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Port River and Barker Inlet Estuary
Aerial view photo 2008 by Gary Sauer-Thompson
Enhancing this Living System Rotary Club of West Lakes 18th - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Enhancing this Living System Rotary Club of West Lakes 18th - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Port River and Barker Inlet Estuary: Enhancing this Living System Rotary Club of West Lakes 18th September 2018 Port River and Barker Inlet Estuary Aerial view photo 2008 by Gary Sauer-Thompson Shaping our landscape 2016 flooding with high
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Shaping our landscape
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2016 flooding with high tide
Portside Messenger: Flooding near Birkenhead Bridge, May 2016
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Levee bank breached at Mutton Cove
9th May 2016, anticipated 2.7m tide recorded at 3.9m at OH
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What the future holds
AdaptWest, regional climate adaptation plan
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What the future holds
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Nature-based solutions
- Nature based solutions can lessen the
impact of sea level rise and be used instead
- f or in conjunction with hard structures
- Pollution into the Port River has lessened,
making nature based solutions more viable
- Restoration of the Estuary is the focus of
the Estuary Care Foundation SA, formed in 2016
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Nature-based solutions
Key priorities of the Foundation
- Living Shorelines
- Shellfish Restoration
- Seagrass Monitoring & Restoration
- Community education and
engagement
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Living Shorelines
- Eco-engineering
- Environmentally friendly sea
walls (NSW)
- Coastal Resilience (USA)
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Living Shorelines
- shoreline protection options
- offer erosion control benefits
- natural coastal processes remain
- strategically place plants, stone,
sand fill and other materials
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How cost effective is natural infrastructure?
The Nature Conservancy
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Example of Living Shoreline, NSW
Carss bush park seawall with rockpools, extended slope, crevices, endangered saltmarsh, Kogarah Council 2016
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Living Shoreline – Port River
Drawings: Peri Coleman 2015
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More Shoreline Protection Needed
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Trialling Living Shorelines
- Proposed trial in Inner Harbour
- National Disaster Resilience
Program application by ECF
- Decision October 2018
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Trialling Living Shorelines
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Shellfish Restoration
Project is part of National Shellfish Reef Restoration Network https://www.shellfishrestoration.org.au/
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Billion Oyster Project, Hudson River
One billion live oysters by 2035
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Port River Shellfish Restoration
- Millions of shellfish in River
- Successfully trialling restoration of
native oysters (Ostrea angasi) – adults and spat
- Trial soon of small scale reef and
shoreline protection (Inner Harbour)
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Local Shellfish - Flinders Ports beacon
Beacon taken our near Birkenhead, photo 31st October, 2016
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Mussels in Inner Harbour
Mussels on New Port Quays marina, November 2015
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Native Oysters – 6 weeks growth
Growth between 31.5.17 and 10.7.17
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Native oyster trial
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Trial reef
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Seagrass Monitoring & Restoration
- Monitoring by volunteers (kayaks)
- Monitoring via AusOcean rigs
- Restoration trial at Snowden’s
north, advised by SARDI
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Seagrass in Port River
Zostera in Port River August 2018; photos by Kym Murphy
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Seagrass monitoring with AusOcean
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Seagrass Restoration Trial
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Community Education
- Public meetings – international
speakers
- SALA exhibition – Healthy Port River
- Science Week events
- Field trips for Aust Science & Maths
School
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Swimmable River
Long Swim Through Port Adelaide reinstated, December 2016
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Supporters
- Adelaide & Mt Lofty NRM – grants
- Site owners e.g. RSAYS, ASC, Flinders
Ports, Renewal SA
- Volunteers
- Community organisations e.g.
Marine Life Society, Malacological Society
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