Martha Cove Updates April 2006

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April 2006: Tassels Creek near where it reaches the Port Phillip Bay, from the new breakwater on Safety Beach. A pungent odour could be smelt at this location.

April 2006: Tassels Creek, or what remains of it. An underpass has been built under this section of the old creek.

Google Earth image. Note stockpiles of soil dumped at top right hand corner of image.

April 2006: The 'obliteration' of Tassels Creek and a large portion of its catchment.

April 2006: Underpass entry under Tassels Creek. New units being built in close proximity to car and truck emissions from underpass. Cars and Trucks emit Benzene. The new tunnel may also be a traffic hazard for cyclists.

April 2006: New underpass showing Safety Beach on the right hand side of photo.

April 2006: New units near Tassels Creek.

Tassells Creek before the excavation.

April 2006: Gouging out of Marina berths further upstream.

April 2006: Tassels Creek refigurement and more mooring points for yachts and the like.

April 2006: The gouging of Tassels Creek. Note the depth of the construction.

April 2006: Photo showing construction depths. Pity about the mozzies. See main page for more details.

April 2006: Construction vehicles used for the shifting of soil.

April 2006: Construction soil transported to the upper portion of Tassels Creek, where it lies several metres thick.

April 2006: More construction fill dumped at the eastern portion of the Tassels Creek catchment.

April 2006: The new headwaters of Tassels Creek? Note dumped construction sediment several metres high on right of photo.

April 2006: Note construction depth. All of this soil is then dumped upstream.

April 2006: New Yuppie Moorings?