Talk:Port Phillip

message: Isn't Port Phillip Bay technically a gulf? Anyone know for sure? Hypernovean 12:53, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Strictly by definition, its more a lake or a gulf than it is a bay. I was compiling a list of geographic features of the bay (like; rivers, beaches, bays, points, etc) and came across a bit of a paradox, Port Phillip can't have tributaries like rivers and creeks if its a bay, that would suggest that its fed by the ocean. Am I just insane, can a bay or a lake have tributaries? Surely streams of water flowing into lakes or bays contribute water to them? But that's beside the point, I don't think its a gulf because that definition is generally reserved for larger bodies of water that are quite open and part of other oceans, basically small oceans. Lakes are not connected to oceans, or can they be? If so, Port Phillip must be a lake, if not, its a bay. Nick carson (talk) 15:22, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Names and definitions

message: As it states here: "Port Phillip was formed about 10,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, when the sea-level rose to drown what was then the valley of the Yarra, which flowed down what is now the eastern side of the bay". If this is the case, why do we have such sandy beaches? I was under the impression that sand takes in the order of hundreds of thousands/millions of years to form? Is thousands enough? Diliff   | (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:30, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would think that the figure of 10,000 years indicates that the bay has been around since the last ice age when sea levels rose again. There has certainly been water in the Port Phillip basin before. I found a paper analyzing the sediments in the bay and it suggests that the sandy beaches were all deposited in the last 6,500 years and that the oldest marine sediments are at least 35,000 years old. Maybe someone who knows a bit about geography can point us to some good sources on this subject? --bainer (talk) 02:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Much of the sand would have been around a lot longer than the last ice age.  Sand really refers to a particular grain size of grated rock; big grains = gravel, tiny grains = clay, medium grains = sand.  Wash the organic matter out of soil and you are left with grated rock.  The south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne are built on sand.  The beaches are just this sand, with the organic stuff washed out, piled up by the waves. The beaches are young; the sand is not. Maias 04:33, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formed only 10,000 years ago? 

message: Why does it say the deepest part of the bay is only 24m? I was diving there today deeper than that... I would edit it but not sure how deep it is. At least 60m for sure though...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.69.232 (talk) 14:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  depth 

message: Why is Port Phillip Bay in the defunct prisons of Melbourne category? Shelbypark (talk) 23:13, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The about the early penal colony? Wongm (talk) 05:36, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's probably just me, but penal colony doesn't equal prison.  The article doesn't make any mention of the fact there was a penal colony of Port Phillip  - other than the category listing at the bottom of the page. Shelbypark (talk) 08:48, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defunct Prisons? 

message: The water in the bay looks brown and outright abnormal, probably due to some form of algae bloom. Does anybody have any information on this issue?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.70.134.106 (talk) 16:29, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Water condition on 2010-11-20 

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message: The historical information on the 1803 settlement is largely duplicated in Sullivan Bay, Victoria, History of Victoria, History of Melbourne and Port Phillip.  It should be in one place.  I suggest History of Victoria. Billingd (talk) 07:50, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1803 settlement 

message: Should the main image (top) be an actual map rather than a picture of the view? - RusselNorthrop (Talk2Me--Contribs) 03:54, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: Substituted at 03:16, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: MOS:BOLDSYN applies only to "significant alternative names". The examples provided are commonly-used alternative names. I'm not convinced this reaches the threshold. Regards, thorpewilliam (talk) 04:18, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bolding of Aboriginal name