Dalvida Reserve
This 2.22 hectare area is primarily a conservation reserve, although it does have open grassy areas, informal walking tracks and seats around the dam. Dogs and cats are restricted from parts of this park, and all dogs must be kept on leash. The reserve is home to some of our largest and most spectacular Red Box Eucalypts. It is managed by the Banyule Bushland Management Unit.
Dogs must be under the effective control with a chain, cord or leash.
Flora and fauna
The reserve's vegetation community is grassy dry forest/box-stringybark woodland, red box dominant, and is regionally threatened. It is home to important vegetation, including the listed red box gum near the reserve's entrance.
There are many orchid species, including leopard orchids, nodding greenhoods, maroonhoods and slender sun orchids. Other flora species include the purple coral pea, foothill yam daisy and the common flat pea.
History
History of this site is unknown, but the reserve has been managed by Banyule City Council since 1994. Prior to then, it was managed by the City of Eltham. The reserve is known to have been used as a chicken farm which explains the dam present on site. The reserve would have been part of the previous farm, likely including the land now occupied by surrounding houses.
Fauna
| Common name |
Scientific name |
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Australian magpie
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Cracticus tibicen
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Australian wood duck
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Chenonetta jubata
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Bushtail possum
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Trichosurus vulpecula |
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Chestnut teal
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Anas castanea
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Common ringtail possum
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Pseudocheirus peregrinus
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Eastern blue tongue lizard
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Tiliqua scincoides
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Laughing kookaburra
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Dacelo novaeguineae
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Long-billed corella
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Cacatua tenuirostris
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Pacific black duck
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Anas superciliosa
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Rainbow lorikeet
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Trichoglossus moluccanus
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Sugar glider
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Petaurus breviceps
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Tawny frogmouth
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Podargus strigoides
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Flora
| Scientific name |
Common name |
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Acacia acinacea
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Gold dust wattle
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Acacia genistifolia
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Spreading wattle
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Acrotriche serrulata
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Honey pots
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Arthropodium strictum
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Chocolate lily
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Bursaria spinosa
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Sweet bursaria
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Clematis microphylla
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Small-leaved clematis
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Dianella revoluta
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Spreading flax lily
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Dichondra repens
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Kidney weed
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Diuris pardina
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Leopard orchid
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Nodding Saltbush
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Nodding saltbush
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Eucalyptus polyanthemos
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Red box gum
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Hardenbergia violacea
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Purple coral pea
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Melicytus dentatus
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Tree violet
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Microseris lanceolaae
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Foothill yam daisy
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Platylobium obtusangulum
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Common flat pea
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Pterostylis nutans
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Nodding greenhood
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Pterostylis pedunculata
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Maroonhoods
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Rytidosperma sp.
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Wallaby grass
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Thelymitra pauciflora
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Slender sun orchid
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Themeda triandra
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Kangaroo grass
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Location
4 Dalvida Court, Eltham North 3095 View Map
-37.696416, 145.138093
4 Dalvida Court ,
Eltham North 3095
4 Dalvida Court ,
Eltham North 3095
Dalvida Reserve