Darling Mills | |
Creek | |
Weir at the Darling Mills site, Windsor Road
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Country | Australia |
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State | New South Wales |
Regions | Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney |
Local government areas | The Hills, Parramatta |
Part of | Parramatta River catchment |
Tributaries | |
- left | Bellbird Creek, Bidjigal Creek, Blue Gum Creek, Hunts Creek |
- right | Excelsior Creek, Sawmill Creek, Bellamy Farm Creek |
Source | Thompsons Corner |
- location | West Pennant Hills |
Mouth | confluence with Toongabbie Creek to form the Parramatta River |
- location | North Parramatta |
Length | 10 km (6 mi) |
Basin | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
Nature reserves | Bidjigal; Munro; Eric Mobbs Recreation |
State forests | Cumberland; Darling Mills |
The Darling Mills Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The Darling Mills Creek rises in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, west of Thompsons Corner, near the intersection of Castle Hill Road and Pennant Hills Road, within the suburb of West Pennant Hills. The headwaters lie on the watershed between the Hornsby Plateau and the Cumberland Plain. The creek flows generally west, then south, joined by its tributaries including the Bidjigal, Sawmill, Excelsior, Blue Gum, Bellbird, Bellamy Farm creeks and the dammed Hunts Creek downstream of Lake Parramatta, before reaching its confluence with the Toongabbie Creek to form the Parramatta River, in the suburb of North Parramatta, in land adjoining the northern boundary of the Cumberland Hospital. The course of the creek is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi); and the creek passes through the Cumberland State Forest, the Darling Mills State Forest, Bidjigal Reserve, Excelsior Park, and many smaller reserves and parks.