Project Summary Itinerary Cruise Plan Science Program Photos
For further information about the project or potential to be involved please contact Natalie Davey at saltwater@pacific.net.au
Itinerary
| Day | Date | Key Focus | Location | Times | Activity | Key Participant |
Contact / Organiser |
O/Night Berth |
| Pre- Two Bays day | 13th Jan | VACCA kids | Ricketts Point MS | 10am-4pm | Marine protected areas Marine pest surveys |
VACCA | ND | Docklands to Ricketts |
| 14th Jan | Loading equipment & materials | |||||||
| Day 1 - Saturday | 15th Jan | Launch Community Open Day | North Wharf (Shed 2) | 11am–12.30pm | Launch & Indigenous Partnerships Event | All | ND | Docklands 11am start |
| Day 2 - Sunday | 16th Jan | Marine Care RP - Reefwatch | Ricketts Point MS | 9am-3pm | Reefwatch Marine Pest Surveys - Urchin Barren Mapping | Reefwatch Vic - Marine Care RP - Bayside Council | MR SH | Pick up and drop off at Black Rock (wind alt. Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron) |
| Day 3 - Monday | 17th Jan | Sea Country | Southern Bay to Hastings | 9am-5pm | Indigenous Partnerships | Indigenous Elders | JT/ND | Pick up at Martha Cove. Drop off at Hastings. |
| Day 4 - Tuesday | 18th Jan | Westernport Marine Modellng Project (EPA) - Churchill Mapping - San Remo Marine Community Image Collection | SE Western Port | 8am-5pm | Seabird surveys of Navaids (vessel will travel to SE side of WPB for modelling project) | Randall Lee | R Lee & SH | Hastings |
| Day 5 - Wednesday | 19th Jan | Habitat Mapping FI Marine National Park |
Hastings | 8am-3pm | Habitat Mapping - Seabird surveys of Navaids - PV Photography (intertidal habitats) | SH | Hastings | |
| Day 6 - Thursday | 20th Jan | Habitat Mapping Yaringa Marine National Park - Yaringa SHP workshop |
9am-4pm | Habitat Mapping - Seabird surveys of Navaids - PV Photography (intertidal habitats) - FNVC surveys? | SH | Hastings | ||
| Day 7 - Friday | 21st Jan | Water quality Ocean Exchange | Sail to Queenscliff | 8am-5pm | Plankton surveys | Melb Uni researcher to ID plankton (K. Millers to follow up) | ||
| Day 8 - Saturday | 22nd Jan | Building Partnerships for the PPHMNP | PPHMNP | 9am Depart Queenscliff 10am Pick Up Portsea 3pm Drop OFF Portsea 4pm Queenscliff |
Bays & Maritime - Jarred Parsons | Queenscliff | ||
| Day 9 - Sunday | 23rd Jan | Community Monitoring | Mud Islands | 9am-5pm | Marine pests, Shorebirds & Seagrass Monitoring | MR SH | Queenscliff | |
| Day 10 - Monday | 24th Jan | Swan Bay - PPBP Ramsar Site Shallow Reefs | PPBAY | 9am-3pm depart Queenscliff for gig at 4 | Swan Bay Ramsar - Seagrass monitoring |
MR | Geelong | |
| Day 11 - Tuesday | 25th Jan | Water Quality Western Shoreline - Corio Bay |
Plankton sampling - Water Quality | EPA | Emilie Laurent (EPA) | Williamstown | ||
| Day 12 - Wednesday | 26th Jan | Cultural Connections - Multicultural Nature guides | Williamstown | Communities the bays Values Jawbone Marine pest survey | HPHP | ND | Williamstown | |
| Day 13 - Thursday | 27th Jan | Kingston Indigenous Engagement & Two Bays forum | Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 9am-3pm | Journey along Kingston coast | City of Kingston & City of Frankston | Natalie Davey & Kate Daddot | Frankston |
| Frankston Pier | 4pm-5pm | Indigenous stories & Digital stories | ||||||
| Frankston Lifesaving Club | 6pm-8pm | Marine pest | ||||||
| Day 14 - Friday | 28th Jan | Kingston Indigenous | Coastal Resilience | 9am-3pm |
ND | Frankston | ||
| Science engagement | Traditional Knowledge | 4pm-6pm | ||||||
| Day | Date | Key Focus | Location | Times | Activity | Key Participant |
Contact / Organiser |
O/Night Berth |