SGCS has been supporting school programs for several years, providing slide
presentations with expert commentary, as well as guiding fieldwork activities.
We are now keen to make this material available to a wider audience, as below.
We welcome feedback and ideas about improving the material provided, and our
presenters are still keen to accompany schools when possible. SGCS member
Aileen Vening put these sets together, and is happy to discuss them and provide
extra information. When available she is happy to accompany school groups.
Background and Fieldwork Support for Schools — Inverloch,
Anderson Inlet and the Bunurong Coast
Fieldwork at Inverloch can meet the curriculum requirements of several learning
areas and year levels. These include:
* VCE Outdoor and Environmental Education Units 1, 3 and 4
* Geography Years 5, 6; Year 8 Landforms & Landscapes; Year 10 Unit 1 Environmental Change &
Management; VCE Unit 1 Natural & Ecological Hazards;
* Science - Earth and Space Sciences Years 3 and 4
Presentations
The main set ‘Coasts and Climate Change’ has many slides, so you can pick
and choose for your audience.
Please acknowledge SGCS and Aileen Vening's work when using this material.
Screw Creek - mudflats and mangroves, estuary, Townsend Bluff headland
Eagles Nest - The Caves, headlands, cliff, wave cut platforms, stack, beach and dunes, Petrel Rock
Abbott Street/Ramsay Boulevard – lagoon and build-up of sand transported from the surf beach into
Anderson Inlet, new dunes
Inverloch Surf Beach – use the slide from the Inverloch Coastal Resilience Study showing how much the
beach has receded at different points between the SLSC and the rock wall at the Bunurong Road corner. It’s
about 50 metres from the end of the pathway leading to the beach at the SLSC – a good exercise for
students to measure. Observe the remaining wet sand fencing, sand bagging.
Walk west to the rock wall at the Bunurong Road corner. Note the mouth of Wreck Creek has moved twice
in the last 18 months and there is now just a narrow sliver of sand and vegetation between the creek running
parallel to the beach, and the beach.
You may see some of the Amazon shipwreck – there is a signpost adjacent at the back of the beach.
Rotary Park – east of boat ramp, rapid erosion here (why?)
Boat ramp – tidal channels of Tarwin River; human impact and management
Point Smythe - sand spit visible from all locations.
