MOUTH UPDATE & LAUNCH

[00:00:02]So, good morning, everybody.

[00:00:05]I'm down here at the confluence, as you might see.

[00:00:08]And uh to be very fair, the whole mouth system is very stable at the moment.

[00:00:15]Looking pretty good.

[00:00:19]Just a small wave coming through here, but I'm going to go around through the mouth area now.

[00:00:25]As you can see, it's high tide, so I'm just riding back.

[00:00:30]I mean, so I can't ride down at the bottom.

[00:00:33]But um Now, this sand that's coming over from the eastern side there, we haven't had really big seas. Although today, the energy looks pretty high, but it's still it's it's kind of neap tide, so it hasn't been very strong.

[00:00:48]Um pushed over a little bit, but uh nothing serious.

[00:00:57]Quick stop.

[00:00:59]So, there's the mouth there.

[00:01:01]Looks quite narrow.

[00:01:02]Over there, I'm going to go there just now.

[00:01:05]Have a quick look what it looks like there.

[00:01:07]But it is still scouring away here on the corner.

[00:01:10]The chap is fishing, but it's nothing serious.

[00:01:13]At the moment, that can all change.

[00:01:16]Area here is basically the clay banks.

[00:01:19]Just catching a lot of perch.

[00:01:22]And then uh the mouth area over there is still quite narrow, but uh and the flow looks like it's still pretty good, so it's a good sign.

[00:01:34]Riding along here in this little bay.

[00:01:37]There is an interesting phenomenon that I'd like to monitor.

[00:01:43]You see, it's eroded a gap here.

[00:01:47]And so, this water with a nice spring tide will eventually start going up there.

[00:01:57]And that could make this very interesting.

[00:02:00]This is our marker.

[00:02:03]Kind of giving you an idea where we at.

[00:02:05]And if I go back here, and there's the mouth down there.

[00:02:12]Yeah.

[00:02:13]It's interesting.

[00:02:14]Pretty stable, except for this.

[00:02:19]And it'll make it interesting for sure in the days to come, months to come.

[00:02:24]Interesting to watch what develops here.

[00:02:26]Just come to the top of the marker here.

[00:02:31]And I'll show you what it looks like elevated.

[00:02:47]Now, I'm the uh the lake, lagoon that I used to call it, is now getting smaller and smaller.

[00:02:56]Obviously, there's no water coming over the top.

[00:03:00]And that's uh the reason for that.

[00:03:05]Well, folks, I hope you enjoyed that.

[00:03:08]Well, at the back there, you see those ones there coming through.

[00:03:13]Quite large.

[00:03:15]But there's a flat in between. Morning, Wazi.

[00:03:17]>> Morning, morning, Colu.

[00:03:18]>> How's it, man? Uh hey.

[00:03:19]>> No complaint.

[00:03:20]>> That uh back line gets bigger there every now and then, eh?

[00:03:23]>> Yeah, I'm Colu. I can't be there, but it's keeper and it's just be patient.

[00:03:28]>> Yeah.

[00:03:28]Yeah, then there's a gap here. Yeah, yeah.

[00:03:31]But uh how many boats today, do you know?

[00:03:33]>> Fish. Only a five.

[00:03:35]>> Only one this morning. All right. Well, I think they're scared of the rain, eh?

[00:03:39]>> They're scared of the rain and the thing is the sea is very rough. It's rough, but yeah.

[00:03:44]>> Can be done.

[00:03:45]It can be done. Like a Wazi.

[00:03:47]>> Like a Colu.

[00:03:49]>> It's showtime.

[00:03:50]I think I'll go for four plate, Wazi.

[00:03:57]>> Six sticks.

[00:04:15]Rain around.

[00:04:40]Big jet plane.

[00:04:42]Full throttle.

[00:04:44]Yeah, there's so much power there.