Goulburn River

Overview

Catchment name	Goulburn River
Region	Goulburn-Broken
Monitoring organisations	GB_Central 79 GB_Goulburn 23 GB_Lower 4 GB_Mid 16 GB_Mid West 69 GB_Stormwater 14 GB_Upper 9 NE_Landcare- Mudgegonga LCG 1

Map

Sub catchments

Sub catchment details	Options
Acheron River	Sites 5
Big River	Sites 0
Castle Creek	Sites 2
Cornella Creek	Sites 0
Creightons Creek	Sites 14
Dabyminga Creek	Sites 0
Delatite River	Sites 1
Dry Creek	Sites 4
Faithful Creek	Sites 0
Ford Creek	Sites 1
Godfrey Creek	Sites 0
Goulburn River	Sites 38
Honeysuckle Creek	Sites 5
Howqua River	Sites 0
Hughes Creek	Sites 10
Jamieson River	Sites 1
King Parrot Creek	Sites 4
Little River	Sites 0
Major River	Sites 1
Merton Creek	Sites 6
Mollison Creek	Sites 1
Murrindindi River	Sites 0
Pranjip Creek	Sites 1
Rubicon River	Sites 2
Seven Creeks	Sites 5
Sheep Pen Creek	Sites 0
Steavenson River	Sites 1
Stormwater - COGS	Sites 4
Sugarloaf Creek	Sites 6
Sunday Creek	Sites 14
Taggerty River	Sites 0
Whiteheads Creek	Sites 4
Yea River	Sites 5

ISC Reaches ISC Map Portal

Reach details			Options
4_1	Broken River	37.4km	Sites 2
4_4	Broken River	31.5km	Sites 1
4_9	Lima East Creek	15.1km	Sites 1
4_24	Broken Creek	34.9km	Sites 1
4_30	Pine Lodge Creek	38.8km	Sites 1
5_1	Goulburn River	37.4km	Sites 2
5_2	Goulburn River	41.7km	Sites 1
5_3	Goulburn River	46.2km	Sites 2
5_4	Goulburn River	27.0km	Sites 3
5_5	Goulburn River	12.3km	Sites 19
5_6	Goulburn River	20.0km	Sites 3
5_7	Goulburn River	17.8km	Sites 1
5_8	Goulburn River	33.5km	Sites 4
5_9	Goulburn River	48.0km	Sites 7
5_10	Goulburn River	20.0km	Sites 2
5_11	Goulburn River	24.8km	Sites 7
5_12	Goulburn River	29.9km	Sites 2
5_13	Goulburn River	39.5km	Sites 7
5_14	Goulburn River	63.7km	Sites 12
5_15	Goulburn River	32.8km	Sites 16
5_16	Goulburn River	42.1km	Sites 1
5_17	Seven Creeks	33.4km	Sites 6
5_18	Seven Creeks	17.6km	Sites 4
5_19	Seven Creeks	30.9km	Sites 5
5_20	Seven Creeks	27.9km	Sites 12
5_21	Faithfull Creek	40.2km	Sites 9
5_22	Honeysuckle Creek	32.1km	Sites 4
5_23	Honeysuckle Creek	34.0km	Sites 4
5_24	Sheep Pen Creek	31.2km	Sites 4
5_25	Castle Creek	48.6km	Sites 4
5_26	Castle Creek	24.2km	Sites 2
5_27	Creightons Creek	50.2km	Sites 5
5_28	Creightons Creek	21.7km	Sites 16
5_30	Cornella Creek	17.9km	Sites 4
5_31	Cornella Creek	43.0km	Sites 8
5_32	Yallagalorrah Creek	17.0km	Sites 2
5_33	Goborup Creek	41.6km	Sites 6
5_37	Hughes Creek	20.0km	Sites 3
5_38	Hughes Creek	12.5km	Sites 7
5_39	Hughes Creek	43.1km	Sites 7
5_40	Whiteheads Creek	20.9km	Sites 5
5_41	Sugarloaf Creek	31.1km	Sites 10
5_42	Molison Creek	15.5km	Sites 3
5_44	Kurkurac Creek	12.9km	Sites 3
5_45	Sunday Creek	27.5km	Sites 4
5_46	Sunday Creek	25.9km	Sites 18
5_48	Dry Creek	32.9km	Sites 19
5_49	Dabyminga Creek	14.3km	Sites 9
5_50	Dabyminga Creek	24.7km	Sites 2
5_51	King Parrot Creek	32.1km	Sites 10
5_52	King Parrot Creek	20.1km	Sites 6
5_53	Dairy Creek	13.6km	Sites 1
5_54	Yea River	24.0km	Sites 14
5_55	Yea River	25.1km	Sites 3
5_56	Yea River	11.4km	Sites 2
5_57	Yea River	17.3km	Sites 7
5_58	Murrindindi River	16.6km	Sites 10
5_59	Murrindindi River	15.6km	Sites 3
5_60	Home Creek	25.6km	Sites 5
5_61	Spring Creek	25.9km	Sites 2
5_62	Acheron River	35.3km	Sites 17
5_63	Acheron River	35.1km	Sites 4
5_64	Taggerty River	26.4km	Sites 10
5_65	Rubicon River	11.7km	Sites 2
5_66	Rubicon River	25.9km	Sites 1
5_67	Big River	32.5km	Sites 4
5_68	Big River	33.5km	Sites 1
5_69	Howqua River	7.8km	Sites 9
5_70	Wowqua River	50.2km	Sites 10
5_71	Delatite River	42.7km	Sites 7
5_73	Ford Creek	24.9km	Sites 9
5_74	Brankeet Creek	23.9km	Sites 7
5_75	Merton Creek	19.0km	Sites 7
30_7	Deep Creek	76.7km	Sites 2

