Buayanyup River

The Buayanyup River is a river in the South West region of Western Australia.

Buayanyup River
Location
Country	Australia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Whicher Range
• elevation	60 metres (197 ft)[1]
Mouth
• location	Geographe Bay
• elevation	sea level
Length	27 kilometres (17 mi)
Basin size	163 square kilometres (63 sq mi)[2]

The headwaters of the river rise in the Whicher Range and flow north crossing the Bussell Highway near Vasse before discharging into Geographe Bay near Abbey about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Busselton. The river has three main tributaries of Dawson Gulley, Ironstone Gully and the other is not named. In total the river has a stream length of over 100 kilometres (62 mi).[3]

The river flows through agricultural land that is predominantly used for raising beef and dairy cattle and to a lesser degree plantation timber and viticulture. The area has been settled since 1834 when the Bussell family established a cattle station along the Vasse River. More farming families followed and now over 50% of the catchment is used for cattle farming.

The name of the river was first recorded by a surveyor in 1839 and is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is unknown.[4]

References

1. "Bonzle Digital Atlas – Map of Buayanyup River". 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
2. "Water Corporation - Catchment Characteristics". 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
3. "Buayanyup River Action Plan" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
4. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names – B". Retrieved 9 March 2011.