Hepburn Regional Park
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The Hepburn Regional Park is a large bush and forest park which surrounds the towns of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs, in the Central Highlands area of Victoria, Australia.[1] The Hepburn Regional Park was set up in 1977.[2] It covers an area of 1,800 hectares.[3] The park features a large number of minerals springs. In the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s' and 1860's there was a lot of gold mining in the area. There are many of these old gold mining sites within the forest. At the Blowhole on Sailors Creek, the miners dug a large tunnel to change the path of the creek so that they could search for gold.[4] The Mount Franklin Reserve is also a part of the Hepburn Regional Park. This reserve protects the scoria cone of Mount Franklin, an extinct volcano.[4]
Most of the forest is fairly dry, with the main trees being box, peppermint and stringybark.[4] In the south of the forest the climate is wetter, and manna gums, messmates and candlebark trees are common.[4] In spring there are many wildflowers, including the Victorian floral emblem, Common or Pink Heath.[4]
Animals in the forest include kangaroos, koalas and the rare Brush-tailed Phascogale.[4]
References
- ↑ Hepburn Regional Park. Parks Victoria (2013). Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Mount Franklin Heritage Note. pdf.js (2011). Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Map of Hepburn Regional Park in Victoria. Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia (2013). Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Hepburn Regional Park and Mount Franklin Reserve. pdf.js (2011). Retrieved 25 August 2013.
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