The Five Oh Event Community Celebration Event

Belgrave Heights has a 75-hectare (190-acre) bushland park called Birdsland. Originally owned by a farming family, the Birds, it was known locally as "Birds' Paddock". It was later purchased in 1982 by the former Shire of Sherbrooke (now part of Yarra Ranges) expressly for public use. In 1983 the property was damaged by the Ash Wednesday bushfires. In 1984 it was opened to the public for bushwalking, picnicking, sightseeing, and local horse agistment. It is a very important habitat link for locally rare Platypus and the Yellow-belied Glider. The reserve waterways are managed by Melbourne Water and other areas managed by Shire of Yarra Ranges. Birdsland Advisory Committee help make decisions for a broad overview to management of the reserve. The committee has developed a sustainable design education centre, including solar panels, composting toilet and water tanks. Next door is the Southern Dandenongs Indigenous Plant Nursery which is a not-for profit group which provides a range of plants that are native to the Dandenong Ranges. In February 2009 a bushfire swept through the Birdsland area. The bushfire grew to around 300 hectares coming just 2 weeks after the 2009 Victorian bushfires

Hello, Its time to celebrate a 50th Birthday and the Big Blue Switch day! You may even recieve a special Souvenir for attending this Event!

I will be there from 11:45am for a couple of hours. Just look for the people gathered beside the lake. BYO food, water, sunscreen, hat and anything else you think you might need.


You never know, there might even be some new caches published nearby.

COVID-19: please make sure you wear a mask😷 if you cant socially distance. Bring a mask 😷 and hand sanitiser. There will be a QR Code for EVERYBODY to scan for contact tracing.