Moorabool is the great escape

BY Steven McAvoy
THE HISTORY OF THE OLD LOST WESTERN SUBURBS OF MELBOURNE

(Pictured) Werribee Gorge State Park from 2500 ft above ground level over Bacchus Marsh Township looking west.

Located approximately just west of Bacchus Marsh, for which the Werribee River meanders through and has acquired some renown for its geological value.

Werribee Gorge has attracted the attention of geologists last century as one of the earliest known ancient glacial deposits, parts of which can be seen.

The 200m deep gorge was formed about a million years ago when movements along a fault in the Earth’s crust steepened the river’s gradient. Since then the river has continued to deepen the gorge through underlying rock to ancient sediments deposited in a sea more than 400 million years ago. Other geological events that have since occurred include the advance and retreat of an ice sheet and the inflow of volcanic lava.

There is a walking track which winds itself through the gorge, which is used by bushwalkers and locals. — in Bacchus Marsh, the gateway to the Central Highlands which is Moorabool Shire.

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