Rivergum Walk
This linear 3.42 hectare reserve runs from Viewbank to Heidelberg. A shared bike and walking trail runs through the centre, following the path of Banyule Creek, and connects with a many trails along the Yarra River, including the Main Yarra Trail.
History
The River Red Gum was an important tree for Indigenous Australians. They were used as a food source, as corroboree or canoe trees, for containers and clubs, and the tree’s gum was used to treat burns and diarrhoea.
Flora and fauna
The reserve is in the Gippsland Plain bioregion, and has 2 vegetation communities: plains grassy woodland–river red gum (exposed plain–slope) and plains grassy woodland-river red gum (terrace/valley). It is managed by the Banyule's Bushland Management Unit.
The remnant river red gum trees provide wildlife with a corridor linking Creek Bend Reserve and River Gum Walk to Banyule Flats Reserve and the Warringal Parklands.
Fauna
Common name |
Scientific name |
Australian magpie
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Cracticus tibicen
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Brushtail possum
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Trichosurus vulpecula |
Common ringtail possum
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Pseudocheirus peregrinus
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Rainbow lorikeet
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Trichoglossus moluccanus
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Sulfur-crested cockatoo
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Cacatua galerita
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Tawny frogmouth
|
Podargus strigoides
|
Flora
Scientific name |
Common name |
Acacia acinacea
|
Gold dust wattle
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Acacia paradoxa
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Kangaroo thorn
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Bulbine bulbosa
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Bulbine lily
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Bursaria spinosa
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Sweet bursaria
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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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Nodding Saltbush
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Nodding saltbush
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Eucalyptus camaldulensis
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River red gum
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Kunzea leptospermoides
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Yarra burgan
|
Rytidosperma sp.
|
Wallaby grass
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Location
80-90 Banyule Road, Heidelberg 3084 View Map
-37.746208, 145.080183
80-90 Banyule Road ,
Heidelberg 3084
80-90 Banyule Road ,
Heidelberg 3084
Rivergum Walk