The sign has the following information printed on it:
Diamond Python (Morelia spilota)
"The Diamond Python is considered to be 'regionally significant' and has been recorded at the Green Point Reserve.
"This non-venomous snake is often arboreal, but in many areas it lives in burrows made by other animals. It is mainly nocturnal and active during the twilight hours, feeding on a range of terrestrial vertebrates.
Greater Broad-Nosed Bat (Scotenax rueppellii)
"The population may currently be above critical levels in the Lake Macquarie area but further destruction of habitat by clearing and logging could rapidly make it threatened.
"This bat can be up to 16 cm in length and flies slowly in the understorey of forest and over water, feeding on large, slow flying insects and beetles. They need a large area for feeding and prefer to forage along creeks. Tree hollows and old buildings are used for roosting and this bat raises young in tree hollows.
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
"Small populations of koalas are known from Pulbah Island and Wangi Point in the Lake Macquarie area. The presence of the koalas in Green Point Foreshore Reserve has been debated a number of times, with previous reports of sightings. However subsequent searches have found no conclusive evidence. It is likely that koalas once used the area prior to urban development around the Green Point and Floraville Ridge areas."
The first part of this information sign reads:
"As a large tract of bushland able to sustain populations of native fauna, Green Point Foreshore Reserve provides an important conservation role for the Lake Macquarie area.
"The reserve provides habitat for a number of 'rare' or 'vulnerable' species of state, regional and local significance, and its link to the Floraville Ridge area assists biodiversity by providing an important corridor for genetic interchange.
"The reserve supports a divers range of bird species, and significant populations of native arboreal, flying and ground-dwelling mammals use the canopy and ground cover of the eucalypt forests and rainforest zones. Places such as the Cardiff Quarry soak provide good habitat for frogs, and reptile species are also well represented in the reserve.
"Feral and domestic animals such as dogs and cats threaten the native flora and fauna of the reserve, and need to be controlled, especially around known roost sites and habitat areas important for nesting, hunting and foraging."
[The sign was placed as part of Centenary of Federation Heritage Trail work]
Visited: 0835, Friday, 16 September, 2016