Boggy Creek and the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve
Boggy Creek
Boggy Creek originally flowed to the Carrum Carrum Swamp before it was drained in the 1880s. Boggy Creek now flows to Eel Race Drain, then Kananook Creek. The water from Boggy Creek ends up in Port Phillip Bay. Two types of environmental weed that can be found around Boggy Creek are blackberries and Bluebell Creeper. The plant species that can be found on the Little Boggy Creek reserve are Scented Paperbark, Scrambling Coral-Fern and sedges. There are also Swamp Paperbark, Prickly Tea-Tree, the occasional Swamp Gum, Tree Everlastings and Silver Banksias. The typical native animals in the reserve are birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects. The Varied Sword-Grass Brown Butterfly depends on the swampy areas of the creek for breeding and feeding. Three types of birds found in the reserve are ducks, moorhens and Eastern Yellow Robins. Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve Two types of animals that are endangered in the reserve are the New Holland Mouse and the Southern Brown Bandicoot. The ancient sand dunes that the Pines Flora and Fauna reserve are built on stretch from Frankston to Cranbourne and I think that our school does sit on these sand dunes. The two creeks crossing the reserve are Tamarisk Creek and Boggy Creek. The name of the Aboriginal tribe that once lived around the reserve is Boonerwrung. In the early 1900s pine trees were planted in the reserve. The native plants commonly found in the reserve are Heath Tea-tree, Silver Banksia, Spike Wattle, Green Sheoak, Common Heath, Coast Manna Gum, Narrow-leaf Peppermint and Black Sheoak. The native animals found in the reserve are Swamp Wallabies, Short-Beaked Echidnas, Southern Brown Bandicoots, Sugar Gliders, Tawny Frogmouth, Red and Little Wattlebirds and White-eared Honeyeaters |