Editing Disappointment Reference Area (section)

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'''Disappointment Reference Area''' is a scientific reference area{{what|date=March 2024}} within the Wallaby Creek section of [[Kinglake National Park]].<ref name=PV>{{Citation
 |title       = Wallaby Creek designated water supply catchment area, Kinglake National Park, Management Plan
 |url         = http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources07/07_0190.pdf
 |publisher   = [[Parks Victoria]]
 |date        = August 1998
 |accessdate  = 2011-02-21
 |isbn        = 0-7311-3191-6
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110227104501/http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/resources07/07_0190.pdf
 |archivedate = 2011-02-27
}}
</ref>  It is located in the [[Central Highlands (Victoria)|Central Highlands]] of the [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 50 kilometres northeast of [[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne]].

The Disappointment Reference Area, and the nearby Stony Creek and Joey Creek Reference Areas, are assigned the [[IUCN]] Category Ia (Strict Nature Reserve) and are managed mainly for scientific purposes

It is named after [[Mount Disappointment (Australia)|Mount Disappointment]], which is on the north-western boundary of the area.