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Bot Estuary damage from the breach now closed

Mike Austin 2021-11-22 No Comments

The Bot Estuary extensively damaged from the breach has been ‘open’ for 13 months with environmental damage occurring throughout this period. The Bot River estuary was breached artificially on 21 [...]

Bot Estuary drainage area

Mike Austin 2021-11-19 No Comments

The Bot Estuary has a relatively small drainage area, especially in view of the rather large estuary area. The Bot Estuary drainage area includes the Bot River and Jakkalsriver which [...]

Report delivered to BREF on the Bot Estuary breach.

Mike Austin 2021-11-12 No Comments

The is a copy of the report Michael Austin delivered to BREF (Bot River Estuary Forum) at their meeting in April 2021. There was no real discussion of the report. [...]

BREF report on the Estuary breach

Mike Austin 2021-11-08 No Comments

The BREF report on the estuary breach ‘Bot Estuary forum presentation’ received 21 January 2021 is presented below in its entirety. Page 9 of 14 on the ‘Water outflow rate’ [...]

Management of Bot Estuary Part 2

Mike Austin 2021-06-27 No Comments

Management of the Bot River Estuary: Part 2, changed dynamics and suggestions follows on from part 1. New normal for the Estuary The Bot River Estuary has reached what appears [...]

Management of Bot Estuary Part 1

Mike Austin 2021-06-27 No Comments

The lack of a good management plan of the Bot Estuary has been shown up by the recent artificial breach of the estuary in 2020. Background to estuary breaching Nature [...]

The Saga of the Bot Estuary Breach 2020

Mike Austin 2021-01-28 5 Comments

The Saga of the Bot Estuary breach involves an artificial breach which caused massive environmental damage, rapid closure of the estuary and then a natural breach which started to repair [...]

Rapidly changing Dynamics of the Bot estuary breach

Mike Austin 2020-08-25 1 Comment

The initial breach was reported in estuary breached, and further developments. Further rapidly changing dynamics of the Bot River estuary breach have occurred leading to extensive erosion of old vegetated [...]

Bot Estuary Breach – Further Developments

Mike Austin 2020-08-19 5 Comments

Bot estuary breach has had some interesting developments. Check the first post on the Bot Estuary breached 2020. The estuary has now closed in less than a month. Was the [...]

Bot River Estuary Breached 2020

Mike Austin 2020-08-09 1 Comment

Bot River estuary breached, artificially. Very good rains, above average in June followed by good rains in July have filled the estuary to 2.9m above sea level. This still left [...]

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