Pest control in Ferny Creek
Ferny Creek is built around Dunns Hill, with the national park on two sides and Sherbrooke Forest on a third. The top of the Thousand Steps is here.
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Big blocks with bush on three sides
Ferny Creek has no shopping strip to speak of, just a general store, and its large residential blocks give it a rural feel. The national park runs along its northern and western sides, Sherbrooke Forest is to the east and the Upwey habitat corridor is to the south. On the planning maps it is roughly half green wedge and two-fifths park.
Snakes are protected, and it is illegal to capture, harm or kill one. Yarra Ranges won't remove them, even from its own land. A licensed snake controller will, at the owner's cost, and 136 186 gives a list. Possums, deer and rabbits each go to someone different. Who to call sorts them out.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Ferny Creek, Victoria, Vicmap Planning, the state's zone and overlay maps (DataVic), measured across the suburb, DELWP: Living with snakes fact sheet (2021) and Yarra Ranges Council: snakes.
Wet hills and standing water
Most of Ferny Creek is between 400 and 500 m up, and it gets 1100 to 1500 mm of rain a year, most of it from April to October. Against mosquitoes, the Department of Health's advice is to get rid of stagnant water around the house and to avoid being bitten.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Ferny Creek, Victoria and Department of Health: mosquito-borne diseases.
Rebuilding and termites
The deliberately lit fires of 21 January 1997 destroyed 42 homes here. Anyone building in Ferny Creek now builds in a designated termite area, because the whole of Yarra Ranges is designated. A new house must be protected against termites; a detached shed or garage needn't be. AS 3660.1 is the standard for new buildings. Termites has more.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Ferny Creek, Victoria, Yarra Ranges Council: termites, Building Regulations 2018 (Vic), regs 150 and 151 (authorised version 031) and Standards Australia: AS 3660.1:2014.
Beyond Dunns Hill
- Tecoma, Sassafras, Sherbrooke, Upwey and Tremont
- Yarra Ranges all round, and park or forest along most of the boundaries.
- Upper Ferntree Gully
- At the bottom of the Thousand Steps. It is mostly in Knox, where a building permit comes with a termite statement.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Wikipedia: Ferny Creek, Victoria, Vicmap Planning, the state's zone and overlay maps (DataVic), measured across the suburb and Knox City Council: termite statement checklist.
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