🐊 Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp

The Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp was a large freshwater ephemeral swamp or wetland, located in the Greater Metropolitan Melbourne area of Victoria, Australia. Situated in an area to the south east of the Melbourne central business district and to the north of Western Port Bay, the swamp was bounded by Tooradin to the west, Bunyip to the east, and, to the north, the Gippsland railway line. The swamp drained several waterways including the Cardinia Creek and the Bunyip River and only a small amount of wetland remains today, predominately used for market gardening.