Yarra River
The Yarra River’s journey begins near Mt Baw Baw, to its mouth near Melbourne’s Westgate Bridge.
- The upper reaches of the river and its major tributaries flow through forested, mountainous areas, which have been reserved for water supply for more than 100 years.
- One quarter of the Yarra River catchment downstream of Warrandyte is urban and industrial land.
People who love and depend on the Yarra River have many memories and insights to share – of a personal pilgrimages, of mud fights and nudie runs, and of thriving veggie patch’s on the banks.
Take a minute and explore the Yarra River through the eyes of these river champions…
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Anna and Don Darcey: A smelly problem
A discharge into Stony Creek in July was just one of many incidents that this creek, which flows into the Yarra at Westgate Bridge, has suffered...
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The Long Yarra Walkers: A personal pilgrimage
In April 2003, four people went for a walk. Three weeks later they stopped, having camped and tramped and traveled the length of the Yarra River from... more
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Andrew Bird: A man, a boat and his river
Andrew Bird guides ‘Rebecca’, a beautifully restored 1948 fishing boat, underneath a new pedestrian bridge that crosses the Yarra: the Webb Bridge...
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Arthur and Jessie Howard: Our Flood
In December 1946, Arthur Howard built a canoe, one of many during his years at the Rudder Grange Boathouse in Alphington. Nearly sixty years later...
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Mt Toolebewong Landcare Group
As members of the Mt Toolebewong Landcare Group near Healesville, Karen Garth and her family have spent much time “up on the hill”...
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Frank Jones: My Brown Yarra
When I die put me in a barra, Wheel me down to the banks of the Yarra, Dig a hole both deep and narra, Bury me by my brown Yarra...
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Charlie Sublet: Active Yarra Photography
Walking, running, cycling. Rowing, kayaking, meditating. This is how photographer Charlie Sublet has experienced the Yarra River since his mid-teens... more
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Andrea Lang: Backyard Kayak Sanctuary
Andrea Lang has found a sanctuary from her busy life, right on her doorstep...
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David Redfearn and Ian Penrose: Yarra Riverkeeper Association
David Redfearn’s first memories of the Yarra River are of seeing it from Princes Bridge on rare trips from his hometown of Moulamein, on the Murray in New South Wales...more
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Amanda Stone: Collingwood Children's Farm
On summer evenings, Mandy Stone walks 500 metres to the bottom of her street and tends to her small vegetable patch at Collingwood Children’s Farm on the banks of... more
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