Mirrool Creek



Mirrool Creek, a watercourse that is part of the Lachlan sub-catchment of the Murrumbidgee catchment in the Murray–Darling basin, is in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The course of the Mirrool Creek is indefinite at various locations.

Course and features
Mirrool Creek (technically a river ) rises in the Ingalba Nature Reserve, about 15 km west by south of the town of, sourced by runoff from the Great Dividing Range. The creek flows generally north northwest, west, north by west, and west again for approximately 115 km, joined by four minor tributaries, before becoming indefinite approximately 3 km south southwest of. The Mirrool Creek rises again approximately 20 km east of and flows for approximately 75 km west southwest, and to the south of, ,  and Griffith, before heading northwest by north and flowing into the Barren Box Swamp, where the creek does not drain above the land surface. The Mirrool Creek rises again southwest of the village of and flows west and then west southwest, joined by one minor tributary, before reaching its confluence with the Lachlan River, north northwest of the town of. The creek descends 191 m over the entire 264 km course.

The creek is crossed by the Newell Highway at the locality of and at the town of ; the Kidman Way south of Hanwood and north of Darlington Point; the Mid-Western Highway northeast of Hay; and the Cobb Highway northwest of Hay.