Dora Creek

Dora River is a watercourse that is located in the Upper Central Coast/Lower Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.

This article is about the watercourse. For the suburb, see Dora Creek, New South Wales.

Dora Creek
Dory River[1]
Dora Creek, view from behind Avondale College
EtymologyAboriginal: "Creek running into a lake"[2]
Native nameDoree Doree[2]
Location
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionSydney Basin (IBRA), Central Coast, Hunter
Local government areaLake Macquarie
Physical characteristics
SourceWatagan Mountains
 • locationMartinsville
 • elevation40 m (130 ft)
MouthLake Macquarie
 • location
Dora Creek
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length22.5 km (14.0 mi) [3]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftJigadee Creek
 • rightStockton Creek
National parkWatagans
[1][4]

Course and features

Dora Creek River rises below Watagan Mountains west of Martinsville, and flows generally southeast by south, joined by two minor tributaries, before reaching its river mouth within Lake Macquarie, near the town of Dora Creek. The river descends 40 metres (130 ft) over its 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) course.[1][4]

The merged flows of Dora Creek together with Lake Macquarie reaches the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean at Swansea.[4]

The F3 Freeway crosses the creek, west of Morisset.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Dora Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  2. Read, Clive (2008). "Dora Creek Street Names" (PDF). City of Lake Macquarie. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  3. "Extract - Geographical Names Board of NSW". www.gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. "Map of Dora Creek, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

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