This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:
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Location: | Tyabb – 379583. Two kilometres west of Hastings. | |
Access: | Coolart Road. | |
Ownership: | Private land. | |
Geology: | Weathered sediments outcrop in the base of the Warringine Creek on both sides of Coolart Road. Near the road crossing the sediments are predominantly mudstones and are Silurian, while 800 metres upstream they are sandstones of Upper Ordovician age. | |
Significance: | Regional. While the exposures are poor, they represent one of the few areas where the transitional from Ordovician to Silurian sediments may be traced in the western side of the Westernport Bay. | |
Management: | Class 2. Reclamation or construction works that would obscure the valley floor should not be permitted. |