dec 2023 | Approved | ||
#15897 | 28 Nov 2023 | Approved | ||
#15841 | 16 Nov 2023 | Approved |
Notes:
Looks like estuary is still engaged at high tide but no flow entering the ocean currently. |
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#15805 | 16 Oct 2023 | Approved | ||
#15786 | 15 Sep 2023 | Approved | ||
#15729 | 31 Aug 2023 | Approved |
Notes:
Forgot to take a photo of the mouth. Narrow opening and estuary is quite shallow. |
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#15655 | 11 Jul 2023 | Approved | ||
#15569 | 14 Jun 2023 | Approved | ||
#15556 | 30 May 2023 | Approved | ||
#15514 | 9 May 2023 | Approved |
Notes:
With more than 20mm of rain over the weekend Bourne Creek naturally opened |
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#15506 | 1 May 2023 | Approved |
Notes:
Looks like waves have overtopped the berm at high tide |
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#15480 | 19 Apr 2023 | Approved |
Notes:
Entrance close to opening, just need another rainfall event and it will naturally open |
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#15387 | 4 Apr 2023 | Approved | ||
#15378 | 20 Mar 2023 | Approved | ||
#15339 | 8 Mar 2023 | Approved | ||
#15307 | 21 Feb 2023 | Approved | ||
#15272 | 8 Feb 2023 | Approved |
Notes:
Looks like it got close to opening during recent rainfall event last week. |
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#15238 | 17 Jan 2023 | Approved | ||
#15210 | 4 Jan 2023 | Approved | ||
#15204 | 19 Dec 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Estuary looks close to closing over and will most likely over Christmas-New Year with not much rain forecasted. |
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#15169 | 12 Dec 2022 | Approved | ||
#15122 | 14 Nov 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
A big dump of rain earlier today caused water levels to rise rapidly and flood Bass Highway but water levels have since dropped. |
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#15121 | 10 Nov 2022 | Approved | ||
#15103 | 2 Nov 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
No WQ measurement today but water looking very turbid and most likely on the fresher side. |
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#15061 | 5 Oct 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Just a small trickle flowing out. Water a lot clearer now after not much rain since last observation. |
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#15032 | 19 Sep 2022 | Approved | ||
#14993 | 7 Sep 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Estuary has started to erode away the eastern bank adjacent to the Trestle Bridge |
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#14973 | 24 Aug 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Water levels very low |
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#14944 | 16 Aug 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Reports that water flooded highway over weekend so water levels reached at least 2.52mAHD (Height of lowest point in road.) |
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#14933 | 11 Aug 2022 | Approved | ||
#14922 | 4 Aug 2022 | Approved | ||
#14913 | 27 Jul 2022 | Approved | ||
#14895 | 19 Jul 2022 | Approved | ||
#14884 | 13 Jul 2022 | Approved | ||
#14863 | 6 Jul 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
New gaugeboard installed at Bourne Creek. Note that AHD height = gauge height + 1.5. Road level is 2.5mAHD. |
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#14852 | 29 Jun 2022 | Approved | ||
#14818 | 23 Jun 2022 | Approved | ||
#14748 | 14 Jun 2022 | Approved | ||
#14735 | 8 Jun 2022 | Approved | ||
#14713 | 6 Jun 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
40 minutes later and today's rainfall was enough to naturally open the mouth |
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#14712 | 6 Jun 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Mouth has closed after artificial opening on Friday. |
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#14706 | 2 Jun 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Water levels approximately 0.05m below road level. |
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#14697 | 25 May 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Water levels approximately 0.25m below road level. |
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#14636 | 2 May 2022 | Approved | ||
#14619 | 20 Apr 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
1 eel hanging around the mouth |
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#14595 | 14 Apr 2022 | Approved | ||
#14572 | 31 Mar 2022 | Approved | ||
#14517 | 1 Mar 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Lots of algae in the estuary and low water levels. Juvenile fish hanging around in the mouth |
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#14488 | 9 Feb 2022 | Approved | ||
#14476 | 3 Feb 2022 | Approved | ||
#14453 | 19 Jan 2022 | Approved |
Notes:
Algae Present |
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#14416 | 16 Dec 2021 | Approved | ||
#14380 | 2 Dec 2021 | Approved | ||
#14340 | 9 Nov 2021 | Approved | ||
#14098 | 4 May 2021 | Approved |
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#14115 | 28 Apr 2021 | Approved | ||
#14071 | 15 Apr 2021 | Approved | ||
#14055 | 13 Apr 2021 | Approved | ||
#14038 | 30 Mar 2021 | Approved | ||
#14000 | 2 Mar 2021 | Approved | ||
#13983 | 11 Feb 2021 | Approved | ||
#13926 | 7 Jan 2021 | Approved | ||
#13904 | 9 Dec 2020 | Approved | ||
#13848 | 20 Nov 2020 | Approved | ||
#13829 | 22 Oct 2020 | Approved | ||
#13801 | 30 Sep 2020 | Approved | ||
#13786 | 1 Sep 2020 | Approved | ||
#13760 | 14 Jul 2020 | Approved |
Notes:
Tide heights from thirteenth beach (maths required at a later) |
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#13715 | 29 May 2020 | Approved | ||
#13705 | 6 May 2020 | Approved | ||
#13691 | 30 Apr 2020 | Approved | ||
#13667 | 15 Apr 2020 | Approved | ||
#13668 | 24 Mar 2020 | Approved | ||
#13580 | 17 Feb 2020 | Approved |
Notes:
Bridge mark dissappeared |
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#13527 | 21 Jan 2020 | Approved |
Notes:
75 cm below road level (water level) |
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#13492 | 19 Dec 2019 | Approved |
Notes:
- Water level 0.56m below road height - Big plumes of red algae out at sea |
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#13444 | 3 Dec 2019 | Approved | ||
#13437 | 27 Nov 2019 | Approved |
Notes:
Water level 645 mm below road marker on bridge |
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#13402 | 1 Nov 2019 | Approved |
Notes:
Water Level 0.40 meters below road level. |
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#13414 | 18 Oct 2019 | Approved | ||
#13302 | 22 Aug 2019 | Approved | ||
#13185 | 8 Jul 2019 | Approved |
Notes:
Water level height ( 0.30m below road level inundation marker on bridge ). Looks like a blue green algae outbreak is present. |
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#13154 | 20 Jun 2019 | Approved | ||
#13155 | 14 Jun 2019 | Approved |
Notes:
Water level dropped by 290mm since artificial opening on the 13th of June 2019 |
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#13156 | 13 Jun 2019 | Approved | ||
#13137 | 13 Jun 2019 | Approved | ||
#13136 | 12 Jun 2019 | Approved | ||
#12597 | 14 Dec 2018 | Approved |
Notes:
Hard to measure sand berm height and length due to sand formation and hooded plover nest location. |
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#12325 | 13 Aug 2018 | Approved | ||
#12288 | 23 Jul 2018 | Approved | ||
#12231 | 3 Jul 2018 | Approved | ||
#12212 | 19 Jun 2018 | Approved | ||
#12213 | 18 Jun 2018 | Approved | ||
#12214 | 18 Jun 2018 | Approved | ||
#12202 | 15 Jun 2018 | Approved |
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