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The area surrounding Turtons Creek is home to Swamp Wallabies, Wombats, Platypus, Ringtail Possums, Bush Rats, and Swamp Rats. Birds to look out for include Lyrebirds, Currawongs, Magpies, Kookaburras, Crimson Rosellas and Blue Wrens.
The picturesque drive to Turtons Creek Reserve winds down gullies, through wet forests of tall gums and wattles atop a forest floor of ferns and tree ferns. The area is dominated by the majestic Mountain Ash and Blackwoods, with Rough Tree-fern and Smooth Tree-fern along the creek.
Arriving at the waterfalls, you can relax and enjoy a picnic while watching the falls trickle down in summer or wildly cascade following heavy rainfall. For the more energetic, a walking track runs beside the creek for 500 metres, toward the camping area.
Campers should be self-sufficient and bring their own firewood and drinking water. Gas or fuel stoves are preferred as they reduce the environmental impacts. As there are no toilets provided, please bury your waste at least 50 metres away from the camp area and/or creek.
Recreational fishing can be enjoyed in Turtons Creek with the streams of the southern Strzelecki offering trout, blackfish and eel. A recreational fishing licence is required to take fish (including bait and shellfish) in all Victorian marine, estuary and freshwaters. The Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide specifies bag limits and seasons …
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03 May 2012
Around 75 volunteers joined with staff from Parks Victoria and the Mornington Peninsula Shire recently, Saturday 14 April, for a major onslaught on invasive weeds at McLarens Dam at Arthurs Seat. The community working bee was part of the Victorian Government’s Urban Fringe Weed Management Initiative, to control weeds on public …