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Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
COMMON MILK VINE
(Marsdenia rostrata)
Photo by Pauline Stewart
This robust, twining vine can be identified by its dark-green, opposite leaves, on long leaf
stalks. A milky-white sap comes out if a leaf is broken off which is why, it is commonly called
Milk Vine.
The Common Milk Vine has dark green ovate or oblong leaves which usually have a short,
pointed tip.
The small, fragrant, yellowish flowers are borne in clusters in the forks of the leaves in spring
and summer.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
COMMON REED
(Phragmites australis)
This common reed can be found in most parts of the world where it can form extensive
stands (known as reed beds), which may be as much as 1 square kilometre or more in
extent. Where conditions are suitable it can spread at 5 metres or more per year by
horizontal runners, which put down roots at regular intervals. It can grow in damp ground, in
standing water up to 1 metre or so deep, or even as a floating mat. The erect stems grow to
2–6 metres tall, with the tallest plants growing in areas with hot summers and fertile growing
conditions.
The leaves are long for a grass, 20–50 cm and 2–3 cm broad. The flowers are produced in
late summer in a dense, dark purple panicle, about 20–50 cm long. Later the numerous long,
narrow, sharp pointed spikelets appear greyer due to the growth of long, silky hairs.
It is common in alkaline habitats, and it also tolerates brackish water and so is often found
at the upper edges of estuaries and on other wetlands.
In Eastwood, Phragmites can be seen in the morass area where Granite Creek enters the
Backwater (Clifton Creek).
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
BLACKFELLOW’S HEMP
(Commersonia Fraseri)
Blackfellow’s Hemp is a tall shrub or small tree 3 to 7 m. The large ovate leaves usually have
holes in them and irregularly toothed margins which alternate on brownish furry branchlets.
The underside of the leaf is whitish and covered in a fine fur. Flowering takes place between
September and November. It has small white flowers in showy clusters along brownish furry
stalks.
C. fraseri can be found on slopes or near rivers in East Gippsland and the plants can be seen
along Granite Creek at Eastwood.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
BLUE BOX
(Eucalyptus bauerana)
Eucalyptus bauerana is a moderate size tree which is found scattered throughout the coastal
regions of eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales, with a few occurrences in northern
New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland. Generally it grows on moderately deep, moist
soils, and is usually conspicuous because of its dense, round crown of blue-grey, ovate leaves.
This species is related to the Red Box (E. polyanthemos). It differs from Red Box in having conic
fruits with a very short stalk. It is also consistently rough-barked to the small branches, whereas
red box is often smooth-barked. These two closely related species are readily distinguished by
appearance and habitat.
Mature Blue Box trees may be seen along Granite Creek in Eastwood.
Ref: Stan Kelly ‘Eucalypts’ and Leon Costermans ‘Native Trees and shrubs of South-eastern
Australia’.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
CRIMSON BOTTLEBRUSH
(Callistemon Citrinus)
The Crimson Bottlebrush is a rigid, medium shrub reaching about 2x2 m with an entangled growth
habit. Leaves are alternate, flat, stiff and green on both sides. Young leaves are silky and darken
with age. The crimson flowers famously resemble a brush for cleaning the inside of bottles.
The brilliant flowers of Callistemon citrinus can be seen along Granite Creek, the wetlands, and
parklands of Eastwood from October to December and often in autumn.
This species has been responsible for many of the cultivars that are seen in gardens.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
EASTERN BITTER-BUSH
(Adriana glabrata)
Female
Male
The Eastern Bitter-bush is a 1 – 2m shrub with large dark-green, irregularly toothed and often
tri-lobed leaves. It flowers between November and January. The sexes are on different plants:
the male has spikes 5-25cm long and the female has 3 free, red styles.
Adriana Glabrata belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family. Flowers in this family are always
unisexual, the sexes being on the same or different plants. Individual flowers are often small and
insignificant.
This plant is growing luxuriantly along Tulaba’s Track at Granite Creek.
