| Gibbo | |
| Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Victoria |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Gibbo River mouth at Lake Dartmouth in Victoria |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Victoria |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Australian Alps (IBRA), Victorian Alps, East Gippsland |
| Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name5: | East Gippsland |
| Length: | 19km (12miles) |
| Source Confluence: | Straight Running Creek and the Sassafras Creek |
| Source Confluence Location: | Victorian Alps |
| Source Confluence Coordinates: | -36.6667°N 147.8108°W |
| Source Confluence Elevation: | 674m (2,211feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with Morass Creek |
| Mouth Location: | southeast of Lake Dartmouth |
| Mouth Coordinates: | -36.7508°N 147.6653°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 483m (1,585feet) |
| River System: | North-East Murray catchment, Murray-Darling basin |
| Tributaries Left: | Turnback Creek, Japan Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Donnovan Creek |
| Custom Label: | Reservoir |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Gibbo River, a perennial river[2] of the North-East Murray catchment of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Alpine and East Gippsland regions of Victoria, Australia. It flows from the northwestern slopes of the Australian Alps, south and joins with Morass Creek southeast of Lake Dartmouth.[1]
Formed by the confluence of the Straight Running Creek and the Sassafras Creek, the Gibbo River rises in remote state forestry land, below the Great Dividing Range. The river flows generally south by southwest, joined by three minor tributaries before reaching its confluence with the Morass Creek at Lake Dartmouth, formed by the Dartmouth Dam. The river descends over its 19km (12miles) course.[1]
The river is popular for fishing, with numerous brown trout with an average of to a maximum of, some rainbow trout to, and river blackfish to, with a few carp to .[3] [4] [5]
A camping area is available, approximately north of on the Corryong–Benambra Road. Picnic tables and wood-fired barbecues are available at the camp site.[6]
An area of approximately 35000ha located adjacent to where the Gibbo River and Morass Creek empty into Lake Dartmouth, named the Dart River Goldfields Area, is listed as an indicative area on the Register of the National Estate. The area is considered historically significant due to its relatively undisturbed setting of the history of gold mining, with many machinery relics from the 1870s.[7]