Merri Creek
Rural Sections:Poor |
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Urban Sections:Very Poor |
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Merri Creek flows from the foothills of the Great Dividing Range north of Wallan on the Hume Highway. A major tributary, it crosses more than 50 kilometres of basalt plain to meet the Yarra River at Fairfield. The upper and middle sections are mostly rural, and dotted with small townships like Wallan, Beveridge and Kalkallo. The creek's middle sections are surrounded by the growing suburb of Craigieburn and other northern suburbs. Blackfish are still found in the upper sections and, although there are no platypus found there at present, they could return in the future. There are major native grasslands alongside the creek that will soon be included in an extended waterway park.
Improvement works: Work is ongoing to control weeds, remove willows, replant areas and stabilize the banks of the creek. We have also reinstated the fish passage around the wall at Coburg Lake. Replanting and minor stabilisation works will continue between the Northcote Golf Course frontage and the Preston Main Drain, and at Phillips Reserve in Brunswick. Other creek bank works, removal of willow and ash trees, weed control and replanting is planned downstream of the Sumner Park footbridge.
Merri Creek at Galada Tamboore, Campbellfield, a site of significance for indigenous plants, animals, geology and archaelogical features.