Wharf Pond - River Walk

River Walk Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 Australia

An adult and two children looking away from the camera peeking through a fence to look at the pond

Highlights

Spot rare birds like Egrets and Chestnut Teals in their natural habitat
Hear endangered Green and Golden Bell Frogs on warm, humid days
Explore a unique freshwater wetland amid native mangroves and casuarinas

Overview

Surrounded by the original landscape of mangroves and swamp oak (casuarina), Wharf Pond is a large freshwater habitat on the northwest corner of the Reserve. This wetland differs from the intertidal wetland habitat in the Newington Nature Reserve. Wharf Pond serves as a habitat for local waterbirds that feed on freshwater invertebrates, including the Purple Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen, Chestnut Teal, Grebes and Egrets; as well as frog species…

Wharf Pond serves as a habitat for local waterbirds that feed on freshwater invertebrates, including the Purple Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen, Chestnut Teal, Grebes and Egrets; as well as frog species including the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog. Listen for frogs calling when the weather is hot and humid.