Warrandyte State Park - Geography

Geography

The park is located around 175 km upstream of the mouth of the Yarra River in Warrandyte, 24 km east of Melbourne. The park in its entirety comprises several detached areas of land adjoining the Yarra River from Pound Bend in the east, through Warrandyte to Wonga Park through the Warrandyte Gorge to Mount Lofty in the west. Other areas of land are situated throughout the hills immediately south of Warrandyte. The various areas include (roughly from east to west);

• Pound Bend - Includes the area around Pound Bend in the Yarra River, the westernmost section of the state park.
• Norman Reserve - a small reserve where Pound Bend begins upstream.
• Fourth Hill - one of the highest points in Warrandyte, intensively mined.
• Whipstick Gully - a gully to the north of Fourth Hill, intensively mined.
• Timber Reserve
• The Common
• Black Flat - an area of flat riverbank just south of Blue Tongue Bend near Jumping Creek.
• Jumping Creek - the area where Jumping Creek flows into the Yarra River.
• Yarra Brae - an area in the east of Warrandyte gorge on the southern banks of the river.
• Mount Lofty - the easternmost section of the state park.

Other smaller areas and reserves within the state park include:

• Scotchman's Hill - another hill in central Warrandyte, northeast of Fourth Hill
• The Island - an island/billabong in the river, heavily polluted by introduced species.
• Koornong - an area of land to the east of blue tongue bend.
• Blue Tongue Bend - a bend in the river upstream from Jumping Creek.
• Gravel Reserve - a small reserve on jumping creek
• Stane Brae
• Bend of Isles - area to the north of Mount Lofty around a series of bends in the river.