Flora and Fauna
- Two areas of Western Basalt Plains Grassland
- 25 regionally significant species of indigenous plants
- potential habitat and occurrence of the nationally significant Striped Legless Lizard
- areas of valuable native fauna habitat including five ‘birds of prey’ using open grassland areas, small passerine birds including thornbills and silvereyes using the shrub layer and waterbirds using the riparian fringe
Read more about this topic: Afton Street Conservation Reserve
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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