Belmont Bush Reserve

This 1.02 hectare reserve has many important flora and fauna species. It is one of a number of isolated reserves within Montmorency that form a habitat corridor. There are mown areas by the entrance at Belmont Crescent and along the reserve’s top ridge.

The reserve is managed by Banyule's Bushland Management Unit with help from local volunteers. If you are interested in helping out, join the Friends of Montmorency Bushlands.

History

Belmont Reserve was once part of the Quinn Estate, and was later divided between the Guymers (Guymer Court), Macdonalds and an unknown family.

According to the Metropolitan Planning Scheme (1954), 2.08 acres of the estate was to be reserved as open space. Eltham Shire Council reviewed its open space requirements for the estate in 1979, a time when much of the land was owned by the council. It considered 2.08 acres too large for open space from a planning and financial perspective.

A subdivision was drawn up, with a request to re-zone 17 allotments from open space to residential. A small triangular area became Belmont Reserve.

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Flora and fauna

The vegetation is valley grassy forest and yellow box, and is listed as regionally threatened. It lies within the highlands–southern fall bioregion.

The reserve has 2 conservation areas where mowing is restricted and the flora is allowed to grow. There are many significant species, including greenhood orchids and other rare and threatened species.

Fauna

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Common name	Scientific name
Australian magpie	Cracticus tibicen
Brushtail possum	Trichosurus vulpecula
Common ringtail possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Eastern blue tongue lizard	Tiliqua scincoides
Musk lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna
Sugar glider	Petaurus breviceps
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides

Flora

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Scientific name	Common name
Acacia acinacea	Gold dust wattle
Arthropodium strictum	Chocolate lily
Bossiaea prostrata	Creeping bossieae
Brachyscome multifida	Cut-leaf daisy
Bulbine bulbosa	Bulbine lily
Bursaria spinosa	Sweet bursaria
Dianella amoena	Matted flax lily
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow box
Goodenia blackiana	Black's goodenia
Pterostylis curta	Blunt greenhood
Rytidosperma sp.	Wallaby grass
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass
Tricoryne elatior	Yellow rush lily

Location

25 Belmont Crescent, Montmorency 3094  View Map

-37.7209074,145.1320164

25 Belmont Crescent , Montmorency 3094

25 Belmont Crescent , Montmorency 3094

Belmont Bush Reserve