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25. Cannibal Creek - Impeded Drainage

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 - 820865. Three kilometres north of Garfield.

Image: Sites of Significance Port Phillip Bay
Branching distributary channels of Cannibal Creek.

Access:

Brew Road.

Ownership:

Private land and Crown Land.

Geomorphology:

Cannibal Creek is a valley in the southern section of the granitic ranges north of the Princes Highway. They valley floor gradient is low and encumbered by granite was from the adjacent slopes, and the stream channel has developed several anabranches. The stream consists of ponded sections linked by swampy and poorly defined channels.

Significance:

Regional. This is a clear example of drainage impedance developed in the granitic terrain to the north of the Princes Highway.

Management:

Class 1. No further clearing or drainage should be permitted on the area of Public Land Water Frontage contained in this site.

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