Yarra River


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Yarra River

a river in SE Australia, rising in the Great Dividing Range and flowing west and southwest through Melbourne to Port Phillip Bay. Length: 250 km (155 miles)
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Far left: lively St Kilda beach; Southbank Promenade (above left); the Melbourne skyline and Yarra river (left); old and new meet in the architecture of Victoria (above); pretty beach huts line Collins Street (top)
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Shadowing studies have determined maximum building heights for the towers to avoid shadowing the Yarra River beyond the existing buildings.
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Responding to a report by the Lower Yarra River Use Future Directions Group on the future of the Lower Yarra River, Ms Neville said the Government will take immediate action to improve management of the waterway.
Australia : Investing In A Future For Lower Yarra
Monitoring data from Port Phillip Bay beaches and Yarra River released today for the 2015-16 summer period show nine beaches equalling first place for best recreational water quality.
Australia : New EPA Boat Boosts Frontline Defence
6 metres shorter in height than first proposed to reduce overshadowing over the Yarra River.
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1 million to widen the bridge to three lanes and build a new pedestrian path across the Yarra River.
Australia : Building A Wider And Safer Warrandyte Bridge
Courier headed out of the stadium after the presentations to the adjoining Yarra river for a swim.
January 31, 1993 -- Courier wins Australian Open
Kontaveit was bidding to reach the last eight of a grand slam for the first time and the 22-year-old had victory in her grasp when she took the first set and broke twice to lead 4-1 in the second set on a muggy day alongside the Yarra river.
Wozniacki gallops into Melbourne quarter-finals, Navarro outlasts Kontaveit
The incident took place on Flinders street, a major road that runs alongside the Yarra River.
Car ploughs into pedestrians in Australia's Melbourne, up to 14 hurt
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) will be out in Port Phillip Bay again monitoring water quality at 36 beaches and four popular Yarra River locations in Kew, Warrandyte, Healesville and Launching Place.
Australia : Getting It Done: Keeping Beachgoers Safe And Healthy
Two unexpected findings were Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor remains found in one pellet collected on Bourkes Creek, near the township of Emerald, and Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus remains in three owl pellets collected at a site on the lower Yarra River.
Contents of some Powerful Owl pellets from the Melbourne region
My mud-brick home is on a bush block beside the Yarra River.
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