Glendale Reserve (Eltham North)

Glendale Reserve is a small 0.3 hectare reserve which is comprised of bushland, a large grassy area and a playground. A small area to the west of the reserve near has a significant stand of indigenous vegetation that provides an important refuge.

Activities in the park include walking/bike trails and wildlife observation.

History

Prior to residential development in the early 1970s, the reserve was part of a larger area of bushland with diverse flora and fauna.

Flora and Fauna

Glendale Reserve falls within the highlands-southern fall bioregion, and is represented by grassy dry forest/box, stringybark woodland-red box (hill-slope), valley grassy forest and long-leaf box-candlebark (sheltered footslope).