The clean up from Lake Tyers breaking through to Bass Strait is underway.
There was extensive damage created throughout the lake’s system due to the increased water level and now that water has receded the true depth of the damage has been revealed.
Council crews have been busy inspecting and cleaning up walking tracks around Nowa Nowa.
The boat ramp to the Waterwheel Tavern walking track has held up well, with only minor sediment deposits. It remains open with a traffic hazard sign placed at the boat ramp end.
The Lake Tyers Foreshore walking track and the Nowa Nowa Wetlands Walk have been temporarily closed for safety. Both tracks have significant sediment build-up, making them slippery and unstable.
Crews will reassess them once they dry out, and further work, including tree removal and track repairs are carried out as needed.
East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (CMA), with support from Parks Victoria carried out water quality monitoring across the lake shortly after the opening. The oxygen levels at Toorloo Arm were extremely low, two per cent at surface, and were also low in Boggy Creek at 40 per cent. All other sites across the lake had moderate to high oxygen levels.
East Gippsland CMA was concerned by these results and was keeping a close eye on the lake, asking people to contact them if fish were looking to be impacted after a couple of hundred small fish were found dead near the Nowa Nowa Wetlands Walk.
