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	Barwon Heads - Intown Geelong
		Barwon Heads as the name suggests is located on the mouth of Geelong's major river system the Barwon, which stretches through the Geelong region to the Otways.
		Until the Barwon Heads bridge was built in 1927 a ferry ran by Tom Abernathy took holiday makers and locals on a trip across the Barwon River from Barwon Heads to Ocean Grove on the east side.
		Barwon Heads lies on the western side of the Barwon River, with Ocean Grove being on the eastern Side.
	www.intown.com.au /locals/barwon-heads/default.htm (217 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Barwon River
		The Barwon River is a river in New South Wales, Australia.
		The Barwon River is a river in Victoria, Australia.
		Is located on the mouth of the Barwon River has a population of about 1300 permanent residents that swells to many times that around the Christmas holidays.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Barwon-River (199 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Barwon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Barwon (horse), a horse which won the Victoria Derby in 1862.
		Barwon River, Queensland, a river in Queensland, Australia.
		Electoral district of Barwon is an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Barwon (83 words)

	Barwon River (Victoria) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Barwon River in 1936, near South Geelong.
		The Barwon River rises in the Otway Ranges of Victoria, Australia, runs through the city of Geelong, where it is joined by the Moorabool River, and enters the sea at Barwon Heads, west of Port Phillip.
		The river serves as a major source of drinking water and a popular recreation spot for Geelong.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barwon_River,_Victoria (125 words)

	Barwon Estuary Boat Hire - Barwon Heads
		We are located in Barwon Heads a lovely seaside village on the West Side of the Barwon River where it meets the ocean.
		Barwon Heads was fist settled in 1875 and was a popular holiday destination for the surrounding area.
		Barwon River is a safe waterway, which winds up to Lake Connewarre and is perfect for boating, sightseeing and fishing.
	www.barwonestuaryboathire.com.au (326 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Barwon River (New South Wales)
		The Barwon River flows through New South Wales, between the MacIntyre and Gwydir rivers, forming a section of the border with Queensland.
		The Barwon is the main tributary of the Darling River Tributaries of the Barwon include the Balonne River and the Condamine River.
		The Darling River is the longest river in Australia, flowing 2,739km from northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Barwon-River-%28New-South-Wales%29 (535 words)

	BARWON HEADS, VICTORIA : Encyclopedia Entry
		Barwon Heads (38°16′48″S, 144°29′31″E; post code: 3227) is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
		It is situated at the mouth "heads" of the Barwon River.
		The Barwon Heads Bridge was opened in 1927, crossing the Barwon River between Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Barwon_Heads%2C_Victoria (338 words)

	pilot
		Barwon Heads is unique as the Estuary of the Barwon River providing river sports as well as its beautiful safe surfing beaches, its natural rugged scenery, and its wonderful, deep, shaded Hitchcock Avenue, affording cool conditions on the hottest days.
		River shallows provide juvenile bathing whilst across the bridge splendid ocean surfing is obtained, and also to the West of the Bluff.
		Barwon Heads is reached by train to Geelong thence by regular modern Bus served by 14 miles of splendid road.
	www.barwonheads.net /TOWN/PILOT.HTM (782 words)

	Parks Victoria: Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary page
		Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary is located at the mouth of the Barwon River at Barwon Heads, about 20 km to the west of the entrance to Port Phillip Bay.
		Barwon Bluff was a particularly significant place for local Wauthaurong people that made their home from Ballarat to the coast.
		The Barwon River was the basis of a small commercial fishing fleet and a number of historic buildings in the river relate to this period of Barwon Heads history.
	www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=252 (1437 words)

	Geelong - Barwon River
		Barwon Valley Park, off Barrabool Road in Belmont, is the place for riverside fun for all the family.
		The river meanders its way from high in the lush Otway Ranges, through forests and farmland to Geelong and then onto the coast at Barwon Heads.
		The river and its environs are marvellous places for watersports, walking, cycling, fishing or just relaxing.
	www.greatoceanrd.org.au /geelong/barwonriver.asp (206 words)

	Darling River
		The state of the river is vaguely but generally understood to depend on some distant and foreign phenomena to which bushmen refer in an off-hand tone of voice as “the Queenslan’ rains”, which seem to be held responsible, in a general way, for most of the out-back trouble.
		The rivers were of great importance to the Aboriginal peoples, especially as sources of food, as illustrated by the fish traps of the Ngemba in the Barwon River at Brewarrina.
		The use of the rivers for transportation made a major contribution to the settlement of the Basin and the development of the pastoral industry, especially from the 1850s.
	www.outbackonline.net /RiverLife.htm (1082 words)

	Boomi Tourism and Information
		It is a flood-prone region with the McIntyre River falling one foot per mile between Goondiwindi and Mungindi, as it flows in a south-westerly direction.
		In earlier years the McIntyre River was known as the Barwon River at the source of the Boomi River, but now reference is made to the Barwon River after the confluence with the Weir River.
		The Weir River rises in south east Queensland and parallels the Barwon River for a short distance, north of the Boomi region from Bonanga, spilling over into the Barwon River, during flood flows, which it eventually joins, towards Mungindi.
	www.nnsw.com.au /boomi/tourism.html (794 words)