Ref: Leon Costermans ‘Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia’
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
ELDERBERRY PANAX
(Polyscias sambucifolia)
The Elderberry Panax is a very variable shrub or small tree from 1-6m. It can be found in moist
gullies and sheltered slopes. The leaves have an extreme range of variations: they can be
pinnate (the primary segments of a leaf) or bipinnate or the margins entire or toothed (the photo
shows an entire margin). The leaves form pairs and terminate with one. The Elderberry Panax
has small, yellow-green flowers from November to January followed by a cluster of opalescent
berries.
This plant can be seen along Tulaba’s walking track at Eastwood.
Peregrine Falcons can occasionally be seen hunting over the Eastwood area.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
GIPPSLAND HEMP BUSH
(Gynatrix macrophylla)
This beautiful, soft-leaved tall shrub of 2-4 m. has elongated heart-shaped leaves with crenulated
margins.
The clusters of small white flowers are loosely arranged on hanging clusters during August to
October.
The Gippsland Hemp Bush is a rare plant mostly occurring in eastern Victoria and closely related
to Gynatrix pulchella (Hemp-bush) found from western Victoria to the Blue Mountains.
Specimens of this plant can be observed along Tulaba’s Track at Eastwood.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
GOLDEN TIP
(Goodia lotifolia)
Photo by Pauline Stewart
Golden Tip is a 1-4m high shrub with distinguishing three-leaf clover-like foliage.
Fairly common and widespread liking disturbed ground for germination.
The showy, bright yellow pea-flowers with a dark blotch in the centre are produced
in spring from September to November.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
KANOOKA
(Tristaniposis laurina)
The forest tree Tristaniopsis laurina, commonly known as the Kanooka or Water Gum, belongs
to the Myrtaceae family, and is related to the eucalypts. The species grows from 5 m to 15 m in
height.
It occurs naturally on moist, well-drained sites along the east coast of
Australia, from the Brisbane River in Queensland, through coastal New
South Wales to the Gippsland region of Victoria. It is commonly found
growing along creek banks and in rainforest openings in light shade to
full sunlight. An attractive and compact shade tree in cultivation, T.
laurina has a smooth bark when young, becoming scaly as the tree
matures. The leaves are 5-12 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, glossy dark green
above with a paler under-side, and are alternately placed along the
stems. The flowers are cream to orange-yellow in colour, being produced in short clusters in
January and early February. The individual flowers are about 10 mm in diameter with five small,
rounded petals and stamens united in five groups. The seed capsules are woody, globular in
shape and 6-8 mm in diameter.
Kanooka seedlings have been planted in and beside Granite Creek in Eastwood in 2013.
Ref: notes & map from the Australian National Botanical Gardens
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
MANNA GUM
(Eucalyptus viminalis)
The Manna gum can grow in many different environments so its size and habit can be very
variable depending on its location. It can be very tall, 20 to 50m near mountain streams with
smooth white trunks. The upper bark peels away in long ribbons which collect in the branches
and on the ground. It can also be a medium size tree with a large, open, spreading crown and
dark, rough bark on the trunk, larger limbs and smooth bark on the smaller branches.
The Manna gum is said to hybridise with more than 20 other Eucalypts.
This large old Manna gum is growing in loamy clay and stands on the side of McAuleys Road at
Eastwood. It has an impressive girth of six and a half metres.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
MUSK DAISY-BUSH
(Olearia argophylla)
Musk Daisy-bush in bud
Photo by Pauline Stewart
The Musk Daisy-bush is a tall shrub or small tree usually growing on the edges of rainforest in
south-eastern Victoria, Tasmania and eastern New South Wales. It can be distinguished by its
large dark green, semi-gloss, slightly toothed leaves approx. 6 x 3cm and the silvery-white underside which has raised veins. The crushed leaves have a distinct musk smell.
In spring, the bush is covered with large clusters of small daisy flowers which are creamy-white
with yellow centres.
