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The Altona Refinery is an oil refinery in Altona North, Victoria, Australia, operated by ExxonMobil. [1] [2] The refinery is located next to Kororoit Creek which is not navigable. Ships unload at a pier on Point Gellibrand in nearby Williamstown. Its output was 14.5 million litres of refined oil products each day.
The creek flows generally south by east and passes over the volcanic lava plain of western Melbourne to its mouth at sea level, north of Altona and emptying into Altona Bay within Port Phillip. The creek is joined by one minor tributary as it descends approximately 407 metres (1,335 ft) over its 52-kilometre (32 mi) course . [ 3 ]
Mangroves on Kororoit Creek, with Port Phillip Bay in the distance.. Altona Coastal Park, a 70 hectares intertidal and salt marsh area located 11 km from Melbourne CBD in the western suburb of Altona, is an important recreational and nature conservation area, providing habitats for a large biodiversity of flora and fauna. [1]
The Kororoit Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Kororoit Creek in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The interrupted upper section is located in Burnside and Deer Park , the uninterrupted middle section starts in Ardeer and proceeds to Brooklyn , while the ...
The principal road connections from Williamstown are Kororoit Creek Road leading westward toward Altona and Laverton and two roads which head northward to Newport and Spotswood, namely Douglas Parade and Melbourne Road. The latter connects to central Melbourne via the West Gate Bridge. [56]
Williamstown Racecourse is a demolished station on the former Altona railway line, now part of the Werribee railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It was located in the suburb of Altona , immediately south of the Kororoit Creek Road level crossing and north of Kororoit Creek .
Mobiltown is a former station on the Altona railway line, which now forms part of the Werribee railway line in Melbourne, Australia.It was located immediately north of the Kororoit Creek Road level crossing in the suburb of Altona North.
Altona: 37 km (23 mi) – allocated in 1989 – replaced along Mickleham Road from Yuroke to Greenvale by – concurrencies with: along Kororoit Creek Road through Altona; along Churchill Avenue and Hampstead Road through Maidstone; along Geelong Road through Brooklyn; along Grieve Parade through Altona North: Metro Route 40