Macquarie Rivulet

Not to be confused with Macquarie River.

Macquarie Rivulet is a perennial river located in the Southern Highlands and Illawarra regions of New South Wales, Australia.

Macquarie Rivulet
Aerial view showing Macqurie Rivulet entering Lake Illawarra via the curved channel at left.
Etymology	In honour of Lachlan Macquarie
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Sydney Basin (IBRA), Southern Highlands, Illawarra
Local government areas	Wingecarribee, City of Shellharbour
Physical characteristics
Source	Illawarra escarpment
• location	near Robertson
Mouth	Lake Illawarra
• location	east of Yallah
Length	23 km (14 mi)
Basin features
National park	Macquarie Pass NP

Location and features

Macquarie Rivulet rises within the Macquarie Pass National Park on the eastern slopes of the Illawarra escarpment and drains the eastern edge of the Southern Highlands plateau. The headwaters of the rivulet gather approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of the town of Robertson and north of the Macquarie Pass. The rivulet flows generally east by north before reaching its mouth within Lake Illawarra, east of the Shellharbour suburb of Yallah.^[1]

The Princes Highway crosses the Macquarie Rivulet at Yallah.

See also

• New South Wales portal

• List of rivers of Australia § New South Wales
• List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
• Mount Murray
• Rivers of New South Wales