Darebin Creek
Rural Sections:Very Poor |
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Urban Sections:Poor |
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Darebin Creek is a major tributary that rises in rolling grazing lands on Melbourne's northern outskirts. The landscape changes to urban and industrial as the creek flows towards Melbourne at Thomastown and Lalor. In the urban section, the waterway has been heavily modified. However, it features as a major open space in the suburbs that it flows through.
Improvement works: Recently, the focus has been on works to stabilise the banks, remove willows and replant the area. We have also improved the ability of fish to move through the creek by building fishways on several barriers along its length. Stabilisation works and revegetation near Alphington Grammar have also been undertaken. We also successfully controlled an outbreak of the noxious weed Water Hyacinth. Further works are planned downstream of Childs Road in Mill Park to improve habitat, control weeds and replant native vegetation.