Middle Harbour Creek | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Sydney basin (IBRA), Northern Beaches |
Subdivision Type5: | Local government areas |
Subdivision Name5: | Warringah |
Length: | 6.1km (03.8miles) |
Source Confluence: | Bare Creek and Frenchs Creek |
Source Confluence Location: | north of Davidson |
Source Confluence Coordinates: | -33.728°N 151.189°W |
Mouth: | Middle Harbour |
Mouth Location: | Castlecrag and Seaforth |
Mouth Coordinates: | -33.7946°N 151.2326°W |
River System: | Middle Harbour |
Basin Size: | 77km2 |
Tributaries Left: | Carroll Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Two Creeks |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Garigal National Park |
Middle Harbour Creek, a tributary of Middle Harbour, is a youthful tide-dominated, drowned-valley estuary northwest of Sydney Harbour, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Formed by the confluence of Bare Creek and Frenchs Creek, north of, Middle Harbour Creek is in the Garigal National Park and flows from Mona Vale Road in the north down to Bungaroo, where the creek becomes Middle Harbour. Its catchment area is approximately .[1]
Access along the majority of the creek is easy with tracks from (the western shore) St Ives, East Killara, East Lindfield, (eastern shore) Belrose, Davidson, Frenchs Forest and Forestville. Day walks are popular with access to the creek along several well maintained fire trails, the better-known being the Bungaroo Track, Cascades Track, and Bare Creek track. The bushland surrounding the creek is rich in bloodwoods (Eucalyptus gummifera), scribbly gums (Eucalyptus haemastoma), and the narrow-leaved stringy bark (Eucalyptus oblonga).
Middle Harbour Creek was first explored by Governor Arthur Phillip on an expedition from Manly Cove on 15 April 1788. The intention of the expedition was to discover food. The expedition camped on 16 April at Bungaroo, where the tidal Middle Harbour finishes and the creek begins.[2]
It is possible to follow the entire length of Middle Harbour Creek, or to do a circular bushwalk[3] that covers the majority of its length on both sides of the creek.