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21. Rintoul Creek

This information has been developed from the publications:

  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in Central Gippsland (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams and S.M Kraemers,
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay and in the Catchment of Westernport Bay (1984, 88) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the South Gippsland Marine and Coastal Parks (1989) by Neville Rosengren.
Geological heritage sites, including sites of geomorphological interest and volcanic heritage sites, are under regular revision by the Geological Society of Australia, especially in the assessment of significance and values. Reference should be made to the most recent reports. See the Earth Science Heritage (external link) section of the Geological Society of Australia website for details of geological heritage reports, and a bibliography.

Location:544835 to 562806. Rintoul Creek including the tributaries Paradise Creek and Exalt Creek.

Access:
Rintoul Creek Road.

Ownership:
Crown Land.

Geology/Geomorphology:
Exposures of Tyers Group Lower Cretaceous sediments occur along Rintoul Creek, paradise Creek, Exalt Creek and in several road cutting on the tracks between these. The sediments include conglomerates, sandstones, minor grits, mudstones, and a thin black coal seam. Well preserved plant fossils have been recorded from this sedimentary sequence.

Significance:
State. This is the best collected Cretaceous fossil flora area in Victoria. It contains some very good fossil plant localities and the fossils recorded are of great importance both in assessments of Cretaceous flora and environment and in determining stratigraphic relationships.

Management:
The most important fossil outcrops occur either in the creek channels or in low channel side bluffs and cliffs. Land use which would obscure these outcrops (e.g. flooding through reservoir construction) should be prohibited.

Extension of roads and minor excavation on the interfluves would be compatible with the maintenance of the site as these may expose new fossil sites.

References:
Philip,G.M. 1962. The Jurassic sediments of the Tyers Group, gippsland, Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict., 70, pp. 181-199.
Douglas, J.G. 1969. The Mesozoic floras of Victoria, Parts 1 and 2. Mem. geol. surv., 28.
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