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CO_MOO020 Moorabool River @ Coopers Bridge on Steiglitz Rd, Meredith
Site details
Overview
| Site code | CO_MOO020 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Moorabool River @ Coopers Bridge on Steiglitz Rd, Meredith |
| Status | Inactive |
| Water Authority | Corangamite |
| Basin | Moorabool River |
| Catchment | Moorabool River |
| Sub catchment | Moorabool River |
| Reach | 32_3 Moorabool River |
| Water type | River |
| Council | |
| History | View all 265 site visits 11-05-1995 - 24-04-2020 |
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| Date | Comment | Bank Erosion Stability | Bank Vegetation | In Stream Cover | Riffles Pools Bends | Verge Vegetation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-02-2006 | People, roo & wallaby seen. Euc. Viminalis, radiata, ovata, macroshy; Acac. deal, melanoxylon, mearnsii,pyamantha; amyema pendula; Bursaria spinosa; kangaroo apple;river callistermon; woolly teatree, poa tussocks;phragmites;water ribbon & other water plants. Weeds - blackberry, furge, vinca major, scotch thistle, cape spurge, grasses, hemlock | Fair 3 | Poor 4 | Poor 4 | Poor 2 | Fair 6 | Good 19 |
| 27-01-2005 | Blackberry eradication begun early 2003 pretty successful and sweet Bursaria, Kangarooo apple and many A.mearnsii seedlings have apperared. Downside erosion of bank as people don’t use stairs to access river. Animals: kangaroo scats in grass, platypus seen 30/1/05. Birds: Woodduck, Superb Blue Wren, Scrub Wren, Rufus Whistle. Veg: Poa tussock, Drooping mistletoe, Phragmites, E. viminalis (manna gum), Woolly teatree, E. radiata (narrow leaf peppermint), River calistamon (river bottlebrush), E. ovata, Sweet bursaria, E.macroryncha, Black wattle, Burgan, Blackwood wattle, Kangaroo apple, Dealbata wattle (silver wattle), Pycnantha (hedge wattle). Weeds: Scotch thistle, grasses, Blackberries, Vinca M, Caper spurge, Hemlock | Poor 2 | Poor 4 | Poor 4 | Poor 2 | Fair 6 | Good 18 |
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