Merlynston Creek
| Merlynston Creek | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 11 km (6.8 mi) |
| Basin size | Unknown |
Merlynston Creek is a tributary of Merri Creek in Melbourne's northern suburbs, in Victoria, Australia.
The source of the creek is the National Boulevard Reserve located in an industrial area in the north of Campbellfield in City of Hume.[1]
The creek travels about 11 kilometres from it's source in Campbellfield, through the suburbs of Coolaroo, Dallas, Broadmeadows, Glenroy, Hadfield, Fawkner, and Coburg North to it's confluence with the Merri Creek above Coburg Lake. Campbellfield Creek joins Merlynston Creek as it passes through Fawkner Cemetery.[2]
The Creek passes through Jack Roper Reserve, a picturesque lake and Melbourne Water flood mitigation retarding basin, and one of City of Hume's most popular family parks.[3] Jack Roper Reserve is one of three flood retarding basins in the creek's urban catchment. The other two flood retarding basins are: Army Basin, named after the nearby Maygar Barracks, and Box Forest mitigation basin located between the Northern Memorial Park and Box Forest Road.
According to the City of Moreland stormwater management plan, Merlynston Creek length is 43 percent piped or an open concrete channel, 27 percent has major modifications, and only 30 percent of the stream is relatively unmodified.[4]
The creek passes through and is a major feature of the Northern Memorial Park and Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, both run by the Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
The Creek has been diverted into underground pipes slightly north of Boundary Road, as it makes it's way south east towards Merri Creek underneath the Merlynston locality and Coburg North. Increased urban consolidation has added to 1-in-100 year flash flooding risk in North Coburg along the course of Merlynston Creek, according to the State Emergency Service(SES). The State Emergency Services says flooding has occurred along the creek path through North Coburg historically in 1891, 1916, 1934, 1954, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1989, 2003, and 2011.[5]
References
- ^ Exploring Merlynston Creek from source to confluence, Sustainable Fawkner, retrieved 2017-07-01
- ^ Merlynston Creek Park Development - Stage 1, Moreland City Council, retrieved 2017-07-01
- ^ Jack Roper Reserve, City of Hume, retrieved 2017-07-01
- ^ pp18, Moreland Stormwater Management Plan Volume 2, Moreland City Council, retrieved 2017-07-01
- ^ Local Flood Guide: Coburg North, State Emergency Services, retrieved 2017-07-01
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