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

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Common name	Scientific name
Australian magpie	Cracticus tibicen
Brushtail possum	Trichosurus vulpecula
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 acinacea	Gold dust wattle
Acacia paradoxa	Kangaroo thorn
Bulbine bulbosa	Bulbine lily
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria
Dianella revoluta	Spreading flax-lily
Dichondra repens	Kidney weed
Nodding Saltbush	Nodding saltbush
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River red gum
Kunzea leptospermoides	Yarra burgan
Rytidosperma sp.	Wallaby grass

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