Climate
The park lies in a rain shadow area. According to records maintained at the Melbourne Airport since 1972, the average annual rainfall in the park area is 580 millimetres (23 in) (occurs during winter and spring). Occasionally, heavy rainfall occurs in the area and one such event caused heavy floods during winter in the flood plains of Maribyrnong, in September 1993, causing loss of vegetation, destroying the viewing platform and also scouring the banks of the creek.
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