	Barwon Heads Home Page
		Barwon Heads is a seaside town at the mouth of the Barwon River, 18km south-east of Geelong city.
		The streets of Barwon Heads are bordered by seaside grasses and ti-tree and the town has a relaxed pace and casual atmosphere.
		Barwon Heads has two outstanding golf clubs as well as a great range of restaurants and cafes.
	www.greatoceanrd.org.au /bellarinepeninsula/barwonheads (83 words)

	Geelong Australia - Barwon Heads
		Local archaeologist,Mrs Louis Lane, writes that the Wathaurong word for the river was 'Barra Warre N Yallok' which meant, in translation, 'the great river which flows from the uplands (or Otways) to the sea'.
		Settlement at the mouth of the river began on the Ocean Grove side in 1854, but settlement on the western side, at Barwon Heads, was delayed until 1875.
		The river was bridged in 1927 and Barwon Heads, like Ocean Grove before it, became a holiday destination for the people of Geelong.
	www.geelongaustralia.com.au /Visiting_Geelong/Towns/Barwon_Heads (381 words)

	Central West - Catchment Management Authority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Central West Catchment is located in central western New South Wales, flanked by the Barwon and Darling catchments to the north and west, Lachlan to the south and the Sydney/Shoalhaven Basin to the east.
		In the extreme northern section of the valley the floodplain between the Barwon and Castlereagh Rivers is intersected by Womat and Wanourie Creeks, which carry flows from the Barwon to the Castlereagh River during major floods.
		Downstream of the dam the river continues to flow in a northwest direction through Wellington and Dubbo and is joined by several major tributaries from the east and western parts of the catchment.
	www.cw.cma.nsw.gov.au /catchment.html (494 words)

	Barwon Rowing Club Inc. - Home
		The Barwon Rowing Club is based on the Barwon River in Geelong, Victoria.
		Established in 1870, the Barwon Rowing Club is the oldest rowing club in Geelong, and is one of the oldest in the State.
		The Barwon River is closed to rowing at certain times during the Christmas and New Year period.
	www.barwonrc.asn.au (271 words)

	Environment Victoria - Barwon River
		The Barwon River begins in Otways National Park, flowing through farmland around the towns of Forrest and Birregurra and through the heart of the regional centre of Geelong, before it enters the Southern Ocean at the twin towns of Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads.
		Wathaurong Cultural Heritage Officer David Tournier explains that the river was not only important as a food and water source, but was also part of a network of ‘river highways’ used by Aboriginal people to travel hundreds of kilometres from the dry inland country to the sea.
		Upper Barwon Landcare Network Co-ordinator Neil McInnes is working with landholders and landcare groups in the upper Barwon region to improve the health of the Barwon River.
	www.envict.org.au /inform.php?menu=7&submenu=221&item=1123 (739 words)

	Australia Wide Assessment of River Health - VIC Bioassessment Report: Appendix 5 (continued) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Barwon River at Kildean Road (NLH) has good AusRivAS scores for both habitats but the SIGNAL score for the edge habitat is poor while it is fair for the riffle.
		The Fitzroy and Surrey Rivers arise in forests in the west and flow south-east, Darlot Creek drains Lake Condah swamp in the central area while Eumeralla River and the Moyne River drain the east of the catchment.
		The lower reaches of the Glenelg River lie in the Lower Glenelg National Park and, as mentioned previously, the upper reaches of the Glenelg and Wannon Rivers lie in the Grampians National Park.
	www.deh.gov.au /water/rivers/nrhp/vic/appendix5e.html (4655 words)

	River Flow Objectives - Barwon-Darling and Far Western
		Objectives for river flow, as well as for water quality, are recommended for the NSW parts of other streams intersected by the state border, such as the Paroo River.
		River Flow Objectives were not recommended for the regulated parts of the Murray, Murrumbidgee, Lachlan, Macquarie, Namoi, Gwydir and Hunter Rivers, as well as for the Barwon-Darling River.
		River Management Committees developed Water Sharing Plans for the regulated rivers, which were commenced by the Minister for Natural Resources in July 2004.
	www.epa.nsw.gov.au /ieo/FarWest/maptext-04.htm (2361 words)

	Walkabout - Barwon Heads
		Barwon Heads is situated on the Bellarine Peninsula 22 km south-east of Geelong and 95 km south-west of Melbourne.
		It lies on the western bank of the Barwon River estuary which separates it from its twin town Ocean Grove.
		Just to the north-west of Barwon Heads are Lake Connewarre and Reedy Swamp which are important migratory bird habitats and hence are havens for waterbirds such as bitterns, swamp hens, ibis, spoonbills, egrets, cormorants and herons.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/VICBarwonHeads.shtml (711 words)

	Barwon River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Abacci > Abaccipedia > Ba > Barwon River
		The Barwon River in Victoria which rises in the Otway Ranges runs through Geelong, and enters the sea at Barwon Heads, west of Port Phillip Bay.
		The Barwon River in New South Wales, between the Macintyre River and Gwydir River, which forms a section of the border with Queensland.
	www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=Barwon_River (101 words)

