Edward Hunter Heritage Bush Reserve
Edward Hunter Heritage Bush Reserve is a 58 hectare bushland park located in Moe, Gippsland, about 140km east of Melbourne in Victoria. The reserve serves as one of the largest patches of native remnant vegetation in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges in the Latrobe Valley. It is managed by a volunteer Committee of Management under the guidance of Latrobe City Council.
From around the late 1870s, the area was originally set aside as a water catchment with a storage dam (the Moe Railway Reservoir) to supply water to the Moe Railway Station for steam trains. This dam is now a lake and wetland area for the reserve and visiting birds. The reserve was named after Edward Hunter, a Narracan Shire councillor who provided dedicated service to the Moe community from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Getting to the Edward Hunter Heritage Bush Reserve
The reserve is just a 10-minute detour off the M1 freeway at Moe and about a kilometre from Moe CBD. The main entrance is on Coalville Road, which has a small carpark and information boards.
What to Expect
The reserve has a range of walking tracks from 700m to 5km in length. This lets you choose a track depending on how much time you have, or what you want to see. There is a dam with a wetland area, and we chose the track that goes around it. With a well define path, boardwalk and bridges, it was an easy walk that meandered through native forest and ferns. The dam has viewing areas overlooking the water, but there were no birds present during our visit.
What Did We Think?
This was a great little walk, with plenty of photo opportunities. It would be even better during the waterbird nesting season when they flock around the dam. If you want a break while driving through the area, it’s a great stop to make.
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