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CO_MOO004 Moorabool River Catchment

Active Reach: 32_4 Moorabool River

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CO_Moorabool Catchment Monitors

Habitat Scores

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29-07-2008 - 03-12-2025

	Bank Erosion Stability	Bank Vegetation	In Stream Cover	Riffles Pools Bends	Verge Vegetation
December 2025	Good	Fair	Good	Poor	Fair
River very low but flowing through Ford pipe well.
January 2024	Good	Fair	Good	Excellent	Fair
Please refer to separate attachments in diary filles and photos for habitat survey notes and photos.
January 2022	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Good
Not much wildlife around today it is fairly quiet, Blackberry bushes downstream of ford crossing have died off and are just piles of woody sticks now however looking upstream the dead blackberry bushes have new growth growing over the top and appear to be taking over again. I have put some photos in diary.
January 2022	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Good
Not much wildlife around today it is fairly quiet. Blackberry bushes downstream of ford have died off and are just piles of woody sticks now. However upstream the dead blackberry bushes have new growth growing. I have some photo in diary.
January 2019	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Good
There are a lot of people around today, camping, swimming enjoying the sunshine. The river has a medium flow and is mostly clear except for where people are playing in the water. There are butterflys and little birds flying around. The Blackberry bushes are taking hold along the banks but there is also a lot of natural vegetation. Photos in Diary
January 2018	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Good
Vegetation is a little bit thicker than last year, the Blackberries are still keeping the bank vegetation at a fair rating instead of good. Water is nice and clear with a medium flow, I cannot see any creatures or fish swimming around. There are a few little birds darting about. Overall not much change from last year.
January 2017	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Good
A fairly good healthy looking site with lots of vegetation although I have marked bank vegetaion down from good last year to fair this year mainly because of the amount of weeds (blackberries) about. I can hear a few different birds chirping but can not site any of them. I can not see any fish or creatures swimming about. The river is clear with a slight brown tinge to it. Flow is medium. Photo in diary.
January 2016	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
MOO 004 JAN 2016 STREAM HABITAT SURVEY Good looking site and surrounds. Lots of native vegetation, however there are some blackberries starting to take over the bank vegetation in places and some weeds growing here and there. This is a popular picnic, camping and swimming spot so there is a bit of rubbish scattered around. I could hear a few birds singing and saw a Fairy-Wren darting about. I could not see any creatures swimming around in the water. The river is clear and has a good average flow of water. There is a large pool of water on the upstream side of the ford which is often used as a swimming area, on the downstream side set back from the river a little bit is a cleared area which is used for picnics & camping. There seems to be plenty of bank, verge and in stream vegetation which closes in on the river as you look up or downstream from the ford. The verge vegetation is fenced off from farmland on both sides of the river. I have attached some photos of the main area of the site in the diary section.
January 2016	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

July 2008	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	Good
Conducted by Janice Cumming

Water Bugs

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WaterWatch Method

06-11-2007 - 24-07-2013

Date	Taxa Count	Total score	Rating
August 2012	437	36	Very Good
April 2011	615	53	Very Good
October 2009	463	33	Fair
September 2009	239	40	Very Good
November 2007	175	45	Good

Water Bugs

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Agreed Level Taxonomy Method

27-04-2021 - 25-10-2021

Date	Taxa Count	Weighted SIGNAL
April 2021		0.0

Physical Chemical Tests

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