Lake Parramatta Reserve (Greater Western Sydney)
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New South Wales /
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Greater Western Sydney
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Lake Parramatta Reserve is a 73-hectare (180-acre) bushland and parkland reserve located within two kilometres of the Parramatta CBD. The original function of the reserve was to protect the water quality in the Lake as it was Parramatta’s water supply until 1909. The bushland is now recognised as one of the most significant and beautiful bushland remnants in western Sydney.
Lake Parramatta Reserve is the largest bushland remnant surviving in the Parramatta LGA. The bushland is representative of the shale/sandstone environment occurring between the Cumberland Plain and the Hornsby Plateau consequently it has a high level of biodiversity and is regionally significant.
In surveys undertaken in 1990 and 2001 there were 56 species of native birds, 7 species of reptile, 5 frog species and 10 native species of mammal, plus several exotic species of birds and mammals. Epacris purpurescens, Eastern Free-tail bat, Greater Broad-nosed Bat and Grey-headed Flying Fox are endangered plants and animals in the reserve. Regularly sighted in the reserve are Lace monitors, Sugar gliders, Water dragons (photo below) and a profusion of wild flowers.
refer: www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/86...
refer: www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/IgnitionSuite/uploads/docs/The_...
Lake Parramatta Reserve is the largest bushland remnant surviving in the Parramatta LGA. The bushland is representative of the shale/sandstone environment occurring between the Cumberland Plain and the Hornsby Plateau consequently it has a high level of biodiversity and is regionally significant.
In surveys undertaken in 1990 and 2001 there were 56 species of native birds, 7 species of reptile, 5 frog species and 10 native species of mammal, plus several exotic species of birds and mammals. Epacris purpurescens, Eastern Free-tail bat, Greater Broad-nosed Bat and Grey-headed Flying Fox are endangered plants and animals in the reserve. Regularly sighted in the reserve are Lace monitors, Sugar gliders, Water dragons (photo below) and a profusion of wild flowers.
refer: www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/86...
refer: www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/IgnitionSuite/uploads/docs/The_...
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Coordinates: 33°47'7"S 151°0'44"E
- Hunt Creek Reserve 1.6 km
- Reserve 2.5 km
- Darling Mills State Forest 3.8 km
- Bidjigal Reserve 5.2 km
- Nature Reserve 7.7 km
- Nature Reserve 10 km
- Nature Reserve 10 km
- Nature Reserve 11 km
- Reserve 12 km
- Lane Cove National Park 12 km
- The King's School 0.9 km
- Loyalty Road Industrial Area 1.2 km
- Muirfield Golf Club 2 km
- Oatlands Golf Club 2.1 km
- City of Parramatta 2.6 km
- Topeea urban regenration plan zone 3.2 km
- Cumberland Council 6 km
- The Hills Shire 24 km
- Hornsby Shire 25 km
- Greater Sydney 33 km