Ajax Road Grassland
Nationally significant grassland with Critically Endangered Spiny Rice-flower and rare salt-tolerant Kangaroo Grass. Adjacent to state-significant Truganina Swamp and linked to Ramsar wetlands. Privately owned and poorly managed. GPN and local council blocked attempts to develop and clear the grassland. Part of a proposed Hobsons Bay Coast to Grassland biolink.
Main photo: Looking east, over the edge of Truganina Swamp, and rare salt-tolerate Kangaroo Grass
2: A vast sea of Kangaroo Grass
3: Embedded rock, never ploughed
4: Expanse of Kangaroo Grass less obvious now after several years of La Nina
5: Looking north from a management track on the southern edge
6: Looking west
7: Occasionally waterlogged
8: On a residential street, passive recreation could provide a positive buffer
9: The grassland interface is unsightly here, with dumping and rampant weeds