Our water quality monitoring program has shown Station Creek to have good water quality. Find out more about the estuary and its unique features.
Station Creek estuary is classed as a lagoon and is located within the southern part of Yuraygir National Park on the north coast of New South Wales.
The entrance to this estuary is intermittently open/closed to the sea. Station Creek represents a near-pristine estuary.
As part of our water quality monitoring program we assess the water quality and ecosystem health of an estuary using a range of relevant indicators. We sample a subset of the estuaries located between the Queensland border and Taree every 3 years. The most recent sampling in Station Creek was completed over the 2021–22 summer when 2 sites were sampled on a monthly basis.
This report card represents 2 water quality indicators that we routinely measure: the amount of algae present and water clarity. Low levels of these 2 indicators equate with good water quality.
The report card shows the condition of the estuary was good with:
Find out more about our estuary report cards and what each grade means. Read our sampling, data analysis and reporting protocols and find out how we calculate these grades.
We have monitored water quality in Station Creek since 2010. This table shows the water quality grades for this estuary over that time.
Grades for algae, water clarity and overall are represented as:
Estuary type: Lagoon
| Entrance location |
Latitude (ºS) | –29.94 |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude (ºE) | 153.26 |
|
| Catchment area (km2) | 21.36 | |
| Estuary area (km2) | 0.3 | |
| Estuary volume (ML) | 131.5 | |
| Average depth (m) | 0.5 | |
Bathymetric and coastal topography data for this estuary are available in our data portal.
Most of Station Creek catchment is protected within Yuraygir National Park. The remainder is managed by the Forestry Corporation of NSW as part of Barcoongere Forest. A small camping area is located near the lower estuary, which has access roads.
Local councils manage estuaries within their area unless the estuary is attached to a marine park.
Clarence Valley Council manage Station Creek estuary, which is part of the Solitary Islands Marine Park.
The remote expanse around the entrance of Station Creek estuary is used as a nesting area for little terns and pied oystercatchers and is routinely roped off during their breeding season.
Find out more about the biodiversity in our estuaries.