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Bunyip River Catchment Melbourne Region|Bunyip River Basin

In the Melbourne region, there are four basins. These are the Bunyip River, Maribyrnong River, Werribee River and Yarra River basins. The Bunyip River basin contains the Bunyip River and Dandenong catchment

Overview Map Sites 295 Reaches 23 Snapshot Downloads

Overview

Catchment name Bunyip River
Region Melbourne
Monitoring organisations

Map

Sub catchments

Sub catchment details Options
Ararat Creek Sites 0
Ararat Creek Sites 0
Balcombe Creek Sites 9
Ballar Creek Sites 0
Bass Valley Sites 2
Blind Creek Sites 2
Boggy Creek Sites 0
Bunyip Drains Sites 0
Bunyip River Sites 0
Bunyip/Cannibal Creek Sites 0
Cannibal Creek Sites 4
Cardinia Creek Sites 3
Cardinia Creek Upper Sites 0
Cardinia/Gum Scrub Creek Sites 0
Christies Drain Sites 0
Dandenong Creek Lower Sites 1
Dandenong Creek Middle Sites 0
Dandenong Creek Upper Sites 0
Deep Creek Sites 0
Devil Bend Creek Sites 6
Diamond Creek Sites 1
Drum Drum Alloc Creek Sites 0
Dunns Creek Sites 3
Dunns Creek Sites 0
Elster Creek Sites 0
Eumemmerring Creek Sites 0
Ferny Creek Sites 0
Kananook Creek Sites 0
King Creek Sites 0
King Parrot Creek Sites 0
Labertouche Creek Sites 1
Lang Lang River Sites 0
Lang Lang River Sites 0
Langwarrin Creek Sites 0
Main Creek Sites 4
Mantons Creek Sites 1
Mast Gully Creek Sites 0
Merricks Creek Sites 7
Mile Creek Sites 0
Minnieburn/Mahoney Creek Sites 0
Monbulk Creek Sites 1
Mordialloc Creek Sites 7
Musk Creek Sites 0
Native Dog Creek Sites 0
North Eastern Peninsula Rivers and Creeks Sites 2
Patterson River Sites 2
Phillip Island Sites 11
Phillip Island drain Sites 0
Phillip Island lake Sites 0
Phillip Island wetalnd Sites 0
Phillip Island wetland Sites 0
Saltwater Creek Sites 1
Swan Lake Drain Sites 0
Tanti Creek Sites 3
Tarago River Sites 1
Tarago River Sites 0
Tarago River Upper Sites 0
Toomuc Creek Sites 6
Toomuc Creek Sites 0
Tubbarubba Creek Sites 0
Warringine Creek Sites 8
Watson Creek Sites 5
Yallock/King Parrot/Musk Creek Sites 0
Yarra River Sites 1

ISC Reaches

Reach details Options
27_4 Bass River 22.9km Sites 1
28_1 Chinamans Creek 11.2km Sites 6
28_2 Devilbend Creek 23.7km Sites 15
28_3 Balcombe Creek 11.3km Sites 6
28_4 Main Creek 9.9km Sites 5
28_6 Watsons Creek 11.5km Sites 12
28_7 Langwarrin Creek 12.3km Sites 4
28_8 Cardinia Creek 26.7km Sites 3
28_9 Cardinia Creek 18.0km Sites 3
28_10 Toomuc Creek 21.5km Sites 6
28_11 Toomuc Creek 7.0km Sites 1
28_12 Bunyip Main Drain 31.7km Sites 2
28_14 Back Creek 19.8km Sites 2
28_16 Ararat Creek 16.1km Sites 3
28_17 Cannibal Creek 18.0km Sites 4
28_18 Tarago River 35.2km Sites 4
28_19 Targo River 18.7km Sites 4
28_20 Labertouche Creek 14.1km Sites 3
28_22 Yallock Creek 16.1km Sites 1
28_25 Musk Creek 15.2km Sites 1
28_26 Musk Creek 10.7km Sites 1
28_29 Omahony Creek 13.3km Sites 3
30_7 Deep Creek 76.7km Sites 3

Active Sites 25

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Site details

ME_BAS012_RD Bass River, Bass Valley Camping Ground

Active Water Authority Basin River 27_4 Bass River 22-10-2024 - 22-10-2024 2 Site Visits

ME_BVW001_RD Bass Valley School Wetland

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 01-08-2024 - 11-09-2024 4 Site Visits