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Site details
GB_ACH025 Acheron River before confluence with the Goulburn River Active Water Authority Basin River 5_14 Goulburn River 15-04-1998 - 01-05-2018 397 Site Visits
GB_BAR010 Baronga Creek at Creightons Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 17-03-2019 195 Site Visits
GB_BRD005 Broadhurst Creek at Kilmore/Wandong Road Active Water Authority Basin Creek 01-07-1996 - 12-04-2019 110 Site Visits
GB_CAS010 Castle Creek at Euroa Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_26 Castle Creek 08-07-1998 - 01-05-2018 69 Site Visits
GB_CAS020 Castle Creek on McKindreys Lane Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_25 Castle Creek 17-12-2004 - 24-04-2018 117 Site Visits
GB_CRE002 Creightons Creek u/s of Threlful Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 20-01-2019 188 Site Visits
GB_CRE003 Creightons Creek d/s of Threlful Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 17-03-2019 204 Site Visits
GB_CRE007 Creightons Creek between Ramages and Baronga Creeks Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 17-03-2019 188 Site Visits
GB_CRE008 Creightons Creek d/s of Baronga Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 17-03-2019 197 Site Visits
GB_CRE010 Creightons Creek at Kelly's Lane Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 21-03-2019 202 Site Visits
GB_CRE011 Creightons Creek at Bartons Lane Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 21-09-2003 - 17-03-2019 189 Site Visits
GB_CRE013 "WIRANI" 1010 Creightons Creek Road, Creightons Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 15-07-2012 - 17-03-2019 75 Site Visits
GB_CRE014 Creightons Creek at Longwood Mansfield Road Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 12-06-2003 - 17-03-2019 174 Site Visits
GB_CRE015 Creightons Creek at Shovelton's Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 20-01-2019 176 Site Visits
GB_DRY003 Dry Creek at Broadford-Wandong Road, Wandong Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_48 Dry Creek 05-06-2003 - 13-02-2019 80 Site Visits
GB_DRY020 Dry Creek at Jeffrey's Lane, Broadford Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_48 Dry Creek 27-01-1995 - 02-09-2018 167 Site Visits
GB_DRY025 Dry Creek at McKenzies Bridge, Hamilton Street, Broadford Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_48 Dry Creek 27-01-1995 - 01-07-2018 254 Site Visits
GB_GOU017 Goulburn River before Alexandra at the Breakaway Bridge Active Water Authority Basin River 5_14 Goulburn River 15-04-1998 - 01-05-2018 233 Site Visits
GB_GOU034 Goulburn River at Lion's Park off Manners Street Seymour Active Water Authority Basin River 5_11 Goulburn River 07-07-2009 - 04-04-2019 106 Site Visits
GB_GOU040 Goulburn River Downstream of Major Creek at Chateau Tahbilk Active Water Authority Basin River 5_9 Goulburn River 29-09-1996 - 28-06-2018 100 Site Visits
GB_GOU045 Goulburn River at Campbells Bend at Murchison. Active Water Authority Basin River 5_8 Goulburn River 20-05-1990 - 01-05-2018 216 Site Visits
GB_GOU060 Goulburn River at Moira Park Kialla West Active Water Authority Basin River 5_6 Goulburn River 10-04-1996 - 24-04-2018 168 Site Visits
GB_GOU079 Anabranch behind COGS Active Water Authority Basin River 5_5 Goulburn River 22-06-2016 - 24-04-2018 18 Site Visits
GB_GOU080 Goulburn River at Balaclava Road in Shepparton Active Water Authority Basin River 5_5 Goulburn River 08-05-1989 - 24-04-2018 191 Site Visits
