Merri Creek
Merri Creek is a waterway in southern parts of Victoria, Australia, which flows through the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It begins near Wallan and flows south for 70 km until joining the Yarra River at Dights Falls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dights Falls and Thomas Embling Hospital.
Dights Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Michaelschmatz, Public domain.
Dights Falls is a rapid and weir on the Yarra River in Melbourne, Victoria, just downstream of the junction with the Merri Creek. At this point the river narrows and is constricted between 800,000-year-old volcanic, basaltic lava flow and a much older steep, silurian, sedimentary spur.
Thomas Embling Hospital
Hospital
Thomas Embling Hospital is a medium-security forensic mental health hospital located in Fairfield, a Melbourne suburb in Victoria, Australia. The facility is operated by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, known as Forensicare, who are responsible for providing adult forensic mental health services in Victoria.
Clifton Hill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Adammw, Public domain.
Clifton Hill railway station is a commuter railway station and the junction point on the Mernda and Hurstbridge lines, which are both part of the Melbourne railway network.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westgarth and Inner east.
Westgarth
Neighborhood
Photo: Batterbu, Public domain.
Westgarth is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Northcote, about 4 or 5 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district in Victoria, Australia.
Inner east
Photo: Nicolás Boullosa, CC BY 2.0.
The inner east of Melbourne consists of a number of suburbs and localities within the Yarra municipality. Compared with glitzy Stonnington on the other side of the river, the inner eastern area is known among Melburnians as a working-class district, filled with pubs and old factories.
Jolimont
Neighborhood
Jolimont is an unbounded neighbourhood of the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Situated to the south east of the city's primary axis, Jolimont features parks, business precincts and a limited amount of residential accommodation. Jolimont is situated 3 km southwest of Merri Creek.
Merri Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Victoria, Australia
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Merri Creek” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Merri Creek”
- Cebuano: “Merri Merri Creek”
- Dutch: “Merri Creek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ميرى كريك”
- French: “Merri Creek”
- German: “Merri Creek”
- Swedish: “Merri Merri Creek”
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