Birrarung Marr, Melbourne Birrarung Marr, Melbourne Birrarung Marr is an inner-city park between the central business district in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and the Yarra River. It was opened in 2002. The name means 'river of mists' and 'river bank' in the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people, the Indigenous inhabitants at the time of European settlement of the Melbourne area. The 8 hectare (20 acre) park lies immediately to the south-east of the central business district, between Flinders Street and the north bank of the Yarra River, east of Flinders Street station, and west of Exhibition Street, Batman Avenue and the Rod Laver
Carbunup River, Western Australia the Stinkwood" thicket". Carbunup River, Western Australia Carbunup River is a small town in the South West region of Western Australia. It is situated between Dunsborough and Margaret River on the banks of the Carbunup River. The townsite was declared in 1926 as Carbunup but the name was changed in 1958 to Carbunup River to prevent confusion with the town of Carbarup which is a town located near Mount Barker. The town is named after the Carbunup River, the word Carbunup is Aboriginal in origin and is thought to mean "place of the cormorants" or "place of a kindly stram"