GB_HON025 Honeysuckle Creek on Central Kialla Road Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_22 Honeysuckle Creek 22-08-1996 - 24-04-2018 136 Site Visits
GB_HUG020 Hughes Creek at Goulburn Valley Highway Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_37 Hughes Creek 11-11-1994 - 01-05-2018 215 Site Visits
GB_JAC005 Jack Creek at Reid's property in Highlands Active Water Authority Basin Creek 31-05-1999 - 07-03-2019 323 Site Visits
GB_JIM010 Jims Gully at Creightons Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 20-01-2019 166 Site Visits
GB_KIL009 Kilmore Creek at Bridge in Rutledge St Active Water Authority Basin Creek 19-08-2005 - 18-05-2018 28 Site Visits
GB_KPC020 King Parrot Creek u/s of Strath Creek at Burslems Bridge Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_51 King Parrot Creek 14-08-2002 - 22-03-2019 68 Site Visits
GB_KPC025 King Parrot Creek before Goulburn River Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_12 Goulburn River 20-07-1994 - 01-05-2018 263 Site Visits
GB_LBT001 Lake Bartlett - Goulburn Murray Water Drain Active Water Authority Basin Drain 03-09-2003 - 06-05-2018 151 Site Visits
GB_MER004 Merton Creek U/S Euroa Rd bridge Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_75 Merton Creek 23-06-2015 - 05-04-2019 25 Site Visits
GB_MOR025 Morrison Creek upstream of Sunday Creek Reservoir on Westcott Creek Rd Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 26-09-2017 - 01-07-2018 10 Site Visits
GB_ONC001 O'Neils Ck sth of Tahbilk Winery, nr Goulburn R confl. nr Mitchelltown Rd Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_9 Goulburn River 10-03-2009 - 28-06-2018 90 Site Visits
GB_PEA010 Pearsons Creek on Longwood/Gobur Road u/s Creightons Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 17-03-2019 197 Site Visits
GB_PIC005 Pickatooth Creek @ Ballments Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_75 Merton Creek 19-06-2015 - 22-02-2019 37 Site Visits
GB_PRA019 Pranjip/Muddy Creek on Burkes Road u/s of GV Highway Duplication Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_27 Creightons Creek 12-09-2000 - 24-04-2018 160 Site Visits
GB_RAM005 Ramages Creek at Blue Hills u/s Creightons Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 17-03-2019 183 Site Visits
GB_RUB020 Rubicon River at "Tumbling Waters" Taggerty-Thornton Road, Thornton Active Water Authority Basin River 5_65 Rubicon River 16-04-2009 - 01-05-2018 94 Site Visits
GB_SEV029 Seven Creeks at Miepol Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_17 Seven Creeks 17-08-1995 - 24-04-2018 54 Site Visits
GB_SEV035 Seven Creeks on Mitchell Road at Arcadia Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_17 Seven Creeks 27-06-1994 - 24-04-2018 261 Site Visits
GB_STW005 Stewarts Creek at Dropmore Road Active Water Authority Basin Creek 02-01-2003 - 30-06-2018 168 Site Visits
GB_SUN001 Sunday Creek US of Boundary Rd bridge, below rock weir, Anderson Gardens Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 02-05-2005 - 18-05-2018 13 Site Visits
GB_SUN002 Sunday Creek at Hibbard's Road at Clonbinane Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 25-08-2003 - 01-07-2018 21 Site Visits
GB_SUN003 Sunday Creek at Ryans Rd Waterford Park Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 27-07-2004 - 18-05-2018 27 Site Visits
GB_SUN005 Sunday Creek on Spur at Clonbinane Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 27-01-1995 - 01-07-2018 57 Site Visits
