Silvan Reservoir Park

The beautifully landscaped picnic areas and open lawns of Silvan Reservoir Park help to make it an ideal location for a day away from it all.

Flora & Fauna - Silvan Reservoir Park is home to a number of native mammals such as the short-beaked echidna, common brushtail and ringtail possums, sugar glider and the common wombat. A diverse range of birds also visit these include Herons, spoonbills, duck species, rosellas, wedge-tailed eagles, bats, thornbills, treecreepers, robins, owls and cockatoo species can all be observed.

The picnic grounds of Silvan Reservoir Park are approximately 20 ha in size and consist mainly of exotic and non-indigenous vegetation. The Stonyford Creek area consists of remnant native vegetation, ranging from typical riparian to a drier open forest vegetation type. Dominant species within this area include peppermint and messmate eucalypts, grey gums, wattles, banksias and native grasses. A variety of fern species are also common along the creek banks.