Woodlands and meadows

On Flea Bog Flat you’ll find several common woodland tree species, with an understorey of native shrubs and grasses. Eucalypts can be hard to identify but looking at their bark can be a good start. Some have rough bark like Apple box (Eucalyptus bridgesiana) and Red stringybark (E. macroryncha), some have smooth bark like Blakely’s red gum (E. blakelyi) and some have both! Yellow box (E. melliodora) has rough bark on its trunk and lower limbs, with smooth branches. See if you can guess some of the tree species as you walk through here.
Indigenous people have many uses for woodland plants – tree bark can be used to make coolamons, rope and string, and for shelter, tubers can be roasted and eaten, and seeds from wattles and grasses can be ground to make flour.
In spring, look for native wildflowers – they can be small and delicate so tread softly. Kangaroos can often be found sheltering amongst the trees here, and sometimes you might see a very large hare.