Nature-at-home

Activities, ideas and resources to help you connect with and care for nature while staying at home!...
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Backyard Bandicoots 2019

In 2019, we joined the community to monitor for endangered Southern Brown Bandicoots in residential estates around the Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne. Between November and December 2019 we ran...
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Great Forest Guardians 2019-2021

Be part of research that supports the creation of the Great Forest National Park. Our NatureWatch citizen scientists help to monitor the fauna across the area of this proposed new […]...
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Dragon Quest

With your help we are on a mission to determine the population of weedy seadragons around Port Phillip and Western Port bays. All you need to do to help is […]...
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Photo: Christine Connelly

Volunteer with NatureWatch

Want to try your hand at being a citizen scientist? Or learn about Victoria’s native flora and fauna, and how to monitor them? Volunteering with NatureWatch is a fantastic way […]...
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VNPA has many materials that can support school curricula

School resources

Check out VNPA’s great resources for primary andecondarychools including: Nature-based activities for primarychool kids Ways to get your class involved in Victoria’s largest marine citizen...
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Sea Slug Census

Sea Slugs are sometimes called the butterflies of the sea, but they’re more than just a pretty face! Not only are they adorned in a bewitching spectrum of colours, they’re […]...
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Grassland Threatened Species 2009-2017

Today, less than 1% of Victoria’s grassland ecosystems remain. Our Grassland Threatened Species project was established in 2008 to collect important data about the threatened species that are in...
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