Buayanyup River
The headwaters of the river rise in the Whicher Range and flow north crossing the Bussell Highway near Vasse before discharging into Geographe Bay near Abbey about 8 kilometres (5Â mi) west of Busselton.[3] The river has three main tributaries of Dawson Gulley, Ironstone Gully and the other is not named.[5] The river flows through agricultural land that is predominantly used for raising beef and dairy cattle and to a lesser degree plantation timber and viticulture.The area has been settled since 1834 when the Bussell family established a cattle station along the Vasse River.The name of the river was first recorded by a surveyor in 1839 and is Aboriginal in origin but its meaning is unknown.