Guy Fawkes River

Guy Fawkes River
Perennial stream[1]
Upper and lower Ebor Falls, within Guy Fawkes River National Park, 2008
Name origin: Explored by European settlers on Guy Fawkes Day, 1845[2]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
IBRA New England Tablelands
Districts New England, Northern Tablelands
Municipality Guyra
Part of Clarence River catchment
Tributaries
 - left Aberfoyle River, Doughboy Creek
 - right Pantons Creek, Marengo Creek
Source Snowy Range, Great Dividing Range
 - location southeast of Ebor
 - elevation 1,410 m (4,626 ft)
Mouth confluence with the Sara River to form the Boyd River
 - location within Guy Fawkes River National Park
 - elevation 304 m (997 ft)
Length 101 km (63 mi)
National park Guy Fawkes River NP
Waterfall Ebor Falls
[3]

Guy Fawkes River, a perennial stream[1] that is part of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the New England and Northern Tablelands districts of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Guy Fawkes River rises below Majors Point, on the northern slopes of the Snowy Range, an eastern spur of the Great Dividing Range, east of the village of Ebor. The river spills over the 115 metres (377 ft) columned basalt rock Ebor Falls,[4] and enters a deep valley, joined by four tributaries, including Aberfoyle River, flowing generally northward and eventually forming its confluence with the Sara River to form the Boyd River. The river descends 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) over its 101 kilometres (63 mi) course;[3] and passes below Round Mountain, the highest peak of the Northern Tablelands.

The course of the river generally runs from the south to north along the valley of the Demon Fault Line, within the Guy Fawkes River National Park.[5] Adjoining the national park are the Guy Fawkes River Nature Reserve and Guy Fawkes River State Conservation Area.

The Bicentennial National Trail runs along the western side of Guy Fawkes River on what is a travelling stock route.[6]

The largest of the Grevillea genus, Southern Silky Oak, or Grevillea robusta, is distributed in the Guy Fawkes River area, which is the southern limit of its natural environment. It has attractive orange-yellow flowers and may reach up to 35 metres (115 ft) with a trunk diameter in excess of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in).[7]

Name

The river is named after Guy Fawkes. Major Edward Parke named the Guy Fawkes River after camping nearby on Guy Fawkes Day, 5 November 1845.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Guy Fawkes River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Why you should visit". Guy Fawkes River National Park. NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Guy Fawkes River, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Dorrigo: Things to see". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Guy Fawkes River National Park (leaflet ed.). NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. 2004.
  6. ↑ "Guy Fawkes". NSW Wilderness Index. The Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd. September 1999. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  7. ↑ Floyd, A. G (1978). Grevillea robusta (PDF). NSW Rainforest Trees: Research Note No. 35. Forestry Commission of New South Wales. p. 14. ISSN 0085-3984. Retrieved 1 March 2013.

Coordinates: 29°57′S 152°16′E / 29.950°S 152.267°E / -29.950; 152.267

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