Moruya Deua River Estuary
The Moruya River Estuary is located in the Eurobodalla Shire,
about 25km south of Batemans Bay. The township of Moruya is
approximately 7km upstream from the entrance of the river to the
ocean. The waterway is called the Moruya River along its
estuarine length between the ocean entrance at Moruya Heads and the
tidal limit, about 20km upstream from the entrance. Upstream
from the tidal limit the river is named the 'Deua River'.
The Moruya River is permanently open to the ocean and the
entrance is stabilised by two training walls that project seaward.
A considerable length of the estuary is lined by rock
protection for the purpose of stabilising the banks and river
channel. An historic quarry on the northern bank of the
Moruya River supplied granite for the Sydney Harbour bridge pylons.
The rock was transported directly to Sydney by ship.
The vegetation of the Moruya River is typical for many south
coast estuaries and includes mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrass
species with a number of significant freshwater and estuarine
wetlands. Malabar Lagoon is an important tidal and wetland
area that is located on the northern side of the Moruya River and
contains extensive areas of saltmarsh.
All
Documents are in PDF unless otherwise stated.
Flora and Fauna of the Moruya Estuary
Moruya
Flora and Fauna Study (2060kb)
Moruya River Estuary Processes Study
Summary Report
(2528kb)
Main
Report (4128kb)
Appendix A
(212kb)
Appendix B (50kb)
Appendix C (13kb)
Appendix D (1870kb)
Moruya/Deua Estuary Management Study and Plan
Estuary Management
Study (13,066kb)
Estuary Management
Plan (5,016kb)
