Site details

Overview

Estuary Painkalac Creek Estuary
CMA Corangamite CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code P4
Site name The Bend
Nearest road and town Bambra Road, Aireys Inlet
Description Fishing platform at The Bend in the estuary
Site access Accessed via Bambra Road, Aireys Inlet, just north of the intersection with River Road.
Land use
  • Native Bushland
  • Other
  • Urban Residential
Land use description Open space (eastern bank), native bushland (western bank).
Status Active
Observation history 19-10-2007 - 10-03-2024
Photo of P4
Photo of phys/chem site P4

Map

Observations

C Estuary is closed to the sea. O Estuary is open to the sea. P Perched
Turbidity tubes do not measure below 9 NTU; Chart values of 9 should be interpreted as < 9 NTU

Observations

Date 08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Observation #15495 #15530 #15626 #15763 #15926 #15990 #16021 #16059

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top 12.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 13.0 17.0 9.0 9.0
Bottom 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 24.0 22.0 9.0 9.0

pH

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.2 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.6
Bottom 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.7

Ammonia mg/L

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top
Bottom

Enterococci orgs/100mL

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top
Bottom

Temperature ° C

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top 16.70 11.70 11.20 12.40 21.00 24.40 21.30 23.30
Bottom 19.10 16.50 13.00 19.40 21.60 23.40 25.00 21.20

Salinity ppt

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top 12.80 10.40 13.90 11.10 6.00 7.50 20.70
Bottom 17.10 15.80 37.80 38.40 38.20 36.40 28.70

D.O. mg/L

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top 8.26 8.90 10.59 10.79 7.80 7.34 7.81 6.78
Bottom 6.05 3.62 10.23 4.79 5.40 5.10 6.10 5.23

D.O. % Sat

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top 86.20 81.40 97.30 100.40 88.50 88.00 88.50 79.90
Bottom 66.30 36.70 97.80 51.30 62.00 61.10 72.70 59.00

Conductivity mS/cm

08-04-2023 14-05-2023 09-07-2023 10-09-2023 10-12-2023 13-01-2024 11-02-2024 10-03-2024
Top 17.90 13.14 16.94 14.23 9.80 12.91 30.70
Bottom 24.60 21.60 54.00 51.40 53.60 53.20 44.50
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