 The river flows north through swampland before heading west, transversed by the Henty Highway, and then south where the river is impounded by the Rocklands Reservoir, formed by a concretewalled gravity dam with embankment sections constructed in 1953.The reservoir has a maximum capacity of .Leaving the dam wall, the river flows west through state forestry areas towards , where the river is joined by the Salt, Mather, Yarramyljup, and Schofield Creeks, flowing to the east, north, then west of Balmoral, through the settlement of , where the river is met by another creek, also called Salt Creek.