Estuarine Ecology Screw Creek - Coastal Nature

Join the South Gippsland Conservation Society to celebrate 30 years of Summer by the Sea! Explore the dynamic estuarine areas of Anderson's Inlet where you'll find coastal scrub, open woodlands, mangroves, saltmarsh and mudflats. Estuaries form a transition zone between river and ocean environments. Subjected to tides, waves and the influx of seawater, as well as flows of freshwater and sediment, they are some of the most productive natural habitats in the world. Screw Creek, with its easily accessible picnic facilities and toilets, is an ideal location to study the ecosystems and inhabitants of Anderson's Inlet, a significant site for wading birds, fish breeding and endangered species such as the orange bellied parrot

What's Available

7 features

Half Day or Less

Land - Self Propelled

Nature and wildlife

Family Friendly

Non Smoking

Basic

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Brushtail Possum in the spotlight at night

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Kooasuchus cleelandi at Wallace Street Park, Inverloch

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Estuarine Ecology at Screw Creek and Townsend Bluff

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