Attractions – Natural

Brimbank Park

Keilor Road, Keilor, Victoria, 30
Website: www.parkweb.vic.gov.au

Brimbank Park was opened in 1976 as part of the Maribyrnong Valley Park. Fifty-five metres below the western plains, the Maribyrnong River flows at the base of a high bank. This turns the park into a big amphitheatre, ideal for scenic walks, fishing, canoeing, bird watching, kite flying, picnicking and ponding.

Brimbank Park was first settled by Europeans in the 1830s, soon after Melbourne was founded. It derived its name from the practice of the locals driving their stock 'around the brim of the bank' of the Maribyrnong River.

The Maribyrnong terraces have been closely studied for evidence of Aboriginal occupation. Keilor is one of the oldest sites of human habitation found in Australia. The Keilor cranium, dated to about 15,000 years before the present, was found in 1940 and the Green Gully skeleton in 1965. The excavations came to an end in 1982, but the site uncovered one of the most complete records of Aboriginal occupation over a period of 30,000 years.

As you explore, you may see possums, swamp wallabies, blue tongued lizards, echidna or a huge variety of birds such as herons, cockatoos, galahs, rosellas, or even the Peregrine Falcon. Blue wrens, Yellow-tailed Thornbills and Flame Robins may be spotted as well as many species of waterbirds.

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