HISTORY The section of modern Heatherton Rd between Gladstone Rd and Power Rd marked the approximate southern boundary of the original Police Paddock. It extends from Clayton Rd, in the west, to the Belgrave-Hallam Rd in the east  (Narre Narre Warren). The roadway existed as early as 1856, as a rough track, and it.was originally known as "The Mornington Rd". This caused confusion with the  "Mornington to Frankston Rd", and the name was changed to Heatherton Rd in 1893, for the sections either side of Stud Rd. The original name had been used by travellers wishing to make the long journey (by horse or dray) to destinations In the Mornington County, which included the embryo Dandenong Parish. DANDENONG WETLANDS Is sited adjacent to the Monash Freeway between Heatherton and Stud Roads along the Dandenong Creek in Dandenong North. The wetland makes up part of the network of parks and reserves that comprises the Dandenong Creek habitat corridor. Dandenong Wetlands is located in a low lying area that floods during high rainfall events, resulting in the area being undesirable for building development. In the past the area was used for grazing horses and cattle. In 2002, the City of Greater Dandenong and Melbourne Water entered into discussions about turning the area into usable parkland for the community. A landscape plan was developed in consultation with the community, focusing on the development of parkland and wetlands to improve water quality in the Dandenong Creek before it enters Port Philip Bay. The park now consists of extensive passive parkland, and a series of wetlands which provide habitat for native wildlife and improves the water quality of the creek, along with functioning as a flood retarding basin. Wetland bird life is abundant, including ducks, herons, and birds of prey, like the Swamp Harriers (circus approximans). During the evenings frogs can be heard calling around the wetlands. The Park is part of the original Police Paddocks.