 From its highest point, the river descends over its meandering course.The river is crossed by the Glenelg Highway west of Scarsdale and the Hamilton Highway at Cressy, and McMillans Bridge on the Rokewood-Skipton Road between Rokewood and Werneth.In the Australian Aboriginal Wathawurrung language different sections of the river are given two names, Wurdi-yaluk or sometimes "Wurdi-yaluk gundidj", meaning "big creek"; and Currarerer, with no defined meaning.