1. A grassy hillside - what else can you see?

Head alongside the creek on the slashed track. Depending on when you visit, you might think the hillside is just grass. But take a careful look - seasonal wildflowers adorn this area in succession.

2. This special plant gives the reserve it's name

This reserve is home to the Smooth Darling Pea, Swainsona galegifolia. You'll find it in flower along this path in late spring and early summer here - well worth a visit.

3. Bulbine lilies

Flowering earlier than many of the wildflowers here, these delightful yellow lilies typically put on a terrific show in spring.

4. Vanilla lilies and jewel spiders

As Christmas approaches, it's the vanilla lilies' turn to flower. In the warmer weather, you might also find insects, spiders and birds among the flowers and plants.

5. A creek-side seat & first sign

A lovely spot to listen to the creek trickling by. Immerse your senses in what's here - are the birds calling? Is there wind in the tree tops? After rain, the frog chorus strikes up.

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6. Stringybarks

Red Stringybark trees are named for their thick rough bark. They provide nectar for insects and birds. The bark is used traditionally to make string for fishing nets and tools.

7. Can you spot some mammals - perhaps an echidna?

Echidnas, gliders, possums, swamp wallabies and kangaroos are all regular visitors here. You might also see some nestboxes, which offer shelter to mammals and birds.

9. One wildflower or a meadow?

Some of the ground covers here are easy to see and may have masses of flowers. Others are more subtle and can take a keen eye.

10. Lookout #1

Views both up and down the gully and creek from this lookout. Return the way you came to rejoin the track at the junction and continue upwards.

11. Nodding greenhoods and other native orchids

Nodding greenhood orchids (Pterostylis) appear in patches in winter and spring.

12. Easy to miss these little delights

Small orchids, mosses, lichens and fungi are often beautiful, but easily overlooked. Slow down and even get down low to find and admire them.

13. Track junction

Another split in the track - head right to visit the second lookout.

14. Lookout #2

From this vantage point the gully seems even steeper. Can you see signs of the fire that burnt through here in 2002, or the recovery since?

15. Complete the loop via Vearings track.

The reserve ends at the fence in front of you, please don't cross it. Turn downhill and take the lower track back towards the access gate. Alternatively, you could return the same way you came.

16. Look up and out, too

Maybe it's easier to take in the views and treetops when walking down instead of up?

17. Winter wonders

The wetter spots and shaded slopes host their own nature treasures in winter. Can you find fungi that looks like coral? Some with the classic 'toadstool' shape? Maybe some fungi munched by an animal?