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Yarra River Basin
There is one main river, the Yarra, which rises in forested
country and flows through a wide variety of topography before
reaching the sea at Melbourne. Although the river is usually
discoloured in the downstream section, it carries good populations
of various fish species and provides good angling in certain areas.
There are seven large reservoirs in the basin but they are all
domestic water storages controlled by Melbourne Water (formerly
Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works). Of these storages, six
are closed to fishing - Maroondah,
O'Shannassy,
Silvan,
Toorourong,
Upper Yarra and Yan Yean Reservoirs. The seventh and most recently
constructed storage, Sugar-loaf Reservoir (initially known as Winneke Reservoir) is open to fishing with some restrictions. Other
streams in the basin are all tributaries of the
Yarra River, most of
which are small with low summer flow and of limited angling value.
 Yarra
Basin Map View
- Albert Park Lake
- Big Pats Creek, Warburton
- Brittania Creek, Warburton
- Coburg Lake
- Cockatoo Creek, Woori Yallock
- Diamond Creek, Eltham
- Don River, Launching Place
- Edwardes Park Lake, Reservoir
- Grace Burn Creek, Healesville
- Healesville Showgrounds Lake, Healesville
- Lilydale Lake
- Little Yarra River, Launching Place
- Macclesfield Creek, Woori Yallock
- Maroondah Reservoir, Healesville
- New Chum Creek, Healesville
- Newport Power Station
Channel
- Olinda Creek, Lilydale
- O'Shannassy Reservoir,
Warburton
- Plenty River, Whittlesea
- Ringwood Lake
- Silvan Reservoir, Olinda
- Starvation Creek, Warburton
- Sugarloaf Reservoir,
Christmas Hills
- Toorourong Reservoir,
Whittlesea
- Upper Yarra Reservoir,
Warburton
- Watts River,
Healesville
- Woori Yallock Creek
- Yarra River
- Yarra River Tributaries
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