tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post6552147157395912507..comments2024-01-14T16:42:25.693+11:00Comments on Barwon Blog: The new toyJo Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08109720134974590748noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-28582946993475130162016-01-09T11:29:23.162+11:002016-01-09T11:29:23.162+11:00I don't know if I'm writing in the right s...I don't know if I'm writing in the right spot, as I'm new to this side. I happened to read about the dead carp below the second break and that you werent sure why they were all dead. I'll happily explain to you why such a thing happened/does happen. The breakwater as its name says breaks the water, dividing the freshwater from the salt water. The carp, a freshwater fish falls down the break into the salt water, only able to tolerate the salt for a limited amount of time it eventually dies. Hence the large number of dead carp in the water. Although you will notice at the flow controls a large quantity of living carp gasping for the fresh water as it flows into the salt,(these are the smarter fish) although lucky for us they'll eventually die as well. As for other fish such as trout they can survive in the salt for long enough to travel out into the ocean and back up another stream into fresh water. Which is quite possibly the reason why all the streams in the Otways have trout in them..<br />-Lachlan de Haan<br />-19<br />-Geelong Lachlan de Haanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322740741610867071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-72853891295591917002013-11-15T15:49:28.546+11:002013-11-15T15:49:28.546+11:00Glad you liked them! I didn't even know it exi...Glad you liked them! I didn't even know it existed until I started researching the river. Don't know if you saw them, but there are a couple of photos from a few weeks ago in this post: http://barwonblogger.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/to-break-and-back-and-broken-back.html<br />The water level is higher at the moment than when I took the photos during summer.<br />Cheers,<br /><br />JoJo Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109720134974590748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-30327618403965862832013-11-15T15:23:19.940+11:002013-11-15T15:23:19.940+11:00nice pictures ,hard to find photos of the lower br...nice pictures ,hard to find photos of the lower break thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-86916946347088464222013-08-05T19:24:07.087+10:002013-08-05T19:24:07.087+10:00I accessed that track from the Leopold side on my ...I accessed that track from the Leopold side on my mountain bike a couple of summers ago. The bottom of Fitzgerald Road opens out onto the marsh of Reedy Lake and there used to be a track cut through the reeds all the way to the lower break. It looked like it followed one of the small channels and then cut across it to the break via a small rock path that I crossed where the channel was flowing over it. I only rode as far as the break at the time and didn't follow the track any further towards Coppards Rd. Unfortunately the Leopold side to the track is now totally overgrown with reeds and impassable. I'm guessing the few wet winters we have finally had has restricted Parks Vic from being able to maintain the track. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-73087098195242659842013-01-19T11:12:49.491+11:002013-01-19T11:12:49.491+11:00Hi Helen,
Yes, there were a couple of openings in...Hi Helen,<br /><br />Yes, there were a couple of openings in the reeds and the various tracks are fairly obvious when viewed on Google Earth, however seeing what is where when you are in it and you can't see over the reeds is a pain to say the least! I think I can see the track you describe on Google Earth, but am not sure how to access it from land as it seems to diappear into nowhere between Coppards Rd and Scott's Rd.<br />Cheers,<br /><br />JoJo Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109720134974590748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127190147676724766.post-83017795503239567872013-01-19T10:10:27.422+11:002013-01-19T10:10:27.422+11:00As far as I know, Reedy Lake is a shallow rounded ...As far as I know, Reedy Lake is a shallow rounded area on the north side of where you paddled along the Barwon River. The Field and Game (?) (shooters and fishermen) people keep a shallow channel about 2-3m wide open between the river and Reedy Lake forming a way that water can enter the Reedy Lake from the river, (the shooters want water in Reedy L for the shooting season) and near the lower breakwater is another (usually) maintained channel where perhaps water can leave Reedy Lake and return to the Barwon R. It provides the shooters with boat access at duck shooting season. There is a dirt road behind the earthen levee bank on the northern side of the river as one approaches Reedy Lake from the Breakwater side.Helen Snoreply@blogger.com