Organ Pipes National Park: Part 1

The rise and the end of Jackson's Creek.

Location of Organ Pipes National Park

Valley at the Organ Pipes National Park

 A map of the area, showing Jackons Creek - where it rises, where it ends, and the location of the Organ Pipes.

A photograph, and a written description of the valley, and an explanation of how the valley was formed.

The valley is a vast dry wasteland and an important part of the Organ Pipes National Park. The Maribyrnong Valley Committee decided to focus on the valley in 1972 and restore it to what it was before the Europeans came. The biggest problem was the serious rate of soil erosion. The MVC checked local valleys for vegetation, collected seeds, bred seedlings in their backyard, conducted fifteen working bees annually and started planting trees on the fact that large plants with root systems to match would stop the erosion. A member of the MVC did a bird survey for fifteen years, checking that the return of indigenous species would come back as the flora recovered.