It has been a sad year for residents and longtime visitors to Peterborough, where the Curdies River spills into an estuary under the Great Ocean Road, a place often teeming with vibrant birdlife and aquatic life.
Warning: The following story contains details and images some readers may find distressing.
In April, sections of the river turned green and smelled putrid, then became dangerously toxic, full of dead fish and cattle found floating bloated and dead.
