Ginninderra Creek

Gininderra Creek is a water course running through Gungahlin and Belconnen regions in Canberra, Australia.

Straddling the northern border between the ACT and NSW, the catchment of Ginninderra Creek covers approximately 32,000 hectares. The tributaries in the Ginninderra catchment carry approximately one quarter of Canberra's urban runoff into the Murrumbidgee River system. Therefore there is considerable risk of runoff from urban areas negatively impacting on aquatic ecosystems in the Murrumbidgee River system. To help reduce the impact on the Murrumbidgee River, Lake Ginninderra was constructed in 1974.

From Lake Ginninderra the creek passes over Ginninderra Falls and through Ginninderra Gorge, to the Murrumbidgee. John Gale argued that the falls were so pretty that Canberra should be chosen for the Capital of Australia rather than Dalgety. [ * "Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales", J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985, p38 ISBN 0-86417-049-1 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/periurban-case-study/index.html Ginninderra Catchment Group]
* [http://www.act.waterwatch.org.au/snapshot/allsnapshotresults.htm Water Watch Results]