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GL 2 (8522) Abandoned Cliff - Lake Bunga - Red Bluff

This information has been developed from the publications:

    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in Central Gippsland (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams and S.M Kraemers.
    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Gippsland Lakes Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in East Gippsland, Victoria (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams
Geological heritage sites, including sites of geomorphological interest and volcanic heritage sites, are under regular revision by the Geological Society of Australia, especially in the assessment of significance and values. Reference should be made to the most recent reports. See the Earth Science Heritage section of the Geological Society of Australia website for details of geological heritage reports, and a bibliography.


Location:
920084 to 930084. Eastern shoreline of Lake Bunga and coastline eastward towards Red Bluff.

Abstract:
Abandoned marine cliff (bluff).

Access:
Lake Bunga Road.

Ownership:
Crown land.

Geology:
The Tertiary sediments that form the cliff at Red Blugg (GL-1) also outcrop along the coastline to the west and on the eastern shoreline of Lake Bunga. As they are now isolated from marine cliffing processes by a broad sand beach and one or more vegetated fore-dune ridges, the former cliffed profile cut in these sediments has become partly covered by accumulation of weathered materials and vegetation growth and is best described as a bluff.

Significance:
Regional. When compared with Red Bluff, this site displays clearly the processes by which the former sea cliff around the margin of the Gippsland Lakes embayment has been converted to a bluff.

Management:
Access to the site could be improved by footpath construction but these must be designed so as to avoid causing accelerated mass wasting of the bluff.
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