Hoddles Creek (tributary)

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Hoddles Creek is a creek near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.

Melbourne City in Victoria, Australia

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Geography

The Hoddles Creek is a tributary of the Yarra River. [1] It is located on the northwestern slopes of the Yarra Ranges. [2] Its source is at the southern side of Sale Hill. [2] It flows in a northwestern direction through the small towns of Hoddles Creek and Launching Place, until it reaches the Yarra River. [2] This includes farmland and native vegetation. [2]

Yarra River river in Victoria, Australia

The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, is a perennial river in east-central Victoria, Australia.

Hoddles Creek, Victoria Town in Victoria, Australia

Hoddles Creek is a bounded rural locality near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Hoddles Creek had a population of 627, compared to 609 at the 2011 census.

Launching Place, Victoria Town in Victoria, Australia

Launching Place is a town in Victoria, Australia, 54 km east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Launching Place had a population of 2,394.

Melbourne Water

By the Water Act 1989, it became part of the Upper Yarra Catchment for Melbourne Water, the water system of Melbourne. [3] In other words, some of its water is used for irrigation and drinking water in the city of Melbourne. Moreover, Melbourne Water monitors the flow of the stream at Launching Place, Victoria. [2]

Melbourne Water is a Victorian government owned statutory authority that controls much of the water system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, including the reservoirs, and the sewerage and drainage system that services the city.

Fishing

The creek may also be used recreationally to angle Brown trout. [1] [2] In a study conducted in 1997, it was home to six species of fish. [2] Since the advent of a fishway at Dights Falls, it has attracted more native fish species, like the Spotted galaxias and the Australian grayling. [2]

Brown trout Species of fish

The brown trout is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes both purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, Salmo trutta morpha fario, and a lacustrine ecotype, S. trutta morpha lacustris, also called the lake trout, as well as anadromous forms known as the sea trout, S. trutta morpha trutta. The latter migrates to the oceans for much of its life and returns to fresh water only to spawn. Sea trout in Ireland and Britain have many regional names: sewin in Wales, finnock in Scotland, peal in the West Country, mort in North West England, and white trout in Ireland.

Dights Falls

Dights Falls is a rapids and weir on the Yarra River Melbourne, Victoria, just downstream of the junction with the Merri Creek. At this point the river narrows and is constricted between 800,000-year-old volcanic, basaltic lava flow and a much older steep, silurian, sedimentary spur. The north side also contains abundant graptolite fossils in sedimentary sandstone.

Spotted galaxias species of fish

Spotted galaxias is a largish, primarily-freshwater galaxias species found in southern Australia. Spotted galaxias are perhaps the most beautiful of the Australian galaxias species. They are a somewhat tubular, deep-bodied fish, with a dusky brownish-red colouration overlain with dark, haloed spots, dramatic black edges to dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, and a dark diagonal stripe through the eye.

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References

Coordinates: 37°46′16″S145°34′12″E / 37.7711°S 145.5701°E / -37.7711; 145.5701

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