The Musk Daisy-bush is establishing along Granite Creek.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
NECKLESS FERN
(Asplenium flabellifolium)
Photo by Pauline Stewart
This attractive small fern occurs in all states of Australia. Its natural habitats are in open forest or
rainforest. It is usually on the ground, but sometimes epiphytic. The Necklace fern is often seen
in rock crevices, caves, on fallen logs and tree trunks, beside streams or near cliffs or waterfalls.
The 10 to 20 cm long fronds are in long strands and usually with a long frondless tail with 5 to 20
pairs of pinnae (leaflets), The Necklace fern is now being established in the rainforest beside
Tulaba’s Track.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE
(Lythrum salicaria)
Purple Loosestrife, (Lythrum salicaria) is native not only to Australia but widespread in Europe,
Asia and North America.
The plant has beautiful, clustered light-purple, terminal flowers. Reaching over 2 meters high
the species favours wet situations such as swampy ground and the water's edge, but will persist
in dried-out land and is long lived. In Australia it grows in the eastern states and Tasmania, often
occurring in drifts.
Lythrum salicaria is an easy garden plant, thriving in any soil and generally healthy. It is a
beautiful subject for late summer colour in a border, shrubbery, large pond or slow-moving water.
Unlike many perennials which grow bare in the centre with age, this plant forms a bushy and
well-shaped clump. The tall stems are strong, branching freely, and they tend to curve inwards
in a self-supporting manner. Lateral buds develop while the main spikes are flowering and these
continue the season till near the end of March. The soft, light green foliage often turns red in aging
towards autumn. Top growth dies down for winter.
Propagation is by root division or seed, and self-sown seedlings often appear in open ground. If
desired, cuttings may be taken from non-flowering laterals in midsummer and struck outdoors in
shade. This species is not grown commercially in Australia as often as might be expected, though
in other countries named garden varieties have been grown for years.
These range from white to pink and deep purple, and include double
flowers. Short flower spikes last well as a cut flower in water.
Purple Loosestrife can be seen in flower between January and March at
Tulaba’s Lake in the Eastwood reserve.
Based on text by ANBG staff (1972)
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
RED PASSION-FLOWER
(Passiflora cinnabarina)
Passiflora cinnabarina, the Red Passion Flower can be found in Southeastern Australia and can
get to 35 feet tall on a slim vine.
Like most members of the genus, Passiflora cinnabarina is a tendril climber - it develops
filament-like structures from its stems which attach themselves to branches of other plants, thus
providing support. P.cinnabarina is a vigorous climber with tri-lobed leaves which are dark green
in colour and up to 100 mm long. The red flowers are seen mainly in spring to summer. The
flowers are about 50 mm in diameter and are followed by ovoid, greyish-green fruits about 30 mm
in diameter containing greyish pulp and numerous black seeds. The pulp is edible but not
especially palatable.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
STINKHORN
(Clathrus archeri)
Stinkhorn fungus has bizarre forms accompanied by strong, unpleasant odours. The fruiting
bodies develop in egg-like sacs that are ruptured by the spore-bearing receptacle as it rapidly
expands at maturity. The spore-bearing gleba is a foul-smelling brown slime that is eagerly
consumed by blowflies and other insects. Spores are distributed after passing through the insects.
Clathrus archeri has fruiting bodies to 160mm measured across the 4 to 8 expanded arms that
radiate from a short hollow basal tube.
This fungus has appeared in the moist, mid-summer of 2015 in wood-chip mulch along Tulaba’s
Track in Eastwood. It is forming close groups or appearing alone with the dark brown slime on
the arms attracting swarms of blowflies. The whole mass appears in the morning and has
decayed by the end of the day to be replaced the following day with new fungi.
Ref: A Field Guide to Australian Fungi, by Bruce Fuhrer
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STINKWOOD
(Zieria arborescens)
Photo by Pauline Stewart
This Zieria is a sturdy shrub usually 2-5m high, commonly found in eastern Australia.
It gives off a strong unpleasant odour when handled, hence its common name of Stinkwood.
The leaves are compound, featuring three leaflets between 5 and 9cm long.
