Birders will like Danielle's place. Its just 5 mins drive from Waterworks Reserve. Ref Finding Australian Birds by Dolby and Clarke for the birding gen. Its good for black-headed, yellow-throated and strong-billed honeyeaters, tasmanian scrubwren, tasmanian thornbill. And there are waterbirds on the reservoir.
This stretch of houses is in a steep-sided valley with the upper slopes still forested. The nice garden leading down to a creek should be birdy too, but I did not sit long enough on my visit.