Craigieburn Grasslands Flora and Fauna Reserve

Location: 

Located east of the Merri Creek, mainly between O’Herns Road and Craigieburn Road East, Somerton, 25 km from Melbourne. Another smaller section of grassland, O'Herns Grassland is located to the south of O'Herns Rd, Craigieburn.

Melway reference: 
180 G4
Facilities: 
None. Access from O'Herns Road off Hume Highway, Somerton.
Manager: 
Parks Victoria
Notes: 

Mainly open plain native grassland, including some stony ridges (Stony Knoll Grassland) and a seasonal wetland within 340 ha. The Merri Creek and its escarpment form the western boundary.

The State Government purchased this site in 1999 with the assistance of the National Heritage Trust. The Craigieburn Grasslands Flora and Fauna Reserve is listed on the Register of the National Estate and is one of the most significant and largest remaining examples of Western Plains Basalt Grassland.

Further information: 

Merri Creek Management Committee

http://www.mcmc.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244&Itemid=332

More detail

http://www.mcmc.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=247&Itemid=3

Interim Management Plan (1998)

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/40380590/CRAIGIEBURN-GRASSLAND-Interim-Management-Statement

Latitude: 
-37.618892
Longitude: 
144.999689