GB_SUN008 Sunday Creek opposite 1315 Broadford Wandong Rd just north of Smiths Ln, Sunday Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 04-10-2017 - 02-09-2018 10 Site Visits
GB_SUN010 Sunday Creek at 1582 Broadford-Wandong Rd, Broadford Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 26-09-2017 - 01-07-2018 11 Site Visits
GB_SUN015 Sunday Creek at High St, Broadford Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 27-01-1995 - 01-07-2018 260 Site Visits
GB_SUN016 Sunday Creek at Last St downstream of Broadford Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 13-08-2001 - 02-09-2018 168 Site Visits
GB_SUN102 Sunday Creek at Smedleys Lane, Clonbinane Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 26-09-2017 - 01-07-2018 11 Site Visits
GB_SWP020 Swamp Creek at 246 Harrisons Rd Violet Town Active Water Authority Basin Creek 21-02-2013 - 20-12-2018 43 Site Visits
GB_TRE010 Threlful Creek at Creightons Creek Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_28 Creightons Creek 20-01-2003 - 17-03-2019 195 Site Visits
GB_UTC005 U.T. Creek before Alexandra Active Water Authority Basin Creek 17-06-1998 - 01-05-2018 136 Site Visits
GB_VPL001 Wetland inlet to Victoria Park Lake Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 5_5 Goulburn River 17-02-2011 - 27-04-2018 79 Site Visits
GB_VPL002 Stormwater inlet from caravan park to wetland Victoria Park Lake Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 5_5 Goulburn River 17-02-2011 - 23-04-2018 82 Site Visits
GB_VPL003 Wetland outlet from Victoria Park Lake Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 5_5 Goulburn River 17-02-2011 - 23-04-2018 81 Site Visits
GB_WCP001 Cussen Park Site 1 - Walking Bridge, Margaret St Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 04-07-2001 - 26-07-2018 140 Site Visits
GB_WCP003 Cussen Park Site 3 - Weir Wall, downstream Active Water Authority Basin Other 23-10-1996 - 26-07-2018 137 Site Visits
GB_WES025 Westcott Creek upstream of Sunday Creek Reservoir on Westcott Creek Rd Active Water Authority Basin Creek 5_46 Sunday Creek 26-09-2017 - 01-07-2018 12 Site Visits
GB_WGS001 Stormwater inlet into bioremediation basin - Gemmills Swamp Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 13-02-2012 - 26-07-2018 68 Site Visits
GB_WGS004 Outlet to Gemmills Swamp Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 13-02-2012 - 26-07-2018 69 Site Visits
GB_WTB001 Horseshoe Crossing at Tahbilk Wetlands Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 5_9 Goulburn River 30-01-2009 - 28-06-2018 91 Site Visits
GB_WTB002 Mudbridge at Tahbilk Wetlands Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 31-01-2009 - 28-06-2018 91 Site Visits
GB_WTB003 Guggers Pump at Tahbilk Wetlands Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 30-01-2009 - 28-06-2018 91 Site Visits
GB_WTB004 Pig Paddock Jetty at Tahbilk Wetlands Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 5_9 Goulburn River 30-01-2009 - 28-06-2018 91 Site Visits
GB_WTB005 Waterbend Swamp from bank, Tahbilk Wetlands Active Water Authority Basin Pond/Wetland 30-01-2009 - 28-06-2018 91 Site Visits
GB_YEA010 Yea River at Devlin's Bridge Active Water Authority Basin River 5_55 Yea River 18-03-2000 - 01-05-2018 149 Site Visits
GB_YEA018 Yea River U/S of Yea near GVW offtake Active Water Authority Basin River 5_54 Yea River 21-03-2007 - 01-05-2018 157 Site Visits

