Bellbird Picnic Area

Grey-headed Flying Foxes

After visiting the Boathouse in the vicinity, my wife and I drove to this place to have a look at the bats. The information board at the entrance stated that these creatures are called "Grey-headed...

Bats In The Belfry

There were many Bats but not a Belfrey in sight in this pretty part of the Yarra Bend Park and somewhat ironic on the first day when those imprisoned in Melbourne by a somehat dysfunctional local gove...

Fabulous experience

Maybe the most important thing is to get to the viewing platform just before sunset. We were a little early, not wanting to miss the action, and basically they all hang around doing very little. How...

Lovely Quiet Oasis

This is a quiet picnic area with lots of space on the Yarra river with full facilities( no shops) but plenty of room to spread out and river bank to explore. There is a launching ramp for canoes if y...

Bats and more

So I actually went here on a class trip to do a science experiment (we tested the water quality and it's actually very good considering how close it is to the city so yay). There are bats around, yes ...