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Location: | Bayles - 710748. Four kilometres north of Bayles on the Bunyip Main Drain. | |
Access: | Main Drain Road North. | |
Ownership: | Crown Land. | |
Geomorphology: | The channel of the main drain carries a bed load of coarse sand and minor gravel that gives the channel a braided form. The accumulation of the sands impedes that water flow in the drain and it has long been necessary to dredge the channel to allow proper drainage. A sand pump is maintained at Koo-Wee-Rup North to perform this operation. | |
Significance: | Regional. The site demonstrates the capacity of the drains to transport coarse materials across former swamplands and is an indication of the origin of the old sandy levee banks and ridges in the Bayles district. | |
Management: | Class 3. Changes in land use will not alter the nature or significance of the site. |