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Reach	4_1	4_4	4_9	4_24	4_30	5_1	5_2	5_3	5_4	5_5	5_6	5_7	5_8	5_9	5_10	5_11	5_12	5_13	5_14	5_15	5_16	5_17	5_18	5_19	5_20	5_21	5_22	5_23	5_24	5_25	5_26	5_27	5_28	5_30	5_31	5_32	5_33	5_37	5_38	5_39	5_40	5_41	5_42	5_44	5_45	5_46	5_48	5_49	5_50	5_51	5_52	5_53	5_54	5_55	5_56	5_57	5_58	5_59	5_60	5_61	5_62	5_63	5_64	5_65	5_66	5_67	5_68	5_69	5_70	5_71	5_73	5_74	5_75	30_7
Chemical Oxygen Demand mg/L Median	17.5									17.0
Dissolved Oxygen % Saturation % Median	94.0	100.0	95.0			86.1	84.7	88.7		103.0	94.2		90.3	63.3		95.0	95.8		94.0			93.5		94.5			46.5			72.0	93.0	58.0						83.0			31.4	82.5			41.5					98.0			85.0	94.0	92.8							45.0		99.6									73.1	38.3
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L mg/L Median	8.3	10.5	9.6			7.0	7.2	8.1		9.6	8.9		8.5	6.3		9.9	9.8		9.8			8.9		10.2			4.8			7.2	9.7	5.6						8.2			3.4	8.8			5.0					9.2			8.4	9.4	9.2							4.5		10.6									7.4	4.0
E coli orgs/100mL Median	109.0									43.0																														122.0		34.0
Electrical Conductivity µS/cm Median	140.0	103.0	72.0			59.0	112.5	98.0		276.0	90.5		60.0	72.4		50.5	145.5		40.5	50.0		131.0		82.0			207.5	105.0		270.0	302.0	247.0	150.0					247.0		210.0	1300.0	760.0		760.0	525.0	440.0	515.0			145.0			84.0	105.5	91.0							40.0		22.0				50.0		60.0			195.0	916.5
pH pH Units Median	7.3	7.3	6.9			7.2	7.1	7.0		8.6	7.1		7.0	6.8		7.1	7.1		6.7	5.6		6.9		6.1			6.5			6.6	6.9	6.5	6.4					6.8			3.7	7.4		7.0	3.8					6.8			6.5	6.8	6.9							5.4		6.8				5.7		5.9				8.0
Rainfall last 48 hours mm Median	0.1									0.2										5.5				10.0																						2.0				1.4											7.4	5.5						5.5		5.5	2.8
Temperature - WATER ° C Median	18.4	12.4	12.4			22.1	21.5	20.4		19.1	18.4		16.0	13.8		13.1	14.9		11.8	11.2		14.2		10.2			12.1	8.2		13.3	13.3	13.2	10.2					13.6		12.5	5.7	14.5		10.3	3.6	15.1	12.0			9.2			13.8	12.0	15.7						13.9	6.3		9.9				10.8		12.1			11.7	15.0
Total Coliforms orgs/100mL Median	2420.0									2420.0																														816.0		1011.0
Total Phosphorus mg/L Median	0.1					0.1				0.0																						0.1	0.1								0.0					0.0	0.0			0.0
Turbidity - NTU NTU Median	43.0	9.7	14.0			39.9	34.0	24.5		12.0	19.3		11.1	9.8		9.0	5.0		4.7	2.5		52.0		18.0			55.5	7.0		17.0	11.9	20.5	17.0					16.4		12.0	7.3	14.3		12.6	4.5	10.0	35.8			8.0			22.5	12.2	9.6						10.0	2.7	10.0	4.4				2.2		4.9			10.0	23.5
Gauge Board Height m Median						22.0														0.6																																										0.9						1.7			1.8
Nitrate - Nitrogen mg/L N Median						0.4
Nitrate NO3 mg/L Median						0.0
Temperature - AIR ° C Median														15.2		16.6																										10.9								11.0																								16.3
Reactive Phosphate (mg/L) mg/L P Median																																	0.1
Groundwater Depth from TOC m Median																																																																							2.7
Reactive Phosphate (ppb) ppb Median																																																																										50.0
Total sites in reach	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	19	3	1	4	7	2	7	2	7	12	16	1	6	4	5	12	9	4	4	4	4	2	5	16	4	8	2	6	3	7	7	5	10	3	3	4	18	19	9	2	10	6	1	14	3	2	7	10	3	5	2	17	4	10	2	1	4	1	9	10	7	9	7	7	2
Total visits in period	70	4	36	0	0	9	7	6	0	74	9	0	11	44	0	20	7	0	19	6	0	19	0	8	0	0	5	1	0	2	7	3	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	10	1	3	0	2	1	106	44	0	0	10	0	0	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	5	9	0	0	0	5	0	12	15	0	29	3

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