Myall River, an open semi-mature
brackish
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freshwater barrier estuary of the
Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the
Mid North Coast
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region of
New South Wales
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Australia.
Course and features
Myall River rises out of the southern slopes of Kyle Range within the
Great Dividing Range, north northeast of
Stroud, and flows generally south southeast then southwest, joined by
tributaries
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, before reaching its
mouth within
Port Stephens at
Hawks Nest Hawk's Nest or Hawks Nest may refer to:
*Hawks Nest, New South Wales, a small coastal village in Australia
*Hawk's Nest, New York
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. Port Stephens then empties into the
Tasman Sea
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of the
South Pacific Ocean
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...
. The river descends over its
course.
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After flowing past the town of Bulahdelah, east of the small settlement of Nerong, the Myall River enters the most southern of the three Ramsar-protected ]Myall Lakes Myalls are any of a group of closely related and very similar species of '' Acacia'':
* ''Acacia binervia
''Acacia binervia'', commonly known as the coast myall, is a wattle native to New South Wales and Victoria. It can grow as a shrub or as a ...
, Bombah Broadwater, within the Myall Lakes National Park. The flow of the river runs adjacent to the coastline and through both the Little Brasswater and the Brasswater near the towns of Tea Gardens, and Hawks Nest Hawk's Nest or Hawks Nest may refer to:
*Hawks Nest, New South Wales, a small coastal village in Australia
*Hawk's Nest, New York
The Hawk's Nest is a scenic location outside Port Jervis, New York high above the Delaware River on New York S ...
.[
Two notable bridges cross the Myall River. The Bulahdelah Bridge, carries the Pacific Highway, across the river north of Bulahdelah and the ]Singing Bridge
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crosses the river between Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest..
Etymology
The word ''myall'' is an Australian Aboriginal
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait I ...
term for a small silver-grey wattle tree.[
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See also
* Rivers of New South Wales
This page discusses the rivers and hydrography of the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The principal topographic feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the Great Dividing Range, which extend from no ...
* List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
This is the second part of a list of rivers of New South Wales, Australia. With List of rivers of New South Wales (A–K) it includes all 439 rivers, as of 7 June 2008, listed by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales in the Geographic ...
* List of rivers of Australia
References
External links
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Rivers of New South Wales
Mid-Coast Council
Mid North Coast
Rivers of the Hunter Region