Our CoastSnap Sites

CoastSnap is installed in ten different locations around Port Phillip Bay


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Carrum Beach

The Carrum Beach station is mounted on a wooden pole at the south west corner of the viewing platform overlooking the beach in front of Carrum Life Saving Club. The Carrum Boardwalk can be accessed from the southern end of the carpark at the end of Johnson Ave.

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Red Bluff Beach

The Red Bluff Coastsnap station overlooks Edwards Street Beach and faces northwards towards the Sandringham Yacht Club in the distance. The site sits on a wooden pole that forms part of the fence on top of the cliffs. The station can be accessed on the Potter Street trail, which connects to the access pathway at the northern end of the B13 carpark. This station aims to track the seasonal rotation of the beach associated with the change in wind and wave direction in summer and winter.

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Sandridge Beach

Sandridge Beach is located at the northern edge of Port Philip Bay and is bounded between groynes and the Melbourne Container Terminal Complex. The CoastSnap station is found on a hardwood pole located next to the wooden awnings, on the seaward edge of the pedestrian path, at the eastern corner of Sandridge Life Saving Club. The site faces westward towards the dunes and container terminal.

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Rambler beach

Ramblers Road is a narrow beach dominated by wave overwash during storm periods. The CoastSnap station is found on a hardwood pole at the side of the gravel path in front of 96 Ramblers Road. The nearest pedestrian access is through the grassy carpark at 78A Ramblers Road, and then the station is 150 m westward along the path. The site faces east and aims to track sediment transport towards Point Richards.

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Clifton Springs Beach

Clifton Springs is a small embayed beach (The Dell) in the Geelong Arm of Port Philip Bay and is common to have seagrass found across the beach surface. The CoastSnap station is found on a lookout to the south of the beach. The station is found on the handrail at the north east corner of the lookout found at the end of Spring Street. The path to the lookout starts at the carpark which sits on the cliff above The Dell.

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Werribee South Beach

Werribee South is a shell rich beach significantly influenced by deposition of sand dedgred from the mouth of the Werribee River. The beach is wide and backed by a grassed area with a carpark found on top of an old sea cliff several metres high. The CoastSnap station is found on a hardwood pole on the seaward side of beach road next to the concrete walkway, at the eastern edge of the beach.

 

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News

  • We have reached 40,000 CoastSnaps! Thank you to everyone for your ongoing participation in helping to track changing coastlines!

  • Welcome to the new CostSnap Citizen Science project website! Check out our new CoastSnap app! We have partnered with CitizenScience company SPOTTERON to bring you a new and exciting way to monitor coastline change around the world