16. Pakenham - Toomuc Creek Incision

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).

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Location:	Pakenham – 650855. One kilometre west of Pakenham between the Princes Highway and the Gippsland Railway line.	Site 16, Toomuc Creek
Access:	From the Princes Highway.
Ownership:	Crown Land. (Public Land River Reserve).
Geology/Geomorphology:	As with the Cardinia Creek section described below in more detail (Site 18), this section of Toomuc Creek has recently widened and deepened its channel since drainage of swamplands to the south.
Significance:	Regional. The site is an example of the impact of the drainage of the swamplands on channel morphology.
Management:	Class 3. Erosion control measures may be necessary to reduce the erosion hazard at the site, and these would not alter the significance rating.

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