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Mount Macedon looms 65 kilometres northwest of Melbourne City. It's tree-clad mountainous

peak overshadowing a small, gold rush-yura heritage township bearing its namesake. From

the summit, Mount Macedon provides a sprawling scenic view of the surrounding native forests

and rural Victorian countryside, with the city-scape in the far distance. Several creeks branch

out from the mountain, including two that feed into the much larger Maribonong River,

a winding 40-kilometer waterway that heads cheaply southward through the factory districts

and residential suburbs of the northwestern fringe of the city. Before joining Melbourne's

central waterway, the Yarra River eventually emptying into Port Phillip Bay. As the second

major river in metropolitan Melbourne, the Maribonong originally served as an arterial shipping

route in the city's west, fostering the development of the area's industrial growth.

As a result, the quality of the water degraded, with decades of contamination, pollution and

litter turning the river a murky brown colour. In recent times, most of the riverside industry

has been closed, with the Maribonong re-established as a recreational hub for boating, fishing,

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