Venus Bay Observation Project

Understanding Our Beach

The beautiful long sweeping beach at Venus Bay is eroding & changing. Join, observe, and help improve our knowledge and sense of this place.

Photos

Loading…
  • Add Photos
  • View All

Forum

norm hanson

where are these "high tech" maps

Started by norm hanson in What is causing the beach erosion? Nov 16, 2009.

Alvin People

Contributing via your mobile phone 1 Reply

Started by Alvin People in Why are we doing it?. Last reply by Alvin People Dec 6, 2008.

norm hanson

What to record?

Started by norm hanson in What is causing the beach erosion? Dec 3, 2008.

Groups

Members

  • Lewis Tota
  • Steve Broady
  • Alvin People
  • norm hanson

Latest Activity

Profile Icon

Today is this sites last day

Today (Friday 20th August) is the last day from free Ning sites. As we are just voluntary, we are not interested in fees & ads and such hassles, So we have moved over to bloggerhttp://vboping.blogspot.com/Please vist us thereSee More
Blog post by norm hanson Aug 20, 2010
0 Comments
Profile Icon

New low in Pipi harvesting

NEW LOW IN SIZE OF HUNTED PIPISThe size of these Pipi shells in a harvesters midden on the edge of Beach 5 carpark beggers belief. How can the Pipi poplulation survive when this is the size they are now down to taking out? These little guys, compared to a 5 cent peice for scale, never got to breed and set the next generation.See the video "naughty peoples track" for other impacts of this same issue in the video section of this site.…See More
Blog post by Steve Broady Jun 21, 2010
0 Comments
Profile Icon

Naughty people track beach 5

0:47
Video posted by Steve Broady Jun 21, 2010
0 Comments
Profile Icon
Thumbnail
Thumbnail
Thumbnail
1 more…
Photos posted by Steve Broady Jun 21, 2010
Profile Icon

Slower than I had hoped

After looking around, and realizing that a place for VBOP needed to be free! No cost, No spammers and preferably No Ads! There was a lot left, just blogs really. So I have set up VBOPING again over on blogger. Only this time I am trying to incorporate links from other Social media as well in the same place. The blog will also be a group effort and hopefully anyone will be able to contribute their observation. In the short term you will have to ask for…See More
Blog post by norm hanson Jun 12, 2010
0 Comments
Profile Icon
norm hanson commented on Steve Broady's blog post 'OBSBLOG'
Nice work steve, and good observation about the size distribution. All Sad but totally amazing! It is my understanding that those Shells opened an eaten by other molluscs have a small hole drill in them near the top. Once these where really common…
Jun 9, 2010
Profile Icon
Enjoy your beach!
Status posted by Steve Broady May 22, 2010
Profile Icon
Blog posts by Steve Broady May 22, 2010

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All
 

Welcome

This is the VBOP projects home. Here you can upload photos, share videos with other VBOP observers, contribute to the ObsBlog or have discussion on the forums.

You don't even have to be a member to particpate in the broader VBOP project, but it probably helps keep in touch. You can also use these other social networking tools to contribute to VBOP
Flickr, and join the VBOP group
Twitter, follow VBOP and begin your short messages with @VBOP

You can start by helping update our erosion map in the beach observation group
Or Email photos direct to VBOP@imageo.com.au

Blog Posts

norm hanson

Today is this sites last day

Today (Friday 20th August) is the last day from free Ning sites. As we are just voluntary, we are not interested in fees & ads and such hassles, So we have moved over to blogger


Please vist us there

Posted by norm hanson on August 20, 2010 at 8:37pm

Steve Broady

New low in Pipi harvesting

NEW LOW IN SIZE OF HUNTED PIPIS

The size of these Pipi shells in a harvesters midden on the edge of Beach 5 carpark beggers belief. How can the Pipi poplulation survive when this is the size they are now down to taking out? These little guys, compared to a 5 cent peice for scale, never got to breed and set the next…

Continue

Posted by Steve Broady on June 22, 2010 at 2:00am

norm hanson

Slower than I had hoped

After looking around, and realizing that a place for VBOP needed to be free! No cost, No spammers and preferably No Ads! There was a lot left, just blogs really. So I have set up VBOPING again over on blogger. Only this time I am trying to incorporate links from other Social media as well in the same place. The blog will also be a group effort and hopefully anyone will be able to contribute their observation. In the short term you will have to ask for… Continue

Posted by norm hanson on June 12, 2010 at 9:39pm

Steve Broady

OBSBLOG

ON GOING PIPI HARVESTING...

22 May 2010

As a follow-up to Norm's Pipi shell survey of 28th Janurary 2010, we randomly picked up pipi shells between beaches 1 &2. Of the 23 shells, 21 of them showed signs of chipping. The other two although un-chipped, did not have any bore holes of natural predators visible either.

Vast numbers of empty shells are…

Continue

Posted by Steve Broady on May 23, 2010 at 12:07am — 1 Comment

Steve Broady

OBSBLOG

22 May 2010

We surveyed Beaches 5, 3, 2 & 1 today between 07:20 - 10:00 hrs, and the pressure was 1022 hpa. The water tempurature was 14.2 c.

Beach 5 continues to change profile, with the new level moving higher up the beach. The "bench" cut is now 72cms deep, peaking at 90 cms.

Both Beaches 5, 3 & 1 had this feature, but with Beach 5 having the most dramatic example.…

Continue

Posted by Steve Broady on May 22, 2010 at 11:32pm

 
 
 

About

norm hanson norm hanson created this Ning Network.
Create a Ning Network! »

Events

Cool Links

Matter of Fact Newsletter
BoM Victorian Tide Times
VBOP google site
CoastalWatch Swell Forecast for Victoria

OzCoastsgeomorphology,, beach erosion
CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research
Coast Action/Coast Care
Parks Victoria Cape Liptrap coastal park

© 2012   Created by norm hanson.   Powered by .

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service