The Healthy Living Environment at Moonah Links
Throughout the Moonah Links Development, the natural wooded landscape acts as a contrast to the links style course with its manicured greens, naturally rolling fairways and shaggy fringes of pasture grass. Home owners integrate this same kind of greening using indigenous species such as she-oak, poa grass and white-flowering correa, surrounding their homes.
Moonah Links takes its name from the numerous ancient Moonah Trees growing happily on the site. Ecologists consider the Moonah Trees on Moonah Links to be one of the most significant communities of these trees remaining on the Mornington Peninsula. Great care is taken on the site to preserve these ancient trees, some of which are up to 500 years old.
Since its’ initial development, Moonah Links continues to maintain its extensive work in enhancing wildlife habitat and increasing naturalized areas on the courses. They have also created new native plant beds along established wildlife habitat corridors, native grass areas and mixed indigenous/native tree and understorey planting. Not only does this enhance habitat for resident wildlife, it also reduces the overall water use and other associated costs with highly maintained turf.
Of course, the above areas have resulted in improved habitat and increased wildlife activity, including the visitation of numerous wading birds (ibis, heron and more), fairy wrens, finches, wattle birds, parrots, owls, birds of prey, doves and pigeons.
Landscaping and Gardens around Moonah Links
Throughout the Moonah Links Development, the natural wooded landscape acts as a contrast to the links style course with its manicured greens, naturally rolling fairways and shaggy fringes of pasture grass. Homeowners integrate this same kind of greening using indigenous and native species such as she-oak, poa grass and white-flowering correa, surrounding their homes.
One will also see the use of local granite, gravel and wood featured in the introduced elements of gardens to blend with the natural environment.
