A project funded by Cultus Resources and SENRAC is investigating the possibility that coastal bitumen strandings result from seismic tremors which cause crude oil to be released from submarine seeps in the offshore Duntroon or Otway Basins. Objectives were to : - establish 4 onshore digital seismograph stations; - analyse seismic reflection data near located epicentres to determine causative faults and potential oil traps; - sample coastal bitumen; - document any tremors leading to oil strandings, including ocean currents and winds. To date most of the work has been in operational matters. There have been 4 significant earthquakes, but none of the 3 offshore events led to oil or bitumen being stranded.