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PMC Painkalac Creek Observation Site
Active Mouth Condition 23-05-2007 - 11-05-2024Painkalac Creek Estuary
| ID | Date | Status | Details | |
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| #15465 | 16 Apr 2023 | Pending |
Notes:
Quite heavy rain overnight >16mm |
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| #15548 | 12 May 2023 | Pending |
Notes:
The estuary opening and flow was at the extreme eastern end of the inlet and hard up against the cliff face. |
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| #15558 | 3 Jun 2023 | Pending | ||
| #15627 | 9 Jul 2023 | Pending |
Notes:
The mouth is open at high tide with the ocean overtopping the berm. At low tide the mouth was closed with the berm being 0.3m above both the sea and the estuary and 65m in length. The water level rose from 1.72m at 9.30 to 1.74 at 16.55 |
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| #15742 | 13 Aug 2023 | Pending | ||
| #15743 | 9 Sep 2023 | Pending | ||
| #15827 | 17 Oct 2023 | Pending | ||
| #15959 | 11 Nov 2023 | Pending | ||
| #15960 | 10 Dec 2023 | Pending | ||
| #15961 | 14 Jan 2024 | Pending |
Notes:
Estuary appears to have been artificially opened. State recorded as "Perched". Although observation was only half an hour after high tide; there was no flow present at that time, but clearly there had been recent flow, and the "berm" was effectively a moist sand watercourse. |
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