Estuary life in the fast drain

The Cowderoy Street drain outfall crossing West St Kilda beach is an unlikely tourist attraction. But Baykeeper has found it brimming with fish during recent guided walks for Elwood Primary School families. Schools of juvenile Yellow-eyed Mullet ( Aldrichetta forsteri) and Small-mouthed Hardyheads (Atherinastoma microstoma) were regularly found. The recent recent rains have brought extra [...]

Seastar survival strategy

Curiously, the Magnificent Biscuit Seastar Tosia magnifica is reported as relatively common in waters up to 5m in Victoria and Tassie, but is only found in deep water (to 200m) in South Australia. Just one more of those marine mysteries! But it may well be that this ability to use a range of depths will [...]

Bluebottles in the Bay – a sign of things to come?

The recent discovery of Bluebottle jellyfish on Portsea back beach and Bellarine front beach received a low key response in Melbourne mainstream media. Despite a fearful reputation that routinely causes closure of Queensland beaches, a web search revealed that the editors of ‘Adelaide Now’ seemed more interested. Also known as ‘Stingers’ and ‘Portuguese Man o’ [...]

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