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Mosquito Management
Mosquito management - township breeding sites
Mosquitoes breed in standing or 'stagnant' water. The many coastal salt marsh wetlands near Geelong are ideal breeding sites for mosquitoes.

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 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

Mosquito aerial treatment area - Ocean Grove Wallington and Barwon Heads

Leopold and Armstrong Creek

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 

Armstrong Creek: in Lake Connewarre wetlands

Mosquito aerial treatment area - Leopold Wallington and Armstrong Creek

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

Mosquito aerial treatment area - Breamlea

Collendina Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff

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

Collendina: in the Collendina wetlands off Shell Road near the Collendina airstrip

Point Lonsdale: in the Swan bay wetlands off Fellows Road and Swan Bay Road and small areas around Lake Victoria

Queenscliff: in the Swan Bay wetlands off Swan Bay Road and Murray Road near Burnt Point

Mosquito aerial treatment area - Collendina Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff

Swan Bay and St Leonards

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

St Leonards: in the Swan Bay wetlands around Edwards Point near Cliff Street and Bluff Road

Mosquito aerial treatment area - Swan Bay and St Leonards

Point Henry and Moolap

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

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

Moolap: around Reedy Lake off Moolap Station Road and Whitehorse Road

Mosquito aerial treatment area - Point Henry Moolap and Leopold

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.