A stroll along the Hopkins

A lovely afternoon around 24ish degrees C we dropped the car off downstream from the homestead and strolled along the Hopkins river back to the homestead. Stock trails provided perfect walking paths. Then back for a well earnt cup of tea and fruit cake.

Hopkins River Survey

Every year for the past 5 years the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority pays Greenvale a visit to survey the health of the Hopkins. Every year they return to exactly the same position in the river to record such information as vegetation, number of weeds, errosion, river bank width and various other indicators to enable them to assess the health of the river system in general. Megan and Dion undertook the survey on what must have been one of the windest days on record.

Hopkins River

The Hopkins river runs the length of he property and for the most part hugs the base of the escarpment which also runs the lenght of Greenvale. The Hopkins river runs for some 300 kilometers and empties out at Warrnambool. For more information on the Hopkins river visit http://www.glenelg-hopkins.vic.gov.au/catchmentprofile/h4.asp











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