Time in the bush
  • Home
  • Places in the bush
    • Anglesea
    • Badger Weir
    • Banyule Flats Reserve
    • Big Punchbowl, Tasmania
    • Braeside Park
    • The Briars, Mount Martha
    • Brisbane Ranges
    • Bunyip State Park
    • Chiltern-Mt Pilot
    • Coolart Wetlands
    • Eynesbury Forest
    • Grampians Gariwerd >
      • MEG Conservation Co-operative
    • Hartz Mountains National Park
    • Jingellic NSW >
      • Jingellic Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
      • Jingellic Dec 2013 - Jan 2014
    • Karkarook Park
    • Lillydale Lake
    • Linton-Piggoreet area
    • Lower Glenelg National Park
    • Lower Longley, Tasmania
    • Lysterfield Park
    • Maroondah Reservoir Park
    • Melbourne suburban garden >
      • Melbourne suburban garden notes
    • Mill Park Lakes
    • Mount Paris Dam, north-east Tasmania
    • Mount Rothwell
    • Mount St Leonard
    • Mud Islands >
      • Mud Islands 2016
      • Mud Islands 2014
      • Mud Islands 2012
    • Newport Lakes
    • Phillip Island
    • Pinkerton Forest and Mulla Mulla Grassland
    • Point Cook Coastal Park
    • Pound Bend Reserve
    • Ruffey Lake Park
    • Sherbrooke Forest
    • Snape Reserve Dimboola
    • Westerfolds Park
    • Western Treatment Plant
    • Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe, Victoria
    • Woomargama National Park
    • Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve >
      • Yellingbo 2017
      • Yellingbo 2013
      • Yellingbo 2011-12
      • Helmeted Honeyeater
    • You Yangs >
      • You Yangs 2016
      • You Yangs 2015
      • You Yangs 2014
      • You Yangs 2013
      • You Yangs 2012 and earlier
      • You Yangs plants
  • Habitats
    • Beaches
  • Themes
    • Animal interactions
    • Birds and water
    • Cloud
    • Spring
  • Trip reports
    • Melbourne to Flinders Ranges
  • Contact
  • Links
  • Redbubble shop

Maroondah Reservoir Park, near Healesville, Victoria

Maroondah Reservoir Park, next to Maroondah Reservoir, is a mix of natural bushland, lawns and exotic garden. The surrounding Maroondah Water Catchment area is a source of drinking water for parts of Melbourne. Information about the park is available at http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/maroondah-reservoir-park. Further details and maps can be found at http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/315781/Park-note-Maroondah-Reservoir-Park.pdf  and at http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/315630/Park-note-Yarra-Ranges-NP-Healesville-Area.pdf. The latter includes information on other nearby places of interest. Details about the Reservoir and rainfall are at http://www.melbournewater.com.au/waterdata/waterstorages/Pages/%2Fwhatwedo%2Fsupply-water%2Freservoirs%2FPages%2FMaroondah-Reservoir.aspx. 
The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation are the original inhabitants of this area. Their ancestry and ownership covers tens of thousands of years. A lengthy article about the history of the Reservoir and the Park from the late 1800s onwards, including the planning and the construction of the dam and the ornamental garden is at 
http://prov.vic.gov.au/publications/provenance/provenance2014/maroondah-reservoir-park. 
Activities at the park include picnicking, using the facilities provided; walking along the various tracks, in both the natural and the ornamental-garden settings; and bird watching. 

The above photo shows part of Maroondah Reservoir from the top of its broad wall.


June 2015

Members of BirdLife Yarra Valley visited the park on 13 June 2015.
Picture
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos were waiting near the car park, expecting to be fed by human visitors.
The practice is not encouraged because of health risks to the birds. I believe it is illegal.
However, people continue to do it. They enjoy the activity and the birds seem happy to oblige.

Picture
This female Australian King-Parrot foraged for seeds in an exotic tree near the main car park.  
Picture
This male Australian King-Parrot perched in a tree in the sunshine.
Picture
Male Common Bronzewing sunning himself on a pleasant winter's day.

August 2012

These photos were taken on a wet winter day during a visit to the park by BirdLife Yarra Valley.
Picture
Picture

 

Male (left) and female (above) Australian King-Parrots. 

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.