Koonung Creek

Koonung Creek below the Blackburn Road. Mounting work is carried out on the right bank just.

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The Koonung Creek ( or Koonung Koonung Creek ) is a creek in the Australian state of Victoria. It originates in Nunawading in Melbourne's east, near the Springvale Road and ends after 10.9 km from Ivanhoe East, Bulleen and Balwyn North in the Yarra River. At the mouth of the boundary lies between these districts. In his course of Koonung Creek takes in the Elgar Park in Mont Albert North on Bushy Creek, which today runs underground in a pipe. A combined foot and bicycle path, the Koonung Creek Trail follows the creek (and thus also the highway).

Melbourne Water assesses the state of the stream as "very bad". According to this authority the Koonung Creek is the most polluted rivers in Melbourne. The measurement station in Bulleen registered an average infestation with E. coli 1800; this is the nine times the value of what is permissible for a suitable for swimming waters and also the highest concentration was measured in a stream in Melbourne. Since the beginning of European colonization is the Koonung Creek in this poor condition.

Nevertheless, you will find five species of frogs in the creek (Common Eastern Froglet, Spotted Marsh Frog, Striped Marsh Frog, Eastern Banjo Frog and Brown Tree Frog). The Eastern Freeway follows the creek through a green belt that accompanies the stream along its entire stroke.

Geography

The source is located at the border of the districts Nunawading and Dovale, 21 km east of the center of Melbourne. From there flows the stream 10.9 km in a westerly direction to the mouth of the Yarra River below the Yarra Flats to the south of Bulleen. The creek has a number of tributaries, of which the most important of the St. Clem's Gully, which are Bushy Creek and Gawler / Lungren Gully.

Settlements

In the catchment area of the river live about 80000-90000 people. Most settlements are extensions urban area along the Koonung Creek Valley, but on Doncaster and Balwyn North is not the case.

The following settlements are located on the creek (upstream order):

  • Southern Bulleen - ~ 5,000 inhabitants
  • Balwyn North - 20,000 inhabitants
  • Doncaster - 18,000 inhabitants
  • Mont Albert North - 5,000 inhabitants
  • Box Hill North - 10,000 inhabitants
  • Southern Doncaster East - ~ 7,500 inhabitants
  • Blackburn North - 6,800 inhabitants
  • Donvale - 11,000 inhabitants
  • Northern Nunawading - ~ 5,000 inhabitants

Bridges

  • Freeway Golf Course Footbridge
  • Bulleen Road
  • Thompsons Road
  • Eastern Freeway
  • Doncaster Road (Bach tunnel )
  • Elgar Park Footbridge
  • Elgar Road
  • Tramroad
  • Wetherby Road
  • Eastern Freeway
  • Boronia Grove Footbridges
  • Blackburn Road (Bach tunnel, 1995)
  • Koonung Creek Park Footbridges
  • Springvale Road
  • Eastern Freeway

Streets, parks, trails, constituencies and schools

After Koonung Creek are some things named streets, above all:

  • Koonung Park in Blackburn North and Koonung Park Tennis Centre
  • Koonung Road in Blackburn North
  • Koonung Ward ( constituency) in the Local Government Area Manningham City
  • Koonung Creek Trail ( hiking and biking trail )
  • Koonung Secondary College (High School)
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