Trees, gardens, trails, animals and urban ecology. 9 discoveries, each with sources and a clear explanation of its record.
Horridus at Melbourne Museum
Museums Victoria’s specimen record places Horridus among the most complete Triceratops skeletons in the world.
Sherbrooke Forest
Mountain ash belongs to the world’s tallest flowering plant species. Sherbrooke offers a place to appreciate these forests.
Melbourne Zoo
The zoo opened at Royal Park on 6 October 1862.
Royal Park
Room for a longer wander: the city guide gives Royal Park’s area as 188 hectares.
Organ Pipes National Park
Parks Victoria places these formations at the edge of one of the world’s largest ancient lava flows.
Yarra Bend Park
Parks Victoria identifies Yarra Bend as Melbourne’s largest natural bushland park.
Cambarville Big Tree
Parks Victoria identifies the Big Tree on the Cambarville walk as the tallest known mountain ash in Victoria.
Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden
Parks Victoria identifies the garden’s rhododendron collection as Australia’s largest.
Greens Bush
Parks Victoria identifies Greens Bush as the largest remaining fragment of native bushland on the Mornington Peninsula.