Hi Andrew,

as Geoff stated there are a few good spots but all places within about a 200Km radius of Melbourne are protected. You need a permit to collect intertidally. I collect (very occasionally) using our Victorian Branch Mal Soc permit (as part of the Australian Malacological Society).

I checked the tides for the week Mon 13th - Sat 18th April and they are actually not too bad. Not real low but 0.21-0.37m. With the new datum, anything below ~0.30m is worth a try!

Refere link below...
http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/oceanography/tides/tide_predications.cgi

Geoff would be able to tell u the best places.


Best of Luck.

Regards,
Simon

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Andrew

This message obviously didnt make it through to ConchL yesterday so I am resending with copy
to you

regarding Melbourne

Some good areas around but mostly an hour or more out of the city proper de=
pending on your specific interests. Many areas have restrictions.

Contact me off list for more details on [log in to unmask] or geoffmac6=
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I should be around a little during that week if you want to meet

Regards

Geoff
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> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:18:20 +1200
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> Subject: [CONCH-L] Collecting in Melbourne, Australia?
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> I will be going to Melbourne in a week, for a week.
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> Just wondering if anyone knows of any good intertidal collecting spots
> in the immediate area?
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> Andrew Grebneff
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> Fossil preparator
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