It contains three walking trails that wind through the forest and
allows visitors to see the various fauna and flora in the
reserve.
At 50 hectares, Burman Bush Nature Reserve is
small in comparison to other reserves. It is located in the centre
of built up residential suburbs and industry – protecting a
valuable remnant of coastal bush. Buckwheat is the dominant low
growing vegetation; it flowers only once every seven years. Some of
the trees you will notice along the way are the flat-crowns, the
forest olive, the red beech and the forest fever-berry. The bird
species that frequent the reserve are the thickbilled weaver, the
hadeda ibis (a flock at least 200 strong), yellowbilled kite,
spotted eagle owl, lanner falcon, buffspotted flufftail and the
purplecrested lourie.
The walks start at the pedestrian gate. The
Pithi walk is 500 meters long and takes about 30 minutes; the
Hadeda walk takes about an hour and is approximately 1 kilometer
long; the 2 kilometer Forest Olive trail should take about two
hours.