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Longest Creek in Australia??

Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:20

Member -Signman

I’ve come to the conclusion that the longest creek in Australia must be 6 MILE CREEK !! Ive just returned from a trip through Central NSW/Qld, up to the Cape and back down the East coast and must have crossed 6 Mile Creek about 50 times. Even through Victoria and SA there is traces of this mighty waterway. I’ve worked out it must rise at 6 Mile Waterhole and then meander all across the country.
A close second must be 12 Mile Creek.
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AnswerID: 255319   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:41

Member - Crazy Dog (QLD) replied:

Welcome back Signman,

How was it .

Grrr!!!

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AnswerID: 255320   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:45

Rock Ape replied:

Yep what makes it so long is 5mile creek runs into it
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AnswerID: 255325   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 10:28

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. replied:

I will put in a vote for Stoney Creek .
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AnswerID: 255327   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 10:38

The Explorer replied:

Im not sure about everyone else but no matter where I go Im always, without to much trouble, find myslef up Sh*t Creek, so that gets my vote.

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FollowupID: 516476   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:38

Member - David B (QLD) posted:

Greg try this place.


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FollowupID: 516509   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 17:51

Member No 1 posted:

i'm always there when it comes to swmbo
its only the depth that varies

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AnswerID: 255334   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:43

Member No 1 replied:

your wrong signman
the longest creek is the murray......

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FollowupID: 516477   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:50

Member -Signman posted:

Isn't the Murray a river???
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FollowupID: 516478   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:11

Big Mike posted:

Its a track, thanks to all us Qlders pinching the water
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FollowupID: 516486   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 14:43

Batman69 posted:

Member No 1,

Hate to be pedantic about this but I always thought that the Darling was in fact the longest at 2739km long and that the Murray (only 2530km long) was the largest.
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FollowupID: 516487   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 15:13

Member - Duncs posted:

This could get complicated.

I thought the Clarence was the largest river in NSW. Which would make it larger than the Murray which for most of its length is in NSW.

I guess it all depends on how you measure "large"!

Oh and I agree with Member No 1 about the longest. The Darling wins.

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FollowupID: 516501   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 17:15

Member No 1 posted:

lets just say they are both creeks...they certainly aint much better than one

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FollowupID: 516537   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 20:36

Member - Andrew (QLD) posted:

For the longest rivers data, check out this Geoscience Australia link ==> Site Link

Murray River New South Wales / South Australia 2520
Murrumbidgee River New South Wales / Australian Capital Territory 1575
Darling River (from the Murray River to Culgoa River) New South Wales 1390
Lachlan River New South Wales 1370

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AnswerID: 255352   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 15:11

Member - Andrew (QLD) replied:

What about sandy creek....they're everywhere!

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FollowupID: 516488   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 15:16

traveller2 posted:

Andrew you beat me to it!! As it is the wifes name the kids would always yell out when they saw Sandy Creek. There are heaps of them!!
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FollowupID: 516492   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 16:38

Member -Signman posted:

Yup- I think that could be a debatable statistic !!!
By the way- on OziExplorer, the Murray (river) rates 3 references, the Darling only 1- and Sandy & 6 Mile Creek rate well over 40 each...
So there ya go.
6 Mile Creek is possibly in all states of Australia (incl. Tassie)- so it MUST be the longest creek (even flows under Bass Strait)...
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FollowupID: 516539   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 20:40

Member - Andrew (QLD) posted:

By searching on Geoscience Australia, Sandy Creek comes up with over 600 locations....i remember somewhere reading there was around 1100+ sandy creeks, though i can't seem to recall the link.

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AnswerID: 255353   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 16:07

Member - Doug T (W.A) replied:

Didn't you see Sandy Creek

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FollowupID: 516496   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 16:56

Member -Dodger posted:

Nah it also runs into 6 mile.
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AnswerID: 255364   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 17:09

Ron George replied:

I#$@ve just tried to emulate your feat of spelling I`ve with with a Euro $ an a with ohmla & trade mark... now I`m up bleep crk... You`re a bloody genius Signman.
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FollowupID: 516510   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 17:54

Member -Signman posted:

Dunno how that happened??? All I needed was a ' and got a c€™ instead???
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AnswerID: 255374   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 18:22

Member - Davoe (Nullagine) replied:

Wouldnt be the Longest but Ponton creek is a pretty impressive waterway that flows infrequently.
Its birthplace is the massive lakes near leonora Lake rebecca etc and it flows all the way to lake Boonderoo which was a previosly non descript salt lake. However 2wice in the last 200 years (74 and 95) cyclonic rain have turned the dry ponton into a raging inland waterway and turned Boonderoo into a vast inland see drowning trees as far as the eye can see with water that takes over 10 years to evaporate
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FollowupID: 516534   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 20:17

equinox posted:

Yes!! - the Ponton. '95 - was that Bobby??? did you see it? Lake Boonderoo is on my list.

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FollowupID: 516582   Submitted: Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 08:48

Member - Davoe (Nullagine) posted:

Not in its prime. I kept hearing rumoursof this inland sea peple were taking sailing boats and stuff to but it was a bit hush hush. Finaly in 04 I pegged down the location. there was still a few ks of water but it was well down prob dry now. Some poking around found where ponton meets boondaroo and truly shows the extent of the dead trees which at one stage were metres underwater. I have scanned some pics and will upload them when I can (am off to adelaide this morning)
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FollowupID: 516822   Submitted: Friday, Aug 03, 2007 at 17:49

Member - Davoe (Nullagine) posted:

ponton creek


Boonderoo




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FollowupID: 516865   Submitted: Friday, Aug 03, 2007 at 21:37

equinox posted:

Thanks Davoe, they look good
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AnswerID: 255380   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 18:43

Muddy doe (SA) replied:

On the Ororoo to Hawker road heading to the Flinders there is a dry bed with a nice new sign that says "S Creek".

Gives me a chuckle every time I go past....

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AnswerID: 255383   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 18:59

Motherhen replied:

I think it must be Stoney Creek - I've crossed Stoney Creek in many areas most of the states I've been too, from FNQ, NSW, SA, WA and in Tassie.
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AnswerID: 255445   Submitted: Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:17

Member - dock replied:


The longest creek has to be Jacobs Creek as they source the grapes for that wine from all over south east Australia
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