Bungalook Reserve
Bungalook Conservation Reserve is a conservation area of state level significance located on Tereddan Drive in Kilsyth South.
The reserve is home to expansive bushland, wetlands, wildlife and walking tracks with great views of the Dandenong Ranges.
The reserve can be accessed from Tereddan Drive, Chandra Avenue, Ormond Place and Regency Drive.
Bungalook Reserve
7 Tereddan Drive
Kilsyth South
VIC 3137
Flora
Bungalook Conservation Reserve consists of Valley Heathy Forest, Plains Grassy Wetland, Swamp Scrub, Wetland Formation and Swampy Riparian Woodland.
The following list represents some of the common and some of the rare and significant (*) plants found in the reserve.
Upper storey
- Mealy Stringybark – Eucalyptus cephalocarpa
- Narrow-leaf Peppermint – Eucalyptus radiata
- Messmate – Eucalyptus obliqua
- Swamp Gum – Eucalyptus ovata
- Bundy – Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Middle storey
- Prickly Moses - Acacia verticillata
- Tree Everlasting - Ozothamnus ferrugineus
- Narrow-leaf Wattle – Acacia mucronata
- Silver Banksia – Banksia marginata*
- Drooping Cassinia – Cassinia arcuata
- Prickly Currant Bush- Coprosma quadrifida
- Yellow Hakea – Hakea nodosa*
- Furze Hakea – Hakea ulcina*
- Snowy Daisy Bush – Olearia lirata
- Prickly Tea-tree - Leptospermum continentale
Lower storey
- Purple Coral-pea - Hardenbergia violacea
- Common Flat-Pea - Platylobium obtusangulum
- Common Rice-Flower - Pimelia humilis
- Common Hovea – Hovea linearis
- Tall Lobelia - Lobelia gibbosa
- Prickly Geebung – Persoonia juniperina
- Shrubby Fireweed - Senecio minimus
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
- Thatch Saw-sedge - Gahnia radula
- Purple-sheathed Tussock-grass - Poa ensiformis*
- Club Rush - Isolepis platycarpa*
- Rapier-sedge - Lepidosperma filiforme*
- Many-flowered Mat-rush - Lomandra multiflora*
Lilies and Orchids
- Kilsyth Spider Orchid – Caladenia sp. aff. venusta*
- Black-tongue Caladenia - Caladenia congesta*
- Pale Grass-lily – Caesia parviflora*
- Tasman Flax-lily – Dianella tasmanica
- Bronze Caladenia - Caladenia iridescens*
- Copper Beard-orchid - Calochilus campestris*
- Purplish Beard-orchid - Calochilus robertsonii*
- Red Beard-orchid - Calochilus paludosus*
Fauna
Birds
- Black-fronted Plover - Zonifer tricolor
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus funereus
- Scarlet Robin - Petroica boodang
- Striated Thornbill - Acanthiza lineata
- White-throated Treecreeper - Cormobates leucophaea
- Brown-headed Honeyeater - Melithreptus brevirostris
Mammals
- Sugar Glider - Petaurus breviceps
- Echidna - Tachyglossus aculaeatus
- Common Brushtail Possum – Trichosurus vulpecula
- Common Ringtail Possum - Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Amphibians and reptiles
- Striped Marsh Frog - Limnodynastes peronii
- White-lipped Snake - Drysdalia coronoides
- Weasel Skink - Saproscincus mustelinus
Friends of Bungalook Conservation Reserve
If you would like to get involved or would like more information, please refer to our Community Groups listing or contact Team Leader Bushland, Maroondah City Council on (03) 9294 5677.