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The Nit

Location RHYLL VIC 3923 - Property No L10069 File Number L10069 Level Regional

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Statement of Significance

Small embayment of salt marsh and mangroves, with sand dunes on northern side. Southern side, fluriatite deposits or cliff of felspathic grit, ankoses and mudstone. Marsh provides habitat for large number of aquatic birds.
Sand dunes carry mature stand of Coastal Tea-tree and Coastal Banksia with associated coastal shrubs. Apart from the similar floristic community at Sandy Point, this stand is the best preserved in the Mornington Peninsula-Western Port region (other stands may be present on French Island).
Landscape values considerable near Rhyll but decrease on lower land.