Dight's Falls Fishway, Yarra River, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia
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S 37° 47.810 E 145° 00.060
55H E 324001 N 5814844
Also known as a fish ladder, this fishway was completed in December 2012.
It will enable some fish species to swim upstream at Dight's Falls, Abbotsford, for the first time in decades.
Waymark Code: WMW713
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 07/18/2017
Views: 8
A two-metre-high weir has blocked migration of freshwater fish to feed and spawn since it was constructed for a flour mill in the early 1840s, save for occasional freak floods.
A 1993 attempt to build a basic fishway out of staggered rocks next to the weir later failed, partly due to low flows from the drought.
The new fishway will allow fish to swim past the weir, benefiting 11 species of native migratory fish and unlocking vast reaches of the Yarra and its tributaries upstream.
River/Waterway: Yarra River
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Visit Instructions:
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