Landscape sites of Natural Significance

Frankston has a variety of natural areas which are conserved as parkland while other natural areas exist on private land and along road or rail reserves.

Creeks and wetlands are a significant component of the history of Frankston, and today provide a focus for passive recreation and nature conservation. There is a considerable degree of overlap, therefore, between the natural and cultural values of sites such as these. Management plans have been prepared for Kananook and Sweetwater Creeks, Seaford Foreshore Reserve, Seaford Swamp and a survey of sites of botanical significance in the City of Frankston has been undertaken by the Department of Conservation and Environment in 1989.

Sites of Botanical Significance
All areas of native vegetation are considered to have at least local conservation significance. The following sites are considered to have regional or higher significance on the basis of available information. The significance rating is that as described in the report Frankston's Local Conservation Strategy (City of Frankston, February 1991).1

Site and Heritage Value

• Langwarrin Rail Reserve (A)
• Moorooduc Quarry Flora and Fauna Reserve (A)
• The Pines (A)
• Bunarong Park (B)
• Frankston Reservoir and Surrounds (B)
• Lorikeet Reserve, Mt Eliza (B)
• Mornington Peninsula Freeway Median (B)
• Paratea Reserve (B)
• Seaford-Frankston Foreshore and Kananook Creek Reserves (B)
• Sweetwater Creek Reserve (B)