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24. Tynong North - Hamilton Creek Cave

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:Tonimbuk - 816909. Eight kilometres north Tynong on a tributary of Hamilton Creek.

Access:

Walk from Tonimbuk Road.

Ownership:

Crown Land.

Geology/Geomorphology:

A sector of the stream flows underground and is reported to have a chamber three metres wide and up to five metres high (Max Weatherhead
pers. comm.). No details are available and the cave was not located during this survey.

Significance:

State. Accessible sectors of underground streams in granite are unusual in Victoria. The site awaits more detailed survey.

Management:

Class 1. No forestry operations or roadworks should be permitted on the area of this site.

References:

Finlayson (1981).

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