Site details

Overview

Estuary Bourne Creek
CMA West Gippsland CMA
Type Physico-Chemical
Site code Bo1
Site name Bourne Creek Eastern Bank Phys/Chem
Nearest road and town Bass Hwy, Kilcunda
Description

Grassy bank 20 metres upstream of the Kilcunda Rail Trail Trestle bridge. Eastern bank of the creek.

Site access

Park in the carpark to the east of the trestle bridge (i.e. Wonthaggi side of bridge) and head to the western end of the carpark, then follow the sandy path towards the creek for 40 metres, then head down to the creeks edge (i.e. to the grassy bank).

Land use
Land use description

Coastal reserve, with land on the northern (inland side) of the Hwy consisting of crown waterway reserve (i.e. the estuary), residential and grazing land.

Status Active
Observation history 24-05-2016 - 08-03-2023

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 31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Observation #14568 #14600 #14611 #14650 #14705 #14716 #14744 #14879 #14930 #14935 #14946 #14970 #14998 #15030 #15058 #15118 #15233 #15303 #15336

Observation summaries

Turbidity NTU

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 11.3 13.6 13.0 17.4 35.6 37.6 43.7 38.0 100.2 45.5 219.8 126.8 68.3 222.9 19.3 151.0 22.0 13.4 4.5
Bottom 5.2 14.4 14.6 11.2 9.5 21.4 46.9 39.0 80.3 13.2 215.2 125.7 72.1 222.2 7.8 13.5 15.3 14.1

pH

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.4 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.8 7.6 7.5 8.3 8.5 8.2
Bottom 6.8 7.6 7.4 6.7 7.5 7.3 7.3 6.7 7.0 7.2 6.9 7.8 8.3 8.5 8.2

Ammonia mg/L

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
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Enterococci orgs/100mL

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 10-11-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
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Temperature ° C

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 16.10 16.50 16.30 16.20 12.50 11.10 11.00 9.70 10.10 10.70 10.90 9.40 9.10 13.60 12.90 22.40 21.40 17.50
Bottom 22.20 16.30 17.30 17.70 13.80 13.40 12.90 9.90 9.90 13.20 11.00 9.40 9.90 13.60 17.10 21.80 20.90 17.20

Salinity ppt

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 19.60 21.90 14.70 12.50 20.30 19.80 2.40 1.90 1.60 3.30 0.40 0.60 1.50 0.40 12.10 26.50 21.50 36.20
Bottom 31.00 21.80 21.10 29.10 30.20 31.10 25.00 3.20 1.70 30.80 0.40 0.50 1.70 0.40 22.70 26.70 21.50 36.00

D.O. mg/L

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 4.92 5.13 6.54 7.73 10.01 6.11 7.84 11.27 9.90 9.98 10.63 9.81 10.37 9.83 11.06 2.89 4.63 6.06
Bottom 1.59 5.24 2.14 1.75 6.21 2.70 0.08 8.73 9.14 4.79 10.63 9.73 10.18 9.49 8.83 2.31 3.95 5.50

D.O. % Sat

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 56.30 59.90 72.80 84.70 106.60 63.00 72.20 100.10 88.10 91.50 96.30 85.80 90.60 94.50 112.90 39.00 58.50 79.40
Bottom 21.90 60.90 25.30 21.80 72.40 31.40 0.90 78.50 81.10 55.20 96.30 83.60 90.80 91.30 105.00 31.00 49.50 71.60

Conductivity mS/cm

31-03-2022 14-04-2022 20-04-2022 02-05-2022 02-06-2022 06-06-2022 14-06-2022 13-07-2022 27-07-2022 11-08-2022 16-08-2022 24-08-2022 07-09-2022 19-09-2022 05-10-2022 17-01-2023 21-02-2023 08-03-2023
Top 31.54 34.77 24.20 20.83 32.90 32.30 4.59 3.43 1.58 5.96 0.72 1.10 2.74 0.69 20.27 41.23 34.11 54.53
Bottom 47.59 34.75 33.72 44.94 47.30 48.60 39.80 5.79 1.62 47.43 0.71 1.10 3.17 0.69 36.01 41.55 34.15 54.22
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