A mass of small pinkish/white flowers are produced in August to December making a stunning
display.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
WOOLLY FROGMOUTH
(Philydrum lanugosum)
WOOLLY FROGMOUTH (Philydrum lanugosum) pronounced: fill-ee-drum lan-you-gee-nosun
Woolly Frogmouth is a fleshy-leaved aquatic plant up to 2mt growing on the edges of ponds and
still, shallow water. The yellow flowers with white woolly hairs are on a spike to 60cm.
The flowers resemble the gaping mouth of a frog, hence its common name. They are also great
frog habitat.
The plants distribution is in eastern and northern Australia and its conservation status is vulnerable.
Woolly Frogmouth can be seen flowering in summer on the edges of the waterhole at Granite
Creek, Eastwood.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
YELLOW ELDERBERRY or NATIVE ELDERBERRY
(Sambucus australasica)
The yellow elderberry is a native to eastern Australia and is usually found in and on the edges of
rainforest. The compound leaves have a length of between 6 to 25 cm with three to five leaflets
in a narrow-elliptic shape. The leaves are glossy above, toothed and hairless and a small gland
may be seen at the base of the leaflet.
The shrub is up to four meters tall with scented, creamy yellow flowers from October to March
and followed by yellow, round shaped fruit which are 5mm in diameter.
The Yellow Elderberry can be see along Tulaba’s walking track at Eastwood
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AUSTRALIAN PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY
(Yanessa cardui kershawi)
Photo by George Stewart
Seen in urban areas the migratory Australian Painted Lady Butterfly has pale brown underwings
and a delicate pattern of orange and brown on the upper wings, with tiny blue eyespots on the
hind wings. The sexes are similar in size and coloration but the males having more angular
wings than females.
The Australian Painted Lady feeds on native everlastings and other daisies, as well as the
introduced Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula), Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium) and
Lavender (Lavendula officinalis).
Back in the 1800’s, the Australian Painted Lady was reported to migrate in such great numbers
that they blackened the sky. Trains were unable to get traction because so many butterflies
were resting on the tracks! Such mass migrations have not been reported for some time.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
EASTERN BLUE TONGUE LIZARD
(Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)
The Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard is common throughout eastern Australia and can often be found
in bushland and suburban areas where conditions are suitable. The lizard is known as ‘bluetongue’ because its tongue can range from bright to dark blue and it has a habit of displaying it
prominently and hissing loudly when disturbed. The lizard is stout and slow and grows up to
30-60cm in length with brown to grey scales and a barred pattern across the body and tail. They
give birth to live young from between six to 20 per litter. The young consume the egg sac
immediately after birth. They resemble the adult form closely.
Ref: Wikipedia
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
EASTERN LONG-NECKED TURTLE
(Chelodina longicollis)
The Eastern long-neck's shell can grow to around 25cm in length, with its neck almost the same
length. The upper shell or carapace can vary in colour from reddish-brown to almost black and is
usually covered in algae; the feet have strong claws and are webbed for swimming.
This is an extremely common turtle in eastern Australia; they inhabit almost any type of relatively
slow moving water body from farm dams to major rivers and lakes.
These turtles prey mostly on fish, tadpoles and frogs. The long neck is used like a snake to rapidly
strike at passing prey.
The female lays between 4-20 hard-shelled eggs during spring and early summer in an
excavation in the bank of a swamp or stream. The young tortoises usually hatch after an
incubation time ranging from three to eight months. Some females may produce two or three
clutches in one season.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
METALLIC JEWEL BUG
(Scutiphora pedicellata)
Metallic Jewel Bugs can be found on leaf letter or under bark. They feed on vegetable, garden
plants, trees and fruits. The bugs are metallic green in colour with orange and black patterns on
the back. The underside of their body is bright red and black.
This bug is in the Shield-backed bug family. Shield-backed bugs are plant suckers. They can be
distinguished from other shield bugs by their scutellum (shield like structure) completely covering
the whole abdomen and wings. This is why sometimes they are miss-recognized as beetle. They
are easily distinguished from beetles by having sucking mouthparts and the shield on the back is
continuous, not the divided wing covers with separation at the middle.
