Fassifern Valley

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Fassifern Valley is a valley of the Scenic Rim in South East Queensland. Towns found in the valley include Harrisville, Kalbar, Roadvale, Warril View and Aratula. Fassifern Valley is known as a carrot producing area, as well as potatoes, onions, pumpkins and melons.

The valley was first settled by pastoralists during the 1840s.cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |last=Queensland Environmental Protection Agency |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |location= |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |pages=27 ]

The Cunningham Highway passes through the town of Aratula and along ridges in the upper valley towards Cunningham's Gap, Mount Mitchell and parts of Main Range National Park. The valley has become known as one of the driest catchments in the Queensland during recent droughts in Australia. The Moogerah Peaks are a series of mountain peaks in the south east of the catchment.

To the east lies the valleys of the Logan River. Further to the west is the dry catchment of Laidley Creek and Lockyer Creek in the Lockyer Valley while Amberley is located just to the north of the valley.

Moogerah Dam

Lake Moogerah was built on Reynolds Creek which runs into Warril Creek a tributary of the Bremer River which drains the slopes to the west of Fassifern Valley. Irrigation allowed local farmers to diversify crops after diary farming declined in the 1960s.> ]

ee also

*Numinbah Valley
*Samford Valley

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