RE: Off Topic - Port Philip Bay - Mystery 'oil slick'

HI All, 

A few years ago, there was a mysterious
'bacterial' oil-slick in Port Philip Bay. It consisted of large sheets
of some type of bacterial/fungi substance that was seen floating over most
of Port Philip Bay.

The last thing i heard about this, it
was being studied by scientists working down at Queenscliffe.

Is anyone aware of their findings about
what this substance was?

Did anyone observe the substance themselves,
and witness an interaction of seabirds with the substance?

I recently saw 2 Little Pied Cormorants
with a bright yellow/orange colouration over there chest, that made me
think back to this phenomena. 

Has anyone else seen this colouration
on Little Pied Cormorants and are able to offer a suggestion to what it
might be?

Cheers, 

Peter