These bugs can be observed in foliage in the Eastwood Reserves.
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PERON’S TREE FROG
(Litoria peroni)
Peron’s Tree Frog
photo by Jenni Reside
Peron’s tree frog is sometimes known as the maniacal cackle frog due to its high-pitched cackle.
The frog when living around people’s homes tends to seek out plumbed pipes to live in to amplify
its call.
This usually grey frog can change its colour in less than one hour. It has mottled yellow and black
thighs, armpits and groin. An uncommon characteristic of this frog are the cross-shaped pupils.
The frog’s habitat is very adaptable from wetlands, forests, shrublands and open areas far from
a water source to cities and towns. They can often be seen on windows or near lights at night.
This frog can be heard and observed at Eastwood during spring and early summer.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
SPIDER WASP
(Cryptocheilus sps)
Of the Pompilidae family, Spider Wasps are solitary wasps that prey on spiders and are active
during the summer months. This is a very large black wasp with orange wings and legs and a
broad orange band around its abdomen. A large wasp, females can be 35 mm long. It holds its
wings up when resting but flicks them when it hops and runs about on its long legs. Spider Wasps
are found throughout Australia and can live in urban areas, forests, woodlands, wetlands and
heathlands where they are often seen digging in soft sandy soil, dragging huntsman spiders
along.
The Spider Wasps you are most likely to see and hear are females preparing nest chambers for
their larvae. They dig a burrow using long spines on their front legs, then search rapidly around
tree trunks and on the ground for a spider. On finding a spider, which may be as large as a
huntsman or wolf spider, possibly twice as heavy as itself, the wasp stings and paralyses it, and
then drags or flies it back to the burrow. She then lays an egg on the spider's body and seals it
in a chamber or cell at the end of the burrow. The larva hatches and feeds on the body of the
spider.
Spider Wasps have a potentially painful sting. However they are not aggressive and are
unlikely to use their venom on humans unless extremely provoked. The best advice is to leave
them alone. An ice pack may be used to relieve the pain of the sting. If there is evidence of an
allergic reaction, medical attention should be sought.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
WINGLESS SOLDIER FLY
Female
This species of fly has wingless females and males who can fly. The larvae of a number of
species in this family are found in damp soil or rotting vegetation, and while some species in this
family can cause some problems in crop situations, they are considered harmless in a domestic
situation. When they are in peoples’ gardens the females climb fences or walls and drop their
eggs to the ground. These flies can sometimes emerge from pot plants.
They emerge usually in May from the ground, especially near introduced trees and make long silk
webs (up to 10m) and are airborne on warm windy days. The insect is a species of native fly from
the family Stratiomyidae.
This fly joined us when members were having a morning break at Granite Creek.
Identification and information from: Andrew Bould (Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club)
and the Melbourne Museum Discovery Centre
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BIRD LIST FOR EASTWOOD RESERVES
Australian Magpie
Australian Wood Duck
Australian Hobby
Australian Magpie
Australian White Ibis
Australian Wood Duck
Australasian Grebe
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Swan
Boobook Owl
Brown Goshawk
Buff-banded Rail
Chestnut Teal
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Common Koel
Crake sps
Crested Pigeon
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Great Egret
Eastern Rosella
Eastern Spinebill
Eurasian Coot
Galah
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Golden-headed Cisticola
Golden Whistler
Grey Butcher Bird
Grey Fan-tail
Hardhead Duck
Straw-knecked Ibis
Hoary-headed Grebe
Horsefield Bronze Cuckoo
King Parrot
Large Black Cormorant
Latham’s Snipe
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Black Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Corella
Little Grassbird
Masked Lapwing
Magpie Lark
New Holland Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Pacific Black Duck
Pallid Cuckoo
Peregrine Falcon
Pied Cormorant
Pied Currawong
Purple Swamp Hen
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-browned Finch
Red Wattlebird
Royal Spoonbill
Rufus Whistler
Sacred Kingfisher
Satin Bowerbird
Silvereye
Great Egret
Small Black Cormorant
Small Pied Cormorant
Straw-necked Ibis
Striated Pardalotte
Striated Thornbill
Stubble Quail
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Superb Fairy Wren
Swamp Harrier
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Welcome Swallow
Whistling Kite
White-faced Heron
Willy Wagtail
Yellow Thornbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
INTRODUCED
Black Bird
Common Myna
Common Starling
European Gold Finch
Spotted Dove
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PEREGRINE FALCON
(Falco peregrinus)
Peregrine Falcons are large 35-50 cm, powerfully built raptors (birds of prey), with a black hood,
blue-black upperparts and creamy white chin, throat and underparts, which are finely barred from
the breast to the tail. The long tapered wings have a straight trailing edge in flight and the tail is
relatively short. The eye-ring is yellow, with the heavy bill also yellow, tipped black.
