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Merri Creek Trail

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Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
Merri Creek Trail
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Merri Creek Trail, Victoria, Australia

The Merri Creek is a waterway in southern parts of Victoria, Australia, which flows through the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It begins near Wallan north of Melbourne and flows south for 70 km until it joins the Yarra River at Dights Falls. The area where the creek meets the river was traditionally the location for large gatherings of the Wurundjeri people and is suspected to have been the location for one of the earliest land treaties in Australia between Indigenous Australians and European settlers. The creek was the site of heavy industrial use throughout much of the 20th century, being home to quarries, landfills and accepting waste runoff from neighbouring factories. This has degraded the riparian ecology of the creek leaving behind pollutants such as heavy metals and various greases. Recent decades have seen some regenerative planting and the foundation of several community groups dedicated to protecting and regenerating the creek's ecology.
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