It was acquired in 2011 by Bush Heritage Australia as a result of a legacy from John Colahan Griffin.
It contains old-growth eucalypt woodland, including long-leaved box and yellow gum trees, some of which are very large and likely to be over 300 years old.
[1] Vegetation communities represented are grassy woodland, heathy dry forest, box-ironbark forest and alluvial terraces herb-rich woodland.
Nationally endangered red cross and Stuart Mill spider orchids are present.
Animals recorded from the reserve include swift parrots, brown treecreepers, crested bellbirds, painted and black-chinned honeyeaters, fat-tailed dunnarts, lace monitors and woodland blind snakes.