Contents: Part 1: The Yarra landscape: Understanding the land and the river p3. Geology of the middle Yarra p16. The traditional custodians [aborigines] p21. The changing Yarra flows and stream form p26. Part 2: Places along the Yarra: Banyule Flats and Warringal Parklands, Heidelberg p33. Yarra Flats Park: from Banksia Street to Burke Road p72. The Bulleen flats p86. Wilson Reserve and Chelsworth Park, Ivanhoe p97. Some billabongs in Kew p113. The Fairfield bank p118. Yarra Bend Park p126. Part 3: Restoring the land and river: Patterns in the original landscape p197. Processes of change p200. The work of restoration p206. Lessons from the river and the land p215. Glossary p217. Appendix (Tables): Floods on the Yarra p243. Vegetation communities along the Yarra Valley and its surroundings p246. Indigenous flora of the Yarra: from Banyule Flats to Yarra Bend p251. Birds of the Yarra: from Banyule Flats to Yarra Bend p266. Indigenous mammals, reptiles, frogs and fish of the Yarra: from Banyule Flats to Yarra Bend p274. Vegetation communities in Banyule, Annulus and Bolin Bolin Billabong p278..