Wildlife at a permanent water source in Bushy Park Wetlands.

Bushy Park Wetlands is a 30 hectare conservation park in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia. Glen Waverley is a large suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. On the edge of suburbia, it is bounded by Dandenong Creek and houses along King Arthur Drive and Knights Drive. Dandenong Creek runs from the Dandenong Ranges National Park, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, through the urban areas of Boronia There is a cycling and walking path, and a bird watching hide, where egrets, pelicans, coots, dusky moorhen, ibis and occasionally spoonbill can be observed. It is accessible from the end of Highbury Road, or at the Drummies Bridge Reserve off High Street Road. It is also connected by the Dandenong Creek Trail to Shepherd Park, Koomba Park and Napier Park. The Dandenong Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and Pedestrians which follows Dandenong Creek through the outer eastern and south-eastern Koomba Park is one of the parks comprising the Dandenong Valley Parklands in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

History

The name "Bushy Park" dates from the 1840s, when it was used for grazing cattle, but has referred to various locations in the vicinity, including what is now Jells Park. Jells Park is a public park in Wheelers Hill, a suburb to the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

In recent years, the wetlands is managed by Parks Victoria with assistance from a local community group, Friends of Bushy Park Wetlands. Parks Victoria is a government agency of the state of Victoria Australia. It forms part of the Dandenong Valley Parklands. Cattle continue to graze the area, to keep the grass short and to "preserve the rural heritage" of the site. ^[1]

See also

• City of Monash History

Sources

• http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/victoria/melbourne/attractions/natural/bushy-park-wetlands/
• Friends of Bushy Park Wetlands
• http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/vic/melbournearea/easternsuburbsmelbourne/guide/bushy-park-wetlands
• http://www.monash.vic.gov.au/maps/reserves/res_area32.htm - map. The City of Monash was created on 15 December 1994 when the Kennett Liberal government amalgamated local councils all over Victoria merging a substantial

Further reading

• http://www.monash.vic.gov.au/history/c-historic.html - historic background.