	National Mapping - Fab Facts, Landforms, Australian Rivers
		The Murray River and its tributary, the Darling River, are the main rivers in the Murray-Darling River Basin.
		The Darling River flows south from the junction of the Culgoa and Barwon rivers.
		Although the Culgoa is longer than the Barwon, the source of the Darling is generally agreed to be the Barwon River as it has the greater volume of water.
	www.ga.gov.au /education/facts/landforms/longrive.htm (215 words)

	tourism@pauljnr
		Barwon Heads is known for its sunshine and an excellent fishing spots along the Barwon River, and off the bridge.
		Barwon Heads is a quiet township, nestled on the banks of the Barwon River mouth.
		Barwon Heads is the extension of the Great Ocean Road surfing route, because of its clean ocean and wide stretches of white sand.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~pauljnr/tour/map_bar.htm (145 words)

	Aboriginal Economy & Society : Case Studies : Yuwaaliyaay people and their neighbours of the Darling/Barwon River
		This is a semi-arid region of grassland and woodland, with perennial and intermittent rivers.
		Some moved away from rivers in winter, leaving smaller groups, returning for the spring fisheries.
		They were on the northern end of “no-having” people of the western slopes and plains, and tributaries of the Murray and Darling, and within the broader regions associated with matri-groups and section systems, and with a sky-centred cosmology.
	arts.anu.edu.au /aesatc/case_studies/yuwaaliyaay.html (844 words)

	In Diver Dan territory - Property - Domain - theage.com.au
		Recently saved from demolition, the Barwon Heads Bridge, which opened on Christmas Eve 1927, is the longest timber road bridge in the state and provides the only link with the neighbouring town of Ocean Grove.
		Barwon Heads is something of a golfer's paradise, serving as home to some of the country's finest golf courses - this one (Golf Links Road) and the two courses at the Thirteenth Beach Golf Links (to the town's west).
		While Barwon Heads is still small enough that you can reach most places in town by walking, buses run between Barwon Heads and Geelong but the service isn't quite hourly.
	www.theage.com.au /news/property/in-diver-dan-territory/2006/11/10/1162661886024.html (735 words)

	Barwon Heads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		We live in Barwon Heads, a seaside village in Victoria, Australia.
		Barwon Heads is on the South coast, at the mouth of the River Barwon, and is about 20 minutes drive from Geelong.
		Barwon Heads is to the West (left of photo) and Ocean Grove is to the
	users.netcon.net.au /~dhoskin3/barwon_heads.htm (280 words)

	Barwon Heads Accommodation \| 1 River Pde Bed & Breakfast \| Great Ocean Road Victoria
		1 River Pde. Bed and Breakfast Accommodation, located in the Paris end of Barwon Heads, is warmly inviting and attractive.Scenic views overlooking the Barwon River is just one of its many attractions.Visitors enjoy relaxing and spreading out in the spacious comfort of a whole floor upstairs, featuring north facing views and large balcony.
		Morning papers will be delivered to you along with a scrumptious breakfast which you select from a generous menu.Just across the road are fishing jetties and boat ramps as well as a walking track which gently meanders alongside the Barwon River.Your hostess, Robyn Jones, prides herself on tailoring your accommodation to meet your needs.
		The Barwon Heads township has much to offer with fantastic beaches, golf courses, cafes, restaurants and other retail outlets to name a few, all within an easy distance.
	www.1riverpde.com (246 words)

	Barwon Heads information & attractions - Travel Victoria: accommodation & visitor guide
		The holiday town of Barwon Heads is located on the southern coast of the Bellarine Peninsula and separated by the Barwon River from its twin coastal town of Ocean Grove.
		Barwon Heads is a popular seaside community, offering a diverse variety of coastal attractions from the shallow and sandy shoreline of the Barwon River to the windswept surf beaches which front Bass Strait along 13th Beach Road.
		Just north of Barwon Heads is the expansive waterway of Lake Connewarre and surrounding wetlands which make an ideal spot for fishing and bird watching.
	www.travelvictoria.com.au /barwonheads (249 words)

	Barwon-Darling and Far Western
		Concerns were expressed in some submissions and at the meetings that the Government has insufficient knowledge of the rivers, and that research is needed to gain a greater understanding before formulating policies for changing their management.
		Although the meetings and submissions identified a variety of opinions on the current condition of the rivers, on their suitability for the desired uses and on the issues affecting the rivers, there was significant agreement on what people valued about the rivers and what they expected to use them for.
		One of these stated that river bank erosion and slumping was as serious as the damage caused by over-extraction of water.
	www.epa.nsw.gov.au /ieo/FarWest/report-01.htm (1945 words)

	Barwon Heads Accommdation - 1 River Pde Bed & Breakfast
		Scenic views overlooking the Barwon River is just one of its many attractions.
		Just across the road are fishing jetties and boat ramps as well as a walking track which gently meanders alongside the Barwon River.
		Barwon Heads has much to offer with fantastic beaches, golf courses, cafes, restaurants and other retail outlets to name a few, all within an easy distance.
	www.ozstays.com /18761 (293 words)

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