You will find that a lot of rivers and there tributes are now banned ,Livingston creek (swift creek) I think is one.to be honest no-one gives a hoot if you take your pan and maybe a couple buckets, no dredging highbanking.
g'day.
ive had the same issues,looking for old mines/shafts/adits. my best info has come from old newspaper articles and then maps , topo or satelite.there is a garibaldi reef near greendale on greenhills rd about 4 klm from ballan greendale rd.
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