Creek Bend Reserve

This 5.6 hectare linear reserve runs beside Banyule Creek. It has large river red gums, and is part of an important wildlife corridor for rainbow lorikeets, tawny frogmouths and other animals.

History

Creek Bend Reserve was originally intended to be a freeway reserve, and was once a weedy landscape with little community access. Banyule's Bushland Management Unit has controlled many noxious weeds at this site, and the reserve is now accessible by a trail.

Flora and fauna

The reserve is in the Gippsland Plain bioregion, and has many vegetation communities, including: creekline grassy woodland - river red gum (creek), plains grassy woodland - river red gum (exposed plain - slope) and plains grassy woodland - river red gum (terrace/valley).

Fauna

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Common name	Scientific name
Australian magpie	Cracticus tibicen
Common ringtail possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus
Sulfur-crested cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides

Flora

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Scientific name	Common name
Acacia melanoxylon	Blackwood
Acacia paradoxa	Kangaroo thorn
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria
Dianella revoluta	Spreading flax lily
Chenopodium nutans	Nodding saltbush
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River red gum
Kunzea leptospermoides	Yarra burgan
Melicytus dentatus	Tree violet
Rytidosperma sp.	Wallaby grass
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass

Location

111 Banyule Road, Rosanna 3084  View Map

-37.738854, 145.080219

111 Banyule Road , Rosanna 3084

111 Banyule Road , Rosanna 3084

Creek Bend Reserve