Powells Creek (Sydney)

Powells
Creek
Country Australia
Municipality Sydney
Part of Parramatta River
Source
 - location Strathfield
 - coordinates 33°52′8.1552″S 151°5′27.6792″E / 33.868932000°S 151.091022000°E / -33.868932000; 151.091022000
Source confluence Saleyards Creek
 - location Bressington Park, Bicentennial Park
 - coordinates 33°51′7.3152″S 151°4′55.2786″E / 33.852032000°S 151.082021833°E / -33.852032000; 151.082021833
Mouth Parramatta River
 - location Homebush Bay
 - coordinates 33°50′22.3146″S 151°4′49.8792″E / 33.839531833°S 151.080522000°E / -33.839531833; 151.080522000Coordinates: 33°50′22.3146″S 151°4′49.8792″E / 33.839531833°S 151.080522000°E / -33.839531833; 151.080522000

Powells Creek, a southern tributary of the Parramatta River, is an urban stream west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, Australia. It flows through Sydney Olympic Park and joins Parramatta River at Homebush Bay.

Ecology

Powells Creek begins as a concrete stormwater channel in the inner-western suburb of Strathfield, and flows north-west through the suburb of Homebush, past Bressington Park, where it joins Saleyards Creek.[1] Beyond this point its concrete walls do not continue, and it becomes a mangrove-lined stream, flowing through Bicentennial Park and emptying into Homebush Bay.[1][2]

In 2008 the City of Canada Bay called for community responses to the Powells Creek Renewal Project, that intended to improve the appearance of the creek upstream of the confluence with Saleyards Creek.[3] Canalisation of Powells Creek and Saleyards Creek in the 1930s affected salinity and pollution levels in nearby tidal wetlands. A drop board weir installed in 1998 has partly restored natural tidal flows.[4]

Once extensive salt marsh borders of Powell's Creek have largely vanished with infilling and urbanisation. A local project seeking, and compliling information on the past of the land bordering Powell's Creek has been ongoing since 2008 (results are at http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5737284/powells-ck-wetlands.htm ).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ambrose, Stephen (April 2009). "Vertebrate Fauna Study for the Strathfield Local Government Area" (PDF). Strathfield Council.
  2. ↑ "Parramatta River Estuary Data Compilation and Review Study" (PDF). Parramatta River Estuary Management Committee. July 2008. p. 15. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Powells Creek Renewal Project". City of Canada Bay. 13 May 2008. Retrieved September 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Mason Park Plan of Management" (PDF). Strathfield Council. June 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
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