Please contact the landholder for more information on this property.
Carla Kennedy
0438 335 612
Address: Castlemaine
Size: 12 ha
Price and details: Please contact the landowner for private sale or expressions of interest for collaboration.
Please contact the landholder for more information on this property.
Russell Ellett
0498 654 130
Address: Moonambel
Size: 82.5 ha
Price and details: Please contact the landowner for private sale or expressions of interest for collaboration.
Please contact the landholder for more information on this property.
Glenise Moors
0427 396 254
Address: Dalyenong Road, Stuart Mill 3477
Size: 8.1 ha
Price and details: Please contact the landowner for private sale or expressions of interest for collaboration.
Trust for Nature purchased the original section of Wanderer’s Plain Reserve in 2010. This land was purchased for the purpose of nature conservation with the assistance of the National Reserve System. Since then, the reserve has gradually been extended to its current extent, covering more than 2,000 hectares.
The large reserve is located along Lake Charm–Quambatook Road, Sandhill Lake.
Open by appointment.
All Trust for Nature reserves are closed on days of Total Fire Ban, and days of severe, extreme and code red fire danger.
The reserve is remnant grassland and provides excellent habitat for a variety of grassland-dependent species. This reserve protects a significant area of the critically endangered Natural Grasslands of the Murray Valley Plains. Since colonisation, these grasslands have been heavily impacted through land clearing, weed invasion and other degradation activities.
The reserve also protects other areas of vegetation including Chenopod Grasslands, Lignum Swampy Woodlands, Riverine Chenopod Woodlands and Semi-arid Woodlands.
The reserve is home to array of native plants and animals. Of particular note are the nationally threatened species Chariot Wheels (Maireana cheelii) and Murray Swainson-pea (Swainsona murrayana).
The grassland is critical for a number of animals including Hooded Scaly-foot (Pygopus schraderi), Bandy Bandy (Vermicella annulata), Curl Snake (Suta suta) and Fat-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata).
Before Trust for Nature purchased the first part of the reserve in 2010, the site was used for heavy domestic livestock grazing, predominantly sheep. Sections of the reserve were also cropped. Since 2010 the reserve has steadily increased in size and is currently sitting just over 2,000 ha.
No amenities.
NOTE: this reserve is open by APPOINTMENT ONLY, please contact the Reserve Manager in 03 8631 5888.
Our reserves have hazards that may cause serious injury or death. You are responsible for your own safety and the safety of those in your care.
The reserve is closed during days declared as Total Fire Bans and/or where the fire danger rating is Severe, Extreme or Code Red.
The reserve is home to a variety of wildlife, including several species of venomous snake. During summer it is advised that long trousers and gaiters are worn when walking in the reserve.
Visitors to the reserve are requested to not cross any fence-lines, or venture onto neighbouring private property. All visitors are requested to stay on the marked walking trails.
Other hazards:
The 178 ha Long Swamp: Murray Family Conservation Reserve was purchased in two parts: 40 ha in 1992 and another 138 ha in 2016, both with thanks to the generous donations and support of the local community, particularly Chris Murray and the Murray family. The reserve is located along Cotswold Road, approximately 30 km west of Castlemaine.
Long Swamp is at the heart of the Mooloort wetland complex of 50 wetlands covering 1,000 ha and is one of only two large natural wetlands in the northern part of the Ballarat region.
Open by appointment.
All Trust for Nature reserves are closed on days of Total Fire Ban, and days of severe, extreme and code red fire danger.
Long Swamp is the only deep freshwater marsh in the Moolort Plains wetland complex. This wetland complex is situated on the north-eastern tip of the Victorian Volcanic Plain. Located between Maryborough and Castlemaine, there are approximately 50 diverse wetlands in the complex, consisting of freshwater meadows, shallow freshwater marshes and one deep freshwater marsh.
The reserve protects a large area of cane-grass wetland vegetation, a highly restricted habitat type which is essential for a number of plants and animals.
A number threatened animals have been recorded on the property including Brolga (Grus rubicunda), Growling Grass Frog (Litoria raniformis), Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis) and Fat-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata).
A number of threatened plants are also present including Slender Bindweed (Convolvulus angustissimus). During the wetter periods, a number of water-dependent species appear in the reserve.
The Long Swamp was drained and a drainage system was constructed in 1965 by the local council as a result of a local landholder petition. This activity had a significant impact on the local ecology. Once the drainage occurred, there was a greater increase in agriculture including sheep grazing.
The original 40 ha of Long Swamp: Murray Family Conservation Reserve was provided to Trust for Nature in 1992 after it was purchased by the local community of Maryborough and the State Conservation Department. The remainder of the current reserve was purchased by Trust for Nature in 2016.
No amenities.
NOTE: this reserve is open by APPOINTMENT ONLY, please contact the Reserve Manager on 03 8631 5888.
Our reserves have hazards that may cause serious injury or death. You are responsible for your own safety and the safety of those in your care.
The reserve is closed during days declared as Total Fire Bans and/or where the fire danger rating is Severe, Extreme or Code Red.
The reserve is home to a variety of wildlife, including several species of venomous snake. During summer it is advised that long trousers and gaiters are worn when walking in the reserve.
Visitors to the reserve are requested to not cross any fence-lines, or venture onto neighbouring private property. All visitors are requested to stay on the marked walking trails.
Other hazards include: