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Patterson River, VIC Australia
| Address | Launching Way,
Carrum
Victoria, 3197, Australia | | Enquiries : | Send an enquiry to Patterson River |
The thriving canal system of the Patterson Lakes residential area and the wet and dry storage at the Whalers Cove Marina combine with four public boat ramps to make an extremely busy waterway.
Things to see and do
* A well known feature of the Patterson River is the National Water Sports Centre (NWSC), Riverend Road, Bangholme.
* The centre was developed as an international standard rowing course in preparation for Melbourne's bid for the 1988 Olympics. Unfortunately, this and later bids did not succeed.
* The NWSC is now used for a more diverse range of water based activities including rowing, water skiing, canoeing, kayaking, triathlons, coarse angling, jet skis and radio controlled yachts.
* For information on the National Water Sports Centre call 03 9772 1001.
Heritage
The Patterson River is a man made waterway, created in 1876 to provide direct drainage from the entire Dandenong Valley catchment area. This run-off flowed into the Carrum Swamp, which spread behind the sand dunes between Mordialloc and Frankston with the only outlets to the bay being the Mordialloc Creek and the Kananook Creek at Frankston.
In 1934, 960 houses and farms were inundated by floodwaters. It was then decided to raise the levels of the artificial banks between the bay and Pillars Bridge, south of Dandenong. The river mouth is regularly inspected by Parks Victoria and contractors are employed to dredge the outlet to a safe depth when needed.
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| Entity Facility | Picnic Area. | | Experience | Flora/Fauna, Nature based, Wildlife. |
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