EstuaryWatch Events
3rd Estuaries Unmasked Night Seminar 26th March
Hi everyone,
I hope all is well. I’m just sending through an email to say hello and remind you all about the EstuaryWatch Unmasked night Seminar on the 26th of March and EstuaryWatch Social Events that will be held next Sunday at Spring Creek and the following Sunday at Kennett River. Here are the details;
The “Estuaries Unmasked” night seminar has now been organized.
It will be held on the March 26th from 6:30-8:30pm at the Ocean Grove Surf Lifesaving Club, which is located on Surf Beach Road in Ocean Grove.
Supper and refreshments will be provided.
RSVP is essential, and is required by Friday 20th of March.
Format for the evening involves a speaker commencing at 6:30pm until 7:10pm, then a short break for supper. The remaining speakers will begin at 7:30pm. Questions are encouraged as question time will be allocated toward each speaker.
Please contact me for inquires and bookings.
The guest speakers for the event include:
Jeremy Hindell
Topic: The affects of estuary processes and functions on Black Bream movements.
Dr Jeremy S. Hindell is the Senior Estuarine Ecologist for the Arthur Rylah Institute. Jeremy has undertaken a number estuarine fish movement studies throughout Victoria, and is currently working on a large estuarine fish movement study in the Gippsland lakes, which began in 2003. Jeremy will provide an insight into the affects of estuary processes and functions (i.e. freshwater inflow, physical and chemical properties, the presence and absence of riparian vegetation and aquatic habitat) on fish movements within these environments.
Ash Herrod
Topic: Resident and migratory shorebird species found in our local estuarine environments.
Ash Herrod from Birds Australia is working on developing an optimal method for monitoring shorebird populations on the Bellarine Peninsula and western shoreline of Port Phillip Bay. From his field work involving repeated shorebird surveys and mapping of shorebird foraging and roosting sites, he has gained much knowledge of the shorebirds found within the region, and the habitats they utilise.
Glen Ehmke
Topic: Corangamite estuaries: one of the most important habitats for one of the world’s rarest birds.
Glen is also from Birds Australia. He has an extensive knowledge on one of Australia’s rarest bird species, the Orange Bellied Parrot (OBP). With fewer than 150 remaining in the wild this species depend on estuaries and associated vegetation for their survival and estuaries in Corangamite are traditional stronghold for the birds. However numbers have fallen dramatically in this region over the last 10 years. Learn how the Orange-bellied Parrot recovery team is finding out why and what they are doing to help these birds and estuaries in the region.
I have re-attached the flier displaying all of the above details to this email, just in case it has been misplaced since I last sent it.
Social Event east and west
It’s official, the east and west EstuaryWatch Social events have know been organized. These events will give the regions EstuaryWatchers the chance to gather, have fun, share some ideas about our monitoring program, and of course indulge in a good quality BBQ lunch. Food and drinks will be supplied and their will be some extra special random prizes available. As previously mentioned all EstuaryWatchers (and families/friends) are invited to attend either or both. Dates and locations are as follows:
Spring Creek (east) Sunday 29th of March at 1pm, Picnic area on the eastern side of Spring Creek near the first dirt car park and toilet block on Davidson Drive.
Kennett River (west) Sunday 5th of April at 1pm, Picnic area on the western side of the Great Ocean Road Bridge.
Numbers will need to be finalised prior to the event for catering purposes, so I would really appreciate it if you could contact either myself or your team leaders to let them know if you’re coming along. For further information please contact me on: m: 0427097225 p: 5224 9402 or email me at matthew.khoury@ccma.vic.gov.au. I hope to see you all there.
I would really appreciate it if you could let me know if you are going to attend Spring Creek by Friday the 27th of Feb, and Kennett River by Friday the 3rd of April.
Thankyou,
Yours Truly,
Matthew Khoury
EstuaryWatch Coordinator
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority
Postal: PO Box 159, Colac, Victoria, Australia.
Office: Pakington St Geelong.
m: 0427 097 225
p: (03) 5224 9402
f: (03) 5232 2759
e: matthew.khoury@ccma.vic.gov.au
w: www.ccma.vic.gov.au