Homerton, in the western district of Victoria, Australia.

I grew up in Homerton where my parents had a dairy farm. We ourselves have a farm in Homerton, leased to a neighbouring dairy farmer. The farm house is our 'holiday house' and we visit frequently. A third of the farm is bush, there are bush blocks on all sides and the roadside vegetation near the farm is intact native vegetation. My interest in birds that visited the farm evolved into an interest in everything natural on the farm and in the district.

The area covered in this study is bordered by the Heywood-Woolsthorpe Rd and the Fitzroy River in the south, Macarthur Rd on the north, the Annya State Forest near the Henty Highway on the west and Lake Condah and areas of the Mt Eccles National Park near Millards Rd on the east.

Photographs will be regularly added to the galleries on this website so please revisit. By clicking on any photo in the galleries you will view a larger image as well as informative text.

Darlot Creek and 'The Stones'.

Overalls Rd, Homerton

Darlot Creek intersects the study area and the Fitzroy River provides the southern boundary. The Whittlebury Creek is an important drainage catchment.

To the east 'the stones', or stony rises, are the dominant feature - the old lava flow from Mt Eccles.

There are a surprising number of state parks in the district as well as a section of Mt Eccles National Park. Soil is sandy in some areas and sandy loam over limestone in others. See the information page for maps showing the extent of natural vegetation on private and public land. Numerous ephemeral swamps, including Condah Swamp, dot the district. A feature of the landscape is the number of sink holes, small depressions formed when the limestone caves below the surface collapsed.

In the last five or six years many
hectares have been planted with bluegums.

Please contact me if you find anything of interest in the Homerton, Myamyn or Milltown districts. Contact details below.

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