These areas are monitored regularly for mosquito breeding:

• The protected salt marsh wetlands on the Bellarine Peninsula, including Swan Bay, Lake Connewarre and Breamlea wetlands
• Reedy Lake and Limeburners Lagoon
• Other known freshwater wetlands, constructed wetlands, drains and easements

Breeding sites can appear anywhere after heavy rain or large tides.  Our monitoring includes additional sites after these extreme weather events.

The areas shaded in pink/red on these maps represent some mosquito breeding sites around our townships. We do ground and aerial based monitoring and treatment in breeding sites in these areas.

Ocean Grove, Wallington and Barwon Heads

The major mosquito breeding sites that affect these townships are in the Lake Connewarre wetlands.  

Ocean Grove: around Pacey’s Island off the end of Thacker Street and Wallington Road around Saltwater Ridge off Lings Road and Wallington Road

Wallington:  in Lake Connewarre off Lings Road and Wallington Road

Barwon Heads: around Lake Murtnagurt off Thirteenth Beach Road, behind the Barwon Heads Golf Course, the Barwon Heads Levy bank, parts of Lake Connewarre off Staceys Road

Moolap, Armstrong Creek and Connewarre

The mosquito breeding sites that affect these townships are the Lake Connewarre and Reedy Lake wetlands.

Leopold: around Reedy Lake off the end of Fitzgerald Road and O’Halloran Road 

Moolap: in Lake Connewarre wetlands

Connewarre: around the periphery of Reedy Lake near Stacey Road

Breamlea

Breamlea wetlands are the major mosquito breeding sites that affect this area.

Breamlea: the wetland off Breamlea Road and Blackgate Road around Thompson Creek

St Leonards and Portarlington

The major breeding site that affects residents is the Salt Lagoon and some smaller areas in Portarlington

St Leonards: the Salt Lagoon behind The Esplanade

Portarlington: wetland at the end of Hereford Street and the basin along Boat Road

Swan Bay and Queenscliff

The major mosquito breeding sites that affect these townships are the Swan Bay wetlands.

Swan Bay: around the perimeter of Swan Bay wetlands, near off Swan Bay Road Swan Bay Jetty and Knights Road

Queenscliff: along Fellows Road and Mcdonald Road

Point Lonsdale

There are waterways that feed into Lake Victoria and an isolated basin.

Point Lonsdale: South periphery of Lake Victoria, feeder waterways and a wetland along Clows Lane

Lake Murtnaghurt

The lake is surrounded by golf courses and has the potential to impact residents in Barwon Heads.

Lake Murtnaghurt: this wetland changes throughout a season, depending on rainfall. The periphery of the water is the target for treatments, with the waterway and levy bank to the North also requiring treatment.

Point Henry and East Geelong 

The major mosquito breeding sites that affect these areas are the Point Henry foreshore wetlands. 

Point Henry: off the Point Henry Foreshore at the end of Windmill Road

East Geelong: behind the CSIRO Research centre 
 

Other areas

In addition to the suburbs listed above, monitoring is also conducted re-actively in response to reports of high levels of mosquitoes or potential breeding grounds around council land within Geelong. This can include parks, gardens, drains and estate wetlands.