The Reserve, Flora and Fauna
Damper Creek Conservation Reserve
About the reserve
Damper Creek Reserve, Mt Waverley (Melway 61 D11) – view on Google Maps.
Parking is available at the Park Road carpark, or Park Road, or Norman Court or at the Stephensons Road carpark.
The reserve features:
- 11 hectares of natural bush setting
- Walking track
- Playground (at Park Rd)
- Wheelchair access available from the Stephensons Rd Carpark (pathway 70m north). (The south entrance in Park Rd, although steeper, may be suitable for experienced users.)
- On-leash Dog walking within the Reserve and two designated off-leash areas provided – please see signage and Monash Council Website: https://www.monash.vic.gov.au/Residents-Property/Animals/Animal-Regulations/Off-leash-areas-for-dogs/Dog-off-leash-areas-map
Park-Friendly Behaviour
While you are visiting the park, we ask you to follow a few basic rules:
- Please carry a plastic bag to collect doggie doings to be disposed of in the bins at the park entrances or taken home with you
- Dogs must be on-lead when walking through the Reserve and within 200m of the playground. The exception is within the two designated off leash areas.
- Cats must not be brought into Damper Creek Reserve
- Keep to designated tracks to prevent damage to plants, erosion and encouragement of weed growth
- Please do not feed ducks or other birdlife. Bread and other scraps attract rats and can cause nutrient build-up and algae growth
- Please take your litter home with you
Brochure
Download a PDF brochure outlining the features of Damper Creek Reserve.
Flora
Damper Creek has two vegetation communities:
Grassy Forest
Swampy Riparian Complex
Australian Native Plant Society
Greening Australia
www.monash.vic.gov.au to download or view the “Gardens for Wildlife Program Booklet”
Fauna
Damper Creek is of Regional Zoological Significance with 15 significant species either occurring or having at least a moderate likelihood of regular occurrence
Photo gallery from Jill Anderson
Habitat
Despite its highly developed urban context, Damper Creek is a regionally significant refuge for fauna providing high quality habitat. The restored vegetation represents some of the best examples of revegetation, and together with remnant vegetation, provides a diversity of micro-habitats.
Damper Creek provides abundant foraging, nesting and perching substrate for a variety of native wildlife. The age of the trees is generally young but there is an abundance of older hollow-bearing eucalypts and stags (dead trees) and provision of artificial nest boxes has provided nesting opportunities for hollow-dependent vertebrates.
www.monash.vic.gov.au
Search for: Urban Biodiversity Strategy 2018 – 2028, “Connecting the Community with Nature”