A total fire ban has been declared across Banyule and all other parts of Victoria for today. No fires can be lit or be allowed to remain alight in the open air at any time on 22 February 2025.
This 0.25 hectare reserve has many species for its size. It provides a vital refuge and connection for wildlife to travel between nearby bushland.
No dogs or cats are permitted in this reserve.
This reserve was part of a larger, privately owned parcel of land. In 2000, Council negotiated with the landowner to subdivide the property. A larger than required parcel of land was contributed to us for public space. The reserve, named after the original land owner, contains significant indigenous vegetation, and is now a conservation area managed by Banyule’s Bushland Management Unit.
This reserve is in the Highlands-Southern fall bioregion, and its vegetation community is valley grassy forest-long leaf box candlebark (sheltered footslope).
80 indigenous vegetation species have been recorded, including 2 species considered vulnerable or poorly known.
Australian magpie
Bull ant
Bushtail possum
Common ringtail possum
King parrot
Rainbow lorikeet
Tawny frogmouth
Cracticus tibicen
Myrmecia sp.
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Trichoglossus moluccanus
Podargus strigoides
Acacia genistifolia
Arthropdium strictum
Bossea prostrata
Bulbine bulbosa
Daviesia leptophylla
Dichondra repens
Goodenia blackiana
Hardenbergia violacea
Hovea heterophylla
Thelymitra pauciflora
Wurmbea dioica
Spreading wattle
Arthropodium strictum
Chocolate lily
Bossiaea prostrata
Creeping bossieae
Bulbine lily
Narrow-leaf bitter pea
Kidney weed
Black's goodenia
Purple coral pea
Common hovea
Early nancy
346 St Helena Road, Eltham North 3095 View Map
346 St Helena Road , Eltham North 3095
What we are doing to protect the bushland habitats that provide refuge for our indigenous biodiversity.