ME_DDN196_RD Patterson River at Bangholme East of Freeway

Active Water Authority Basin Drain 14-06-2023 - 10-10-2024 11 Site Visits

ME_DDN198_RD Patterson River at Bangholme West of Freeway

Active Water Authority Basin Drain 14-06-2023 - 10-10-2024 20 Site Visits

ME_EBI100 Bittern Dam, near dam wall and catch drain

Active Water Authority Basin Dam 28_2 Devilbend Creek 08-11-2012 - 26-08-2024 94 Site Visits

ME_EBI200 Bittern catch drain, 20m above Devilbend Creek

Active Water Authority Basin Drain 28_2 Devilbend Creek 02-08-2012 - 25-06-2024 29 Site Visits

ME_EBI220 Bittern catch drain, 20m below Devilbend Creek

Active Water Authority Basin Drain 28_2 Devilbend Creek 17-05-2012 - 19-04-2024 13 Site Visits

ME_ECA175_RD Cardinia Creek at Ford

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 28_9 Cardinia Creek 01-04-2022 - 19-04-2024 2 Site Visits

ME_EDV300 Devilbend Reservoir, western tip, accessible by 2wd track

Active Water Authority Basin Dam 14-11-2014 - 26-08-2024 67 Site Visits

ME_EDV400 Devilbend Reservoir, 150m south of fishing platform, accessed by public car park

Active Water Authority Basin Dam 28_2 Devilbend Creek 29-03-2012 - 26-08-2024 92 Site Visits

ME_EFI100 Fishers drain closest to flower farm upstream of Fishers wetland

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 26-08-2008 - 08-09-2024 80 Site Visits

ME_EFI200 Fishers Wetland @ boardwalk next to the road, where it drains into Westernport

Active Water Authority Basin Other 13-10-2008 - 08-09-2024 88 Site Visits

ME_EKC200 KCC large wetland

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 09-09-2008 - 11-08-2024 85 Site Visits

ME_EMA300 Manton Creek @ Punty Lane, Shoreham

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 25-05-2011 - 30-10-2024 41 Site Visits

ME_EMI200 Main Creek at Baldry's Rd crossing

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 22-01-2008 - 20-05-2024 60 Site Visits

ME_EMN200 Mandeville rd dam

Active Water Authority Basin Dam 10-09-2008 - 08-09-2024 31 Site Visits

ME_ERL001_RD Eastone Reserve Lake

Active Water Authority Basin Other 07-06-2024 - 07-06-2024 1 Site Visits

ME_ERW100 Rowell swamp - dam closest to eastern boundary off Cowes Rhyll Rd near Rhyll wetland

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 20-07-2011 - 13-10-2024 27 Site Visits

ME_ESN300 Swan Lake at bird hide boardwalk

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 24-02-2011 - 08-09-2024 93 Site Visits

ME_ESN500 Swan Lake overflow

Active Water Authority Basin Other 10-09-2008 - 08-09-2024 98 Site Visits

ME_EST400 Stony Creek at Shands Rd bridge

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 28_4 Main Creek 19-11-2004 - 30-10-2024 50 Site Visits

ME_ETN600 Tanti Creek at Stones Crossing

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 21-09-2007 - 08-03-2024 107 Site Visits

ME_ETN900 Tanti Creek upstream of Estuary (land side of Esplanade)

Active Water Authority Basin Creek 21-09-2007 - 08-03-2024 84 Site Visits

ME_EWA085 Hendersons Road Wetland, Warringine Creek

Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 28_6 Watsons Creek 09-05-2021 - 12-05-2024 4 Site Visits

ME_EWA130 Ted Harris Walk Wetland, Warringine Creek

Active Water Authority Basin 28_6 Watsons Creek 09-05-2021 - 12-05-2024 4 Site Visits
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Catchment Snapshot

The catchment snapshot uses site samples to show the median values for the period over each reach of the river.

More details can be found in the Index of Stream Condition report relevant to this region

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Reach values

Reach 27_4 28_1 28_2 28_3 28_4 28_6 28_7 28_8 28_9 28_10 28_11 28_12 28_14 28_16 28_17 28_18 28_19 28_20 28_22 28_25 28_26 28_29 30_7
Temperature - AIR ° C Median 7.0 16.9 17.0 13.0 10.0 15.0
Ammonium mg/L NH4+ Median 0.0
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation % Median 79.6 82.1 47.5
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L mg/L Median 8.0 8.0 5.0
Electrical Conductivity µS/cm Median 1341.0 804.0 272.0 300.0
pH pH Units Median 7.6 8.1 6.2 3.0 7.6
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L) mg/L P Median 0.0 0.0 0.0
Temperature - WATER ° C Median 14.1 15.5 14.0 7.2 17.0
Turbidity - NTU NTU Median 9.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 50.0
Total sites in reach 1 6 15 6 5 12 4 3 3 6 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3
Total visits in period 1 0 16 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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