Yallambie Park

The large reserve has a playground and tennis courts as well as an oval that doubles as an enclosed, off-lead dog area. It also has a large, grassy area to the north suitable for picnicking. The Plenty River Trail runs through this large reserve. It also has a longer walking track following the loop of the river past interpretive signs.

The volunteer group Friends of Plenty River help manage bushland areas in Yallambie Park, meeting on the second Sunday of each month. If you are interested in helping out, join the Friends of Plenty River.

History

Before European settlement, the Plenty River was a significant pathway for the Wurundjeri-willam people, for whom it provided water, food, shelter and cultural resources. Records suggest that one of their summer camps was by a deep pool in the river to the north of what is now Yallambie Park. The pool held water even during times of drought.

Yallambie Park has ties to Melbourne’s earliest years of European settlement. John and Robert Bakewell owned and ran Plenty Station on the site in the 1840s. Yallambie Homestead was built on the edge of the Plenty River escarpment between 1872 and 1876 and stands today. Within the park, you can find remnants of early settlement plantings that once surrounded the homestead, including Bunya pine, hoop pine and a stand of unusual, heritage-listed black bamboo.

Tour the park

Flora and fauna

This area of the Plenty River is part of the floodplain riparian woodland vegetation community, listed as endangered. Although highly degraded, the native vegetation of the area is being managed and progressively restored by the Friends of Plenty River with assistance from the Banyule Bushland Management Unit.

The vegetation along the river forms part of an important Plenty River wildlife corridor that connects Plenty and Yarra rivers. Swamp wallabies, echidnas and wombats have all been seen around Yallambie Park, along with many native birds.

Fauna

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Common name	Scientific name
Australian magpie	Cracticus tibicen
Brushtail possum	Trichosulur vulpecula
Common ringtail possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Common wombat	Vombatus ursinus
Eastern blue tongue lizard	Tiliqua scincoides
Eastern brown snake	Pseudonaja textilis
Gang gang cockatoo	Callocephalon fimbriatum
King parrot	Alisterus scapularis
Laughing kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus
Sacred kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus
Sulfur-crested cockatoo	Cacatua galerita
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides

Flora

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Scientific name	Common name
Acacia implexa	Lightwood
Arthropodium strictum	Chocolate lily
Brachyscome multifida	Cut-leaf daisy
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria
Dichondra repens	Kidney weed
Eucalyptus viminalis	Manna gum
Gynatrix pulchella	Hemp bush
Kunzea leptospermoides	Yarra burgan
Lomandra longifolia	Spiny-headed mat rush
Melaleuca ericifolia	Swamp paperbark
Rytidosperma sp.	Wallaby grass
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass
Xerochrysum viscosum	Sticky everlasting

Location

2 Moola Close, Yallambie 3085  View Map

-37.7270847,145.1059159

2 Moola Close , Yallambie 3085

2 Moola Close , Yallambie 3085

Yallambie Park