Location & Description

Bimbimbie Place Reserve is a bushland reserve covering 0.43 hectares. Bimbimbie Place and Utingu Place border the Reserve on the north with residential properties on the south.

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Walking Tracks & Access

There are many small informal tracks throughout the Reserve.

Plants

The Reserve supports Spotted Gum Forest (Corymbia maculata).  The small tree and tall shrub layer features rainforest species and includes Lilly Pilly (Acmena smithii), Cabbage-tree Palm (Livistona australis), Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) and Bolwarra (Eupomatia laurina).

Animals

Although small, the habitat features of Bimbimbie Reserve provide for a range of native fauna. 

Due to the presence of Spotted Gums and Cabbage-tree Palms a number of bird species are likely to use the Reserve.  These include seasonal visitors such as the Topknot Pigeon and Channel-billed Cuckoo and species resident in the surrounding area which include many parrots.  Tree hollows in the Spotted Gums are a resource for arboreal mammals, insectivorous bats and parrots.

The small creek running through Bimbimbie Reserve provides potential habitat for a variety of small reptiles and frogs.

Special Features

• Bimbimbie Place Reserve protects an example of the bushland of Bayview that contains the Spotted Gum Forest, which is significant at State level
• it is a record of a part of the Halstrom Estate and is culturally significant
• it acts as part of a stepping stone to aid faunal movement throughout the Bayview/Ingleside area
• it contributes to the landscape quality of Bayview and provides a record of the original  landscape and the changes wrought by urban development
• it is an educational resource and a contact point with nature for residents
• it allows urban residents to undertake informal recreational pursuits in a bushland setting

Related Info

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• To find out more about Bimbimbie Place Reserve, download its Plan of Management
• Find out more about Pittwater's amazing Vegetation Communities
• See the native animal species lists for Pittwater