Collie-Preston Road
Basin : Collie River
Catchment : Collie River
The condition of the Collie-Preston Road site (site code: CR23), in the upper catchment of the Collie River was assessed over a 100-m length of stream in February, May, August and October 2015.
The assessment was conducted using standard methods from the South West Index of River Condition. Measures chosen for this assessment included fish and crayfish, aquatic habitat, water quality (dissolved oxygen, temperature, electrical conductivity, and pH logged every 30 minutes for most of 2015), fringing vegetation, channel morphology, erosion, connectivity, local land use and flow.
Condition summary
An online condition summary for this site has not been prepared. Please contact the Departments River Science team for site information, and see below for links to information on some of the species found at the site, and some images taken in 2015.
Fish and crayfish
Seven fish and two crayfish species were found at this site in 2015 (combination of all four sampling events), including three exotic fish.
A list of species is provided at the bottom of the page, click on the images to learn more about each species.
Note: only fish and crayfish are targeted by sampling methods, however where other species were caught and/or observed they are included below.
Species found
- Eastern gambusiaGambusia holbrooki
- Freshwater cobblerTandanus bostocki
- GilgieCherax quinquecarinatus
- NightfishBostockia porosa
- One-spot livebearerPhalloceros caudimaculatus
- Redfin perchPerca fluviatilis
- Smooth marronCherax cainii
- South-west glass shrimpPalaemon australis
- Western minnowGalaxias occidentalis
- Western pygmy perchNannoperca vittata
Explore other sites in the catchment
- Booth Street
- Brunswick pools
- Brunswick River - Beela Road
- Brunswick River - Big Tree Road Bridge
- Brunswick River - Riverbank Walk
- Brunswick River - Upstream Mornington Road Bridge
- Cardiff Town Pool
- Chicken Creek
- Collie River East Branch - US Diversion Site
- Collie River Road Bridge
- Collie River South Branch - Long Pool
- Coolangatta Farm Gauging Station
- Downstream Coolangatta Gauging Station
- Downstream Harris Dam 1
- Downstream Harris Dam 2
- Downstream Mungalup Tower
- Downstream Rose Road Gauging Station
- Duderling Pool
- Harris River - Downstream Tallanalla Gauging Station
- Hetherington Road
- Lake Kepwari - Diversion Inlet
- Lake Kepwari - Diversion Outflow
- Lake Kepwari - Northern End
- Lake Kepwari - River Channel
- Quinns Road 1
- Quinns Road 2
- River Road Bridge
- Treendale Road
- Upstream Collie-Williams Road
- Upstream Coolangatta Gauging Station
- Upstream Lake Kepwari
- Upstream Minninup Pool
- Upstream South Branch
- Wellesley River - Devlin Road
- Wellington Dam Wall