Program Updates

PROGRAM UPDATE 1 August 2019 | Our 2018 Great Victorian Fish Count was another great success, with 750 citizen scientists taking to the water to record a diverse range of bony fish, sharks and rays...

PARK WATCH June 2019 | Our Naturewatch program’s Coordinator Sera Blair shares the tremendous halfway results of our Caught on Camera project. One of the reasons we love Wombat Forest and want...

MEDIA RELEASE 16 November 2018 | This summer hundreds of divers and snorkelers will once again take to the water as part the Greattorian Fish Count, the largest marine citizen science event in...

PROGRAM UPDATE 20 June 2018 | Our 2017 Great Victorian Fish Count was another great success of citizen science, with over 700 volunteer divers and snorkelers recording an amazing diversity of fish...

MEDIA RELEASE 18 April 2018 | Beneath the waters of Port Phillip Bay and Westernport this weekend, volunteer scuba divers and underwater photographers will search the seabed for a small but...

MEDIA RELEASE  18 November 2017 | This weekend hundreds of snorkel-clad, keen-eyed citizen-scientists will take to water for start of annual Great Victorian Fish Count, with stingrays...

MEDIA RELEASE  26 October 2017 | This summer hundreds of divers and snorkelers will take to the water as part the Great Victorian Fish Count, the largest marine citizen science event in Victoria....

PARK WATCH September 2017 | Our NatureWatch program,d the program’s original coordinator Caitlin Griffith, reached a major ten year milestone in 2017. In 2007 inspired group of VNPA members...

PROGRAM UPDATE 18 September 2017 | We have a very exciting opportunity for you to experience the underwater wonders of Port Phillip Bay – on your screen in real-time with Reef Cam! One of the...

PARK WATCH June 2017 | ReefWatch’s Kade Mills reports back on an ambitious strategy to bring back the forgotten shellfish reefs of Port Phillip Bay. We all know what an oyster is. Many of us even...