Byrrill Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | Australia New South Wales |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Northern Rivers |
Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
Subdivision Name5: | Tweed Shire |
Length: | 17.9km (11.1miles) |
Source1: | Bar Mountain |
Source1 Location: | near Byrrill Creek |
Source1 Elevation: | 213m (699feet) |
Mouth: | confluence with the Tweed River |
Mouth Location: | Terragon |
Mouth Coordinates: | -28.44°N 153.2822°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 42.7m (140.1feet) |
River System: | Tweed River catchment |
Extra: | [1] [2] |
The Byrrill Creek is a perennial stream located in Northern Rivers region in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is the namesake of the locality of the same name.
Byrrill Creek rises below Bar Mountain on the eastern slopes of the Tweed Range, near Byrrill Creek, and flows generally northeast, and then east, before reaching its confluence with the Tweed River near Terragon. The river descends over its course.[2]
In 2007, the federal government proposed damming the Rous River, Oxley River and Byrill Creek.[3] Local opposition to the plan was formed via the Save the Caldera Rivers Campaign, in an effort to stop the proposed dams from being built.