The creek begins in the hills north of Ringwood on the boundary of urban metropolitan Melbourne from where it flows for roughly 2–3 km through Park Orchards and around 4 km through Warrandyte, before emptying into the Yarra River. The creek is relatively uninhibited by weirs, dams or reservoirs and it floods often after heavy rain. It provides habitat for significant species, which include: platypus, rakali, koalas, powerful owls, rufous night herons, white-winged choughs and yellow-tailed black cockatoos.
In June 1851 gold was first discovered in Victoria on the banks of Andersons Creek at Fourth Hill in the present day Warrandyte State Park[1] by a small group led by Louis John Michel;[2] the township of Warrandyte was initially named after the creek. Gold can still be found in the creek, and panning is permitted in a small section with a Miners Right.
Geography
The cairn marking the site of the first recognised discovery of gold in Victoria, Australia in 1851 at Andersons Creek
Tributaries and surrounding geographic features include, upstream to downstream:
^Cranfield, Louis R., "Michel, Louis John (1825–1904)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 April 2023
