Wednesday 23 January 2019

C for CREEK

creek | kriːk | noun chiefly British
A narrow, sheltered waterway, especially an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh: a sandy beach in a sheltered creek.
North American & Australian/NZ
A stream or minor tributary of a river: [In place names]: He drove into Darebin Creek under the influence of alcohol.

Darebin Creek is a creek that runs through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the main watercourse of the Darebin Valley and a major tributary of the Yarra River. For tens of thousands of years it was used as a food and tool source sustainably by the Wurundjeri people, Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation alliance, who spoke variations of the Woiwurrung language group.

The creek rises on the northern urban fringe of Melbourne north of the suburb of Epping, following a general southerly route and meeting the Yarra at Alphington. The creek forms much of the municipal boundary between the City of Darebin and City of Banyule. Formerly an intermittent stream, increased stormwater runoff with urbanisation of the Darebin Creek catchment has resulted in permanent water flow.

The creek runs through Darebin Parklands, a large nature reserve one or two kilometres northwest of the junction at which the creek meets the Yarra. The Darebin Creek Trail runs along the banks in the lower reaches of the creek. This is the creek at the Darebin Parklands in Fairfield.

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.


7 comments:

  1. Lovely ones… thankfully we have lots of them to overhere

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  2. A lovely creek, too!
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  3. That's a pretty creek!!
    Where my mother grew up in Idaho, USA, she and everybody else pronounces them "cricks."

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  4. So how do you pronounce CREEK down there? In the US, some say crick and others say it as spelled with the long E

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  5. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of visiting my grandparents' cabin and the pond and the creek...Pure joy for a child...Michelle

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  6. pretty! I love creeks that run through green woods - so peaceful and calm!

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