Ann McGregor and Michael Longmore from the magnificent Friends of Merri Creek and Merri Creek Management Committee will talk about how these twin organisations got to be so fabulously effective at protecting and restoring the Merri and beyond – and bringing in so many people. They have been truly instrumental in creating change. Their online […]
The Grassy Plains Network says let’s get together for some face-to-face time! Come and meet your fellow Gassy Plains Network-ers in the real world and catch-up on all things grassy and otherwise. Food and drink provided. We'll check out the Iramoo Nursery and the great propagation work they’re doing. We'll also go for a wildflower […]
We invite you to travel back in time with us on Wednesday 11 October at our special Nature of Change webinar! Together we’ll explore the area’s geological history with renowned coastal geomorphologist Professor David Kennedy, while palaeontologist and science communicator Ben Francischelli will introduce us to the megafauna that once roamed Port Phillip Bay. RSVP […]
Join us in person or online to learn all about the Great Victorian Fish Count and long-lived fish that live in our waters. Dr Corey Green will teach us all about fish ears and how they can be used to tell the age of a fish. Dr Nicole Mertens will share her knowledge about how […]
Come along to Moonee Valley to do a walking tour of some unusual grasslands. JH Allen Reserve is a well-used civic space with a grassland in the middle of it. Arcade Way is the almost-secret internal park of a Walter Burley-Griffin (of Canberra fame) estate, that continues to shelter the original grasslands of the region. […]
Join us for a tour of these truly magnificent grasslands out towards Bacchus Marsh, between the rail line and the Werribee River. Bursting with flowers, Featherheads and swaying grassheads, this privately owned country property is a real eye-opener. To get there, drive across the railway line into the property and follow the arrows. Remember to […]
We are starting at Ferris Road Grassland. To get there, put "204 Ferris Road, Cobblebank" into your maps app. Park on the mown grassy area on the western side of Ferris Road just north of the rail crossing. No coincidence this discrete pacth of grassland is next to a rail line, so many of our […]
Members and supporters are warmly invited to the Victorian National Parks Association’s Annual General Meeting: Celebrating 71 years of protecting nature together Please RSVP via the form below to attend our 71st AGM, with guest speaker Professor Sarah Bekessy, followed by a presentation from Matt Ruchel, Executive Director, and Maddy Willcock, Nature Stewards Coordinator. RSVP closes […]
This public symposium will explore options and issues for securing the future of Victoria's native forests. We will convene scientists, land managers and First Nations expertise to explore and discuss perspectives informed by scholarship, cultural practices and ecological values. These researchers, policy makers and knowledge holders will address bushfire prevention, recovering threatened species, sustaining human […]
Help us learn more about sea slugs! If you snap a photo of sea slug anywhere on the Victorian coast between Friday 27 October and Sunday 5 November, please submit your images to the Sea Slug Census project for Oct-Nov on iNaturalist. Oct-Nov iNaturalist project You can also come along to our Point Danger (Torquay) […]
