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Inverloch locals losing beach to erosion support disputed rock bag wall fix - ABC News
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ABC Melbourne Conversation Hour report on Victoria's Eroding Coastline 10 Sep 2024
Beach Monitoring Project
Next drone monitoring
29 January 2026 - Time TBC
PFCG has been allocated its own drone which will make us more self-sufficient when it comes to planning monitoring sessions. All are welcome to come along as spotters and if you are interested in training to operate the drone that can be arranged. The following dates are pencilled in for later in the year, as ideal from a tide point of view to do full monitoring of East beach. Exact dates and times will be weather dependent.
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25 March 2026
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06 May 2026
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19 June 2026
Quick Summary Table
Gallery
This chart shows sand height at posts 3 (Manifold Street), 6 (NE end of night soil site) and 9 (N end of tip site) over time.
Up to about 2017, sand levels at posts 3, 6 and 9 track each other reasonably well with a slight variation in the phase of the rise and fall at each post. After 2017, post 3 has a very dramatic sand loss (the Orange line) and its still recovering.
While there is still some correlation between the levels at the posts, its not as well defined as it is prior to 2017.
Our collection of photographs reflect the diversity of views of our esturary and coastline.
Year 6 School Science project
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Once or twice a term students from local primary schools join PFCG and help measure sand levels at Pea Soup and South Beach. Drones cannot be used to measure sand levels on these beaches so a laser is used to make transverse and longitudinal measurements.
The council uses the data to inform its coastal protection and rehabilitation work.
St Patrick's Primary School and Port Fairy Consolidated School are currently involved with this project
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JOIN THE TEAM
PFCG is always on the lookout for enthusiastic new recruits to join our beach monitoring sessions. If you are interested contact us to find out more.
Covenant College Visit
On Thursday 13th March, Port Fairy Coastal Group hosted a group of Year 12 Environmental Studies students from Covenant College Geelong. The group of 10 students and 2 teachers were touring the south west, exploring various natural and man-made environments, with a particular interest in the impact of human interaction with the natural environment and the history of Europe settlement in the area. We met the group at the rock wall in front of the old tip site and spoke about the challenges of that particular site, the formation of the PFCG and our ongoing beach monitoring. We then conducted a beach monitoring session with the students actively involved in the taking of measurements using the laser level and recording the data.