Drouin - Binbeal Road Tree Walk - West & South Gippsland

Drouin - Binbeal Road Tree Walk

A walk along paths and grassy verges highlighting a eucalypt corridor with many habitat trees. An easy 1.5km walk with gentle uphill slopes.

Binbeal Road Walk Map

1. This walk starts on the south side of Binbeal Road at the corner of Kamanari Crt.

2. Walk south down Kamanari Crt. Enjoy the views across the rural landscape.

3. Continue past the playground and follow the road uphill.

4. Stop along the way and look back over the 'plains' of Drouin. Note the remaining forest vegetation forming large corridors (or wildlife. In the distance is the old Drouin Nature Reserve. This housing development exists on what were the old slaughterhouse areas of Drouin. The Matkovitch family who were the last owners of this land used names for the streets from their Montenegro history.

5. At the end of the court is a walk-link up to Binbeal Rd.

6. Binbeal Rd was once called Slaughterhouse Rd. Along its road sides are corridors of remnant Mountain Grey Gums and Messmates. Messmates have consistent bark over the length of their trunk and Mountain Grey Gums have bark which falls in long ribbons. Some of these old trees are 'giants' in excess of 4 m trunk girth.

7. Turn right and walk on the wide grassy verge along Binbeal Rd. The Mountain Grey Gums and Messmates form a very valuable shady, environment corridor.

8. Keep walking. Look carefully and try to find the trees which Baw Baw Shire has preserved for wildlife habitat. These trees which have been ring barked, otherwise would have been removed. But they now continue to provide shelter and nesting (or wildlife as well as mutual support for the other remnant trees in the corridor. Research shows that trees are interdependent on each other via their root systems as well as their tree canopy. These old trees have been supporting each other in a community since before European settlement.

9. At the corner, turn around and retrace your steps back to the starting point.