This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:
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Location: | Flinders – 283417 to 286419. Two kilometres north of Flinders. | Erosion terrace (A) at mouth of Musk Creek, Site 67. |
Access: | Beach walk from Flinders jetty. | |
Ownership: | Crown Land and private land. | |
Geology/Geomorphology: | Adjacent to the mouth of Musk Creek are remnants of cobble beaches that lie 0.5 to 1.0 metres above the present high water mark. They represent abandoned storm beaches or Holocene sea level beaches built at a sea level slightly higher than present. The coastal slopes above the beaches include an erosion bench probably related to a former level of incision of Musk Creek. Two hundred metres upstream from the mouth of Musk Creek, an outcrop of hard dense basalt forms a series of cascades and low falls in the stream. | |
Significance: | Regional. The sites are important to demonstrate changes in wave environment or sea level in Westernport Bay | |
Management: | Class 1. No quarrying or building activity should be permitted on the area of the site. |