Dalvida Reserve

This 2.22 hectare area is primarily a conservation reserve, although it does have open grassy areas, informal walking tracks and seats around the dam. Dogs and cats are restricted from parts of this park, and all dogs must be kept on leash. The reserve is home to some of our largest and most spectacular Red Box Eucalypts. It is managed by the Banyule Bushland Management Unit.

Dogs must be under the effective control with a chain, cord or leash.

Flora and fauna

The reserve's vegetation community is grassy dry forest/box-stringybark woodland, red box dominant, and is regionally threatened. It is home to important vegetation, including the listed red box gum near the reserve's entrance.

There are many orchid species, including leopard orchids, nodding greenhoods, maroonhoods and slender sun orchids. Other flora species include the purple coral pea, foothill yam daisy and the common flat pea.

History

History of this site is unknown, but the reserve has been managed by Banyule City Council since 1994. Prior to then, it was managed by the City of Eltham. The reserve is known to have been used as a chicken farm which explains the dam present on site. The reserve would have been part of the previous farm, likely including the land now occupied by surrounding houses.

Fauna

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Common name	Scientific name
Australian magpie	Cracticus tibicen
Australian wood duck	Chenonetta jubata
Bushtail possum	Trichosurus vulpecula
Chestnut teal	Anas castanea
Common ringtail possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Eastern blue tongue lizard	Tiliqua scincoides
Laughing kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae
Long-billed corella	Cacatua tenuirostris
Pacific black duck	Anas superciliosa
Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus
Sugar glider	Petaurus breviceps
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides

Flora

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Scientific name	Common name
Acacia acinacea	Gold dust wattle
Acacia genistifolia	Spreading wattle
Acrotriche serrulata	Honey pots
Arthropodium strictum	Chocolate lily
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria
Clematis microphylla	Small-leaved clematis
Dianella revoluta	Spreading flax lily
Dichondra repens	Kidney weed
Diuris pardina	Leopard orchid
Nodding Saltbush	Nodding saltbush
Eucalyptus polyanthemos	Red box gum
Hardenbergia violacea	Purple coral pea
Melicytus dentatus	Tree violet
Microseris lanceolaae	Foothill yam daisy
Platylobium obtusangulum	Common flat pea
Pterostylis nutans	Nodding greenhood
Pterostylis pedunculata	Maroonhoods
Rytidosperma sp.	Wallaby grass
Thelymitra pauciflora	Slender sun orchid
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass

Location

4 Dalvida Court, Eltham North 3095  View Map

-37.696416, 145.138093

4 Dalvida Court , Eltham North 3095

4 Dalvida Court , Eltham North 3095

Dalvida Reserve