45. Haunted Hill Gravels - Cowarr

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.

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Location:	745914. Two kilometres south-east of Cowwarr.	Sites 8221-43 to 46
Access:	Traralgon-Maffra Road.
Ownership:	Private Land.
Geology/Geomorphology:	A small quarry on the degraded bluff bordering the Thomson River plain exposes a coarse gravel facies of the Haunted Hill Gravels. An abandoned meander occurs on the river terrace below the bluff.
Significance:	Local. Of particular interest is the coarse gravel material which also demonstrates that the slope is a former erosional valley side bluff ratehr than a depositional terrace. The abandoned channel lies on such a terrace at a lower level hence illustrating several phases of development of the Thomson River flood plain.
Management:	Further quarrying of the old bluff would maintain the gravel exposures and would enhance the value of the site.

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