The Wollemi Creek is a creek that flows in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
Its beginnings are near the Putty area on the mid NE boundary of Wollemi National Park and it flows roughly from North to South and is completely contained within the National Park, much of it in very remote and difficult to access wilderness areas. The creek joins with the Colo River at the upper reaches of the Colo Gorge.The upper Wollemi creek has two main sources, one originating at about 800 metres altitude 5km east of Mt Monundilla, and the other due south of that mountain. Both flow through rough deep gorges at about 600 metres in permanent dry weather flows, and fast flowing flood, until their confluence at about 300 metres, due west of Putty, from where the creek flows eventually into the Colo.
The primary inhabitants of the upper creek are yabbies, eels, possums etc. Some ancient massive gums populate the lower gorges and very few signs of non native infestations are apparent, one notable exception being mistletoe which infests the upper branches of the oldest trees.
Coordinates: 33°13′S 150°31′E / 33.217°S 150.517°E / -33.217; 150.517
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