Darebin Creek Reserve

The Darebin Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians. It follows Darebin Creek through the inner and outer northern suburbs of Melbourne. Banyule’s Bushland Management Unit manages 8km of the park. Council shares the management of this water course with Melbourne Water, Darebin Council and Darebin Creek Management Committee. The reserve forms an important wildlife corridor connecting the Upper Darebin Creek in Whittlesea to the Yarra River.

If you are interested in helping out, join the Friends of Darebin Creek.

History

European style agriculture in the Darebin Creek valley provided food for Melbourne residents during the 1800s and early 1900s. A government surveyor investigated the Darebin Creek area in 1837, declaring land to the east of the creek Keelbundoora, and to the west, Jika Jika (both local Aboriginal names). The two sides of the creek were developed separately as government orders prevented land grants on both sides of a watercourse.

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Flora and fauna

This stretch of the Darebin Creek is in the Victorian Volcanic Plains bioregion, and has many ecological vegetation communities listed as endangered under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Its vegetation communities are escarpment shrubland, riparian woodland/stream bank shrub land mosaic and plains grassland.

The trail is lined with indigenous plants, including austral indigo, cut-leaf daisy and common everlasting.

Fauna

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Common name	Scientific name
Australian magpie	Cracticus tibicen
Brown goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus
Brushtail possum	Trichosurus vulpecula
Common ringtail possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Eastern blue tongue lizard	Tiliqua scincoides
Eastern brown snake	Pseudonaja textilis
Laughing kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Magpie lark	Grallina cyanoleuca
Musk lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna
Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus
Sacred kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus
Spotted pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus
Sugar glider	Petaurus breviceps
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides
Tiger snake	Notechis scutatus
Willie wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys

Flora

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Scientific name	Common name
Acacia melanoxylon	Blackwood
Acacia paradoxa	Kangaroo thorn
Acacia pycnantha	Golden wattle
Acacia verticillata	Prickly moses
Brachyscome multifida	Cut-leaf daisy
Carpobrotus modestus	Inland pigface
Chloris truncata	Windmill grass
Chrysocephalum apiculatum	Common everlasting
Clematis microphylla	Small-Leaved clematis
Correa glabra	Rock correa
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River red gum
Goodenia ovata	Hop goodenia
Gynatrix pulchella	Hemp bush
Indigofera australis	Austral indigo
Kunzea leptospermoides	Yarra burgan
Lomandra longifolia	Spiny-headed mat rush
Pelargonium australe	Austral stork's bill

Location

Liberty Parade, Heidelberg West 3081  View Map

-37.749930, 145.032577

Liberty Parade , Heidelberg West 3081

Liberty Parade , Heidelberg West 3081

Darebin Creek Reserve