Spring Wildflower Walk
Orchids, Wattle and Chocolate Lilies — best seen September through to November when the understorey is in bloom.
- 0.8 km Distance
- 45 min Return time
- Moderate Terrain
- 5 Audio stops
- Info Centre Start point
Start at the Information Centre. Follow the walk shown in PURPLE on the map. Follow the Wildflower Walk down towards the creek. Look for a profusion of wildflowers in spring, patches of Nodding Greenhood orchids, and the endemic Small Grass Tree, Xanthorrhoea minor, as well as patches of colourful spring wildflowers including Chocolate Lilies Arthropodium strictum, Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata, Blue Pincushions Brunonia australis, Love Creeper Comesperma volubile , Curling Everlasting Coronidium scorpioides and various native orchids.
Further along, look for acacia species. There are at least eight species of Acacias in Yarran Dheran ranging from Golden Wattle, A.pycnantha (Australia’s national emblem), blackwood wattle A. melanoxylon to Spreading Wattle A. genistifolia, a low growing understorey shrub with spiky leaves.
Flowering wattles are a feature of Yarran Dheran especially during late Winter and Spring.
Turn right at Yellow Box Track and walk around the ponds to return to the Information Centre.
Audio guide
Walk Lightly, Embrace Nature series
Every walk has a free, mindfulness-guided audio companion — a gentle, narrated journey around the reserve, available through our free Yarran Dheran app.
Along the way the app marks the points of interest on each trail, and lets you look up the reserve's flora and fauna as you go — the bird you can hear but can't place, or the plant beside the path. Beyond the walks it also carries upcoming events, reserve news and recent wildlife sightings.
