8322-3 Freestone Creek (Bushy Park)

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

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Location:	006097. Junction of the Avon River and Freestone Creek, one kilometre north of Bush Park.
Abstract:	Outcrop of Wurruk Sand Member (Boisdale Formation).
Access:	Bushy Park - Valencia Creek Road.
Ownership:	Private land.
Geology:	River cliffs on the Avon and Freestone Creek expose the lower unit of the Boisdale Formation. This consists of fine silty sand, and poorly sorted coarse sands and minor gravels. Carbonised plan fragments are diagnostic of this member and on the west bank of the Avon River near Boisdale is a thin bed of lignite.
Significance:	Regional. The outcrop is one of the few exposures of the Wurruk Sand Member.
Management:	Access to the site through private land or along the river needs to be formalised by arrangement with landholders.
References:	Jenkin, J.J. 1968. 'The geomorphology and Upper Cainozoic geology of Southeast Gippsland, Victoria', Geol. Surv. Vict. Memoir 27. Hocking, J.B. 1976. 'Definition of revision of Tertiary Stratigraphic units, onshore Basin', Rep. geol. Surv. Vict. No. 1976/1.

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