Timbarra River (Victoria)

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The Timbarra River is a river in eastern Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. It rises on the Nunniong Plains, approximately 30 km east of Omeo on the Great Dividing Range and flows 90 km south to its confluence with the Tambo River about 10 km south-east of Tambo Crossing.

River

The Timbarra River flows mainly through wooded mountainous country and deep valleys. His bed is composed of gravel, rubble and mud and has many potholes. On the river lies the small town Timbarra, about 30 km southwest of Buchan.

The river is part of the Tambo Nicholson Basin and one of the larger tributaries of the Tambo River. The main tributaries of the River Timbarra are the Wilkinson Creek and Back River.

The secluded Timbarra River Gorge, a canyon 8 km north of Timbarra, was classified by the Geological Society of Australia as a major geological formation.

Ecology and Recreation

The Timbarra River is in good ecological condition and runs the water all year round.

Access to the river bank is difficult, but the Timbarra River is still a popular fishing waters, especially for catching, introduced from Europe brook trout that spawn naturally in the river. Native fish in the river are the sensitive Australian trout pike Ling ( Prototroctes maraena, Australian grayling ) from the family of New Zealand salmon, cod perch Gadopsis marmoratus ( river blackfish ), the catadromous icefish Pseudaphritis urvillii ( tupong ) and eels.

One of the sports stores at Swifts Creek Secondary College was named after the Timbarra River.