This large reserve has a sporting oval, recreational facilities and areas of remnant indigenous vegetation. Its ridge line offers views of Greensborough.
The escarpment overlooking Partingtons Flat, although heavily invaded by exotic shrubs, has many remnants of its pre-European vegetation, including orchids and ferns. Its 2 vegetation communities, grassy dry forest/box-stringybark woodland and herb-rich foothill forest are endangered and threatened. It is managed by Banyule’s Bushland Management Unit.
The reserve is part of a wildlife corridor that follows the Plenty River, and connects Plenty Gorge with the Yarra River. It gives wildlife such as the swamp wallaby food and shelter.
Charles Partington owned the land from the 1870s, and leased it to his brother-in-law Robert Whatmough, whose orchard received prizes for its produce. Many fruit trees remain, estimated to be 100-150 years old. The reserve was created in the 1950s when Heidelberg Council purchased 12 acres of land from the Partington family. It is home to the Diamond Valley United Soccer Club.
Brushtail possum
Eastern blue tongue lizard
Gang gang cockatoo
Laughing kookaburra
Musk lorikeet
Rainbow lorikeet
Sugar glider
Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Tawny frogmouth
Tiliqua scincoides
Callocephalon fimbriatum
Dacelo novaeguineae
Glossopsitta concinna
Trichoglossus moluccanus
Petaurus breviceps
Sulfur-crested cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
Podargus strigoides
Acacia implexa
Bursaria spinosa
Cassinia longifolia
Eucalyptus viminalis
Pimelea humilis
Pterostylis nutans
Tricoryne elatior
Lightwood
Sweet bursaria
Shiny cassinia
Manna gum
Common rice flower
Nodding greenhood
Yellow rush lily
27 Plenty River Drive, Greensborough 3088 View Map
27 Plenty River Drive , Greensborough 3088
What we are doing to protect the bushland habitats that provide refuge for our indigenous biodiversity.