Leap into Nature
  • Home
  • Links
  • About us
  • Citizen Science
  • Junior Nature Club
  • Nature Workshops
  • Testimonials
  • Frogs for Life
  • Blog

25/4/2016

Bush Trackers @ Blackburn Lake Sanctuary

0 Comments

Read Now
 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Howdy Bush Trackers!
Why not get out this long weekend and explore the bush..? A lovely little pocket of nature in suburbia is Blackburn Lake Sanctuary. Blackburn Lake Sanctuary is one of the few significant remaining natural bushland reserves in Melbourne and the best-known bushland park in the City of Whitehorse. The entrance is located on Central Road in Blackburn. Very easy walking, with tracks suitable for prams or nice and flat for walking with babies in a carrier. You will traverse through some lovely bushland with many different birds to tune your ears in to. There are ponds to listen for frog choruses - yes some frogs do call in winter and during the day!
You will come across Blackburn Lake, which has a nice variety of waterbirds, like Pelicans, Cormorants, Pacific Black Ducks, Eurasian Coots and others you may see the odd turtle too!
The walk around the lake - also known as the Lakeside circuit - is a fair distance, but you can take a few short cuts to just do half the lake.  See the website below for some maps and things to do. There is a Visitor Education Centre at the Sanctuary, check the website for activities and when they are open. There is a playground, toilets and picnic tables too.
http://blackburnlakesanctuary.org/
Enjoy the fresh air, natural loose materials for your kids to enjoy and time together in nature.
Other activities happening outside can also be found here at the Active in Parks website: http://activeinparks.org/find-an-activity/

Share

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

Details

      Sign up to Leap into Nature

    Submit

    Author

    Christina Renowden
    Mother
    Zoologist
    Science Communicator

    Junior Nature Club
    Nature Trackers School Holiday Program
    ​Nature Education Programs
    ​
    Kinder and Primary School

    Archives

    August 2019
    August 2017
    November 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014

    RSS Feed

Picture
© Leap into Nature COPYRIGHT 2020.
​ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Home
  • Links
  • About us
  • Citizen Science
  • Junior Nature Club
  • Nature Workshops
  • Testimonials
  • Frogs for Life
  • Blog