Beach Monitoring Project
NEXT MONITORING SESSION -
Whole beach measurement - TBC
Beach monitoring is a major project for the Port Fairy Coastal Group. The monitoring provides detailed information to Moyne Shire Council and State Governement Agencies for use in developing a response to erosion and predicted rises in sea level.
Every six weeks month we use a drone to accurately measure beach profiles along 4km of East Beach. The table to the right illustrates recent changes against historic data see here for explanation, or here for historic data.
Recent Storm Damage
Above - Collapsed dune and vegetation behind rock wall
Below - Damaged wooden barrier at eastern end of rock wall
The images below show sand loss in red and gain in blue on East Beach between Connolly street and the rock wall in front of the old tip following last week's storm.
News
CHANGING THE GUARD
On his retirement as Chairman, PFCG would like to thank Nick Abbott for his long years of hard work, establishing and then maintaining the group. Please read find his Chairman's Report for 2023 here. At the same time PFCG would like to welcome Pat Davitt as the new Chairman, elected at the AGM on 28th September 2023.
Other reports from PFCG AGM 2023
Technical Report by David Bills-Thompson
Dr Blake Allan's report
Drone training in November
The good news is that it looks likely that PFCG is to get it's own drone once again and new drone training sessions will be announced for November.
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 or join us at the AGM (see above) to find out more.
Gallery
Our collection of photographs reflect the diversity of views of our esturary and coastline.
Quick Summary Table
Projects
Year 6 School Science project
Year 6 Science Project
Next Monitoring sessions -TBC
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