The Peregrine Falcon is found across Australia. It is also found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the
Americas.
The Peregrine Falcon is found in most habitats, from rainforests to the arid zone, and at most
altitudes, from the coast to alpine areas. It requires abundant prey and secure nest sites, and
prefers coastal and inland cliffs or open woodlands near water.
The Peregrine Falcon feeds on small and medium-sized birds, as well as rabbits and other
day-active mammals. It swoops down on its prey from above, catching or stunning it with its
powerfully hooked talons, before grasping and carrying it off to a perch to pluck and eat it. It will
pursue flying birds, being able to fly at speeds of up to 300 km/h, and it soars to a great height in
search of prey. Pairs may hunt co-operatively, with one member, usually the male, scattering a
flock of birds while the other swoops down to attack a particular individual. This co-operative
behaviour is most often observed during the breeding season.
The Peregrine Falcon mates for life and pairs maintain a home range of about 20 km to 30 km
square throughout the year. Rather than building a nest, it lays its eggs in recesses of cliff faces,
tree hollows or in the large abandoned nests of other birds. The female incubates the eggs and
is fed by the male on the nest. When the young have hatched, both parents hunt to provide food.
Young Peregrine Falcons disperse widely, but often return to their original home area to breed
when mature.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
WHISTLING KITE
(Haliastur sphenurus)
Photo by John Saxton, Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club Inc
The Whistling Kite can be identified as a large brown, bird of prey gliding over wetlands, tree tops
or farmland. When observed from below, the outstretched wings have dark widely fingered tips
with a distinctive lighter ‘M’ shape pattern from wing tip to wing tip. The tail is long, plain and a
sandy colour.
The Whistling Kite will call either on the wing or perched with a rapid, sharp, penetrating, carrying
call.
They mainly eat carrion but will take live rabbits, hares, reptiles, birds and insects.
The Whistling Kite can at times be seen soaring over the Eastwood wetlands.
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Superb Fairy-Wren
(Malurus cyaneus)
Photo by Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club Inc
A familiar blue wren of SE Australia this tiny, brilliantly coloured bird can commonly be seen
from major cities and country towns to bushland settings wherever there is sufficient close
cover for them to protect themselves from predators.
Quite often heard first by their vigorous trill they can then be seen dashing between shrubs
usually in family groups looking for insects. The dull brown of the females and immature
males are eclipsed by the brilliant iridescent blues on the head, back and breast of the males
in breeding plumage.
Look out for these brilliant little birds along Tulaba’s Track.
Flora and Fauna of Eastwood
FROG LIST FOR EASTWOOD RESERVES
Peron’s Tree Frog
Pobblebonk Frog
Southern (Ewing’s) Tree Frog
Whistling (Verreaux’s) Tree Frog
Peron’s Tree Frog
Pobblebonk (Banjo) Frog
Spotted Marsh Frog
Striped Marsh Frog
Common Froglet
Southern Tree Frog
Litoria ewingi
Litoria verreauxi
Litoria peroni
Limnodynastes dumerili
Limnodynastes tasmaniensis
Limnodynastes peroni
Crinia signifer
Whistling Tree Frog