Location & Description

Loquat Valley/Pindari Reserve is located in Bayview extending across Loquat Valley Road.  It is bounded by residences in Loquat Valley Road and Pindari Crescent and Pamela Crescent Reserve.  It is 1.49 hectares in size and features a creekline running from ridgetop to gully bottom through the centre of the Reserve.

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Environmental Projects in the Area

• Pittwater Spotted Gum Forest Restoration
• Bushcare Volunteer Group

Walking Tracks & Access

There are informal tracks from Loquat Valley Road to Pamela Crescent which provide general neighbourhood access and an informal loop track which allows recreational bush walking.  There are no tracks in the upper areas of the Reserve.

• Walking Track Map
• Walking Track Map & Aerial Photo

Plants

The Reserve supports Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) Forest with emergent Grey Gum (E. punctata) and Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) trees also present.

Animals

The threatened Glossy Black-cockatoo has a local population ranging from West Head which would forage in the Reserve.  Whip Birds are resident in the forested areas.

Insectivorous bats hunt above and below the tree canopy during the warmer months when insects are abundant and that flying foxes frequent the Reserve when the spotted gums and turpentine are flowering. 

Frog habitat is present in the creek. The presence of tree frogs suggests that snakes such as the Green Tree Snake may be present.

Special Features

• Loquat Valley/Pindari Reserve provides a continuous transect of bushland from ridge top to valley floor
• it includes provides a small sample of Spotted Gum Forest considered to be of nature conservation significance at State level and provides habitat for the threatened Glossy Black-cockatoo
• it provides habitat for birds, frogs, mammals and reptiles and acts as a stepping stone between larger areas of habitat due to its diversity
• it contributes to the scenic quality by maintaining ridgetop vegetation in Bayview
• it provides a record of the original landscape and the changes wrought by urban development
• it has been a focus for the community to work together regenerating the bush and encouraging recreational and educational pursuits

Related Info

• View location on map
• Walking Track Map
• Walking Track Map & Aerial Photo
• To find out more about Loquat Valley/Pindari Reserve, download its Plan of Management
• Find out more about Pittwater's amazing Vegetation Communities
• See the native animal species lists for Pittwater