WaterWatch Portal

CO_BAR161 Barwon River Catchment

Active Reach: 33_8 Waurn Ponds Creek

This is a River Detectives school monitored site.
School data does not go through the same approval process as for other groups.
Simply set "Minimum data standard" to Level 1 to view all Physical Chemical test data.

Monitoring organisations

CO_Geelong East Primary School

CO_Individual Monitors

Habitat Scores

Explain for me

26-08-2005 - 08-07-2020

	Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation
July 2020	Fair	Fair	Good	Fair	Poor
Bank Veg Phragmites australis Typha oreientails Oxalis Buckshorn plantain (Plantago coronopus) bottle brush Poa sp. Plantago sp. Verge Veg: Correa alba thistle sp. River red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) mirror bush (Coprosma repens) Brassica sp. Drooping sheaoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) Hop goodenia (Goodenia ovata) Instream Veg Phragmites australis Typha oreientails Water ribbon (Triglochin procerum) Fauna: darter swallow brown falcon eurasain coot
July 2020	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Fair
Water Veg Phragmites australis Water ribbon (Triglochin procerum) eel grass Zostera sp. typha orientails Bank Veg Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) Greater plantain (Plantago major) Phragmites australis thistle sp. common tussock (Poa labillardierei) melaleuca sp. Verge Veg common tussock (Poa labillardierei) melaleuca sp. Brassica sp. Hop goodenia (Goodenia ovata) correa alba Eucalyptus sp. mirror bush (Coprosma repens) lomandra longifolia Fauna eurasain coot brown falcon little pied cormorant welcome sallow pacific black duck cheastnut teal australiasain dart red wattle bird Australian raven
October 2012	Good	Excellent	Good	Good	Excellent

September 2012	Good	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair
Waterwatch facilitator amended scores to better reflect site descriptions.
March 2012	Fair	Good	Good	Fair	Fair

October 2010	VeryPoor	Poor	Fair	Good	Fair

August 2005	VeryPoor	Fair	Good	Good	Poor
dusky moorhen, eurasian coot, blue wren, goose and dart present bluebell creeper present in several trees, spitfire (sawfly larvae) in writhing clumps on euc branches