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Vegetation
Upper Yarra Reservoir Park has a vast range of indigenous eucalypt species which include:
- Manna Gum
- Grey Gum
- Messmate
- Peppermint
- Silvertop
- Stringybark
- Candlbark Gum
- Wattle Silver
- Cinnamon and Myrtle Wattle
- Prickly Currant bush
- Common Ground-fern
- Rough Tree-fern.
There are many other indigenous species including grevilleas and banksias. The park also has West Australian flowering gums and numerous exotic species such as pinoaks, English oaks, Italian poplars, white poplars, golden elm, European ash, also coniferous trees such as Douglas Firs, California Redwoods, Golden Monterey Cypress and Himalayan Cedar and Colorado Spruce.
Animals
Discover Upper Yarra Reservoir Park's nightlife on a spotlight forest walk. At dusk join your experienced local guide who knows the hiding places of animals such as Greater Gliders, Sugar Gliders, wombats, Swamp Wallabies, possums, bats, Samba Deer, owls, fish and kookaburras. Night walks are available throughout the year, weather permitting.
Visitor experiences
A Big Thank You to Alpine Track Volunteers
08 May 2013
Parks Victoria is thanking its many volunteer groups across the state during National Volunteer Week, 13-19 May. Around 200 volunteer and Friends groups donate their time and energy to Victorian parks, reserves, and marine sanctuaries throughout the year. Last year they contributed over 20,000 days of unpaid work. The figure for this …