Where is Wellington?
Wellington is a town in inland NSW on the junction of the Macquarie and Bell rivers. It lies about 50 km south-east of Dubbo. Nearby, the limestone Wellington Caves are an important geological site.
Research is being undertaken at the new Wellington Research Station near to Wellington itself, at the Wellington Caves, and at Baldry, in the nearby Goobang National Park.
The Wellington Research Station site lies on land owned by the University of NSW and is situated at the margin of two rainfall belts to the north. The area is underlain by several different types of fractured rock.
Why is this location important?
Less is known about the groundwater resources available in fractured rocks than practically any other aquifer system, yet fractured rocks cover approximately 20% of the world and approximately one third of all bores drilled in Australia are into fractured rock systems.
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