We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land of the Merri Merri.
MCMC has created a new virtual tour of the Merri Catchment that uses aerial photos from Google Earth to illustrate the geography of Merri Creek. The tour can be viewed on any computer or mobile phone HERE.
The tour shows the Merri Catchment in the context of Australia and Victoria, the Wurundjeri Woi Worung lands and the basalt plains. It explains what a catchment is and shows the Merri's relationship to the Great Dividing Range and neighbouring catchments, then looks at each of the Merri's subcatchments. It illustrates the underlying basalt geography of most of the catchment, visits its volcanoes and explains how basalt has been used. In ten minutes it is a great introduction to the catchment, and the aerial photography makes it easy to understand.
Saturday 1 April, 10am-12:30pm
Reservoir Scout Hall, off Leamington Street, Reservoir - see Google map.
Join the MCMC Waterwatch Coordinator and the Reservoir Frogs Waterwatch group on the Edgars Creek in Edwardes Lake Park (Reservoir) to help determine the water quality of Edgars Creek. The session will cover sampling and collecting of live aquatic macroinvertebrates, and identifying live macroinvertebrates to family level. Some previous experience with macroinvertebrate identification is great but not essential.
Bookings essential - Here.
This event is only suitable for those 12 years of age and above (those under 18 years must attend with a parent or guardian). Please wear sturdy shoes, dress for the weather and don’t attend if you are feeling unwell.
Proudly funded by the City of Darebin.
Sunday 2 April, 10am -1pm
Merri Creek, across from DeChene Reserve Coburg (off Connolly St) - see map
Join the MCMC Waterwatch Coordinators on the Merri Creek in Coburg to collect data on waterbug diversity. The session will cover sampling and collecting of live aquatic macroinvertebrates, and identifying live macroinvertebrates to family level in order to determine the water quality of Merri Creek. Some previous experience with macroinvertebrate identification is great but not essential.
Bookings essential - Here.
This event is only suitable for those 15 years of age and above (those under 18 years must attend with a parent or guardian). Please wear sturdy shoes, dress for the weather and don’t attend if you are feeling unwell.
Proudly funded by the City of Merri-bek and Melbourne Water.
Visitors to Merri Creek are often alarmed by the amount of litter trapped among vegetation and on the creek banks. The great majority of this litter comes after rain runs it from local streets into the creek, via underground stormwater drains, and it's obviously a lot worse when it rains heavily.
There's been a lot of community interest in helping to remove this litter. This is great, but we want to ensure that litter clean-ups are done safely. Wet weather brings hazards such as slippery/muddy banks, site flooding and strong water flows. We always complete a site safety assessment before going ahead with community litter clean-ups. Follow the 'Read more' prompt to find out how we support people to safely undertake litter clean-ups.
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Missed one of our webinars? Recordings and related material are available on our Digital Resources page.
Plant Heroes
is a project that showcases stories of people saving plant species from around Australia. One of its stories features Murnong Microseris scapigera and the years of work by MCMC and Traditional Owners, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung, to conserve this species. It shows that the conservation work was less to do with the plant and more about the special relationship with people, in this place.
The creators of the story hope it can help to acknowledge the need to place cultural knowledge as core to conservation planning and developing 'right-way' projects.
See the video: Murnong; saving Yam Daisy on Melbourne's Merri Creek, or listen to more detail on the podcast.
| 31 Mar 2023; 09:30AM - 11:30AM Friends of Coburg Lake & Surrounds Weekly Friday Working Bee |
| 01 Apr 2023; 10:00AM - 12:00PM Friends of Merri Park Working Bee |
| 01 Apr 2023; 10:00AM - 12:30PM Waterwatch Waterbug Community Sampling (2023) - Darebin |
| 01 Apr 2023; 11:00AM - 02:00PM Edgars Creek Community Planting Day |
| 02 Apr 2023; 10:00AM - 01:00PM Waterwatch Waterbug community sampling |
| 02 Apr 2023; 10:00AM - 12:00PM Litter Clean Up – Coburg - Friends of Merri Creek |
See a web version of these fabulous panels which celebrate the outstanding community achievement since 1975 in transforming Merri Creek from a weed-smothered drain to a much-loved waterway running through a bushland corridor: fronts of panels (17MB file); backs of panels (9MB file).
The two metre size panels were originally displayed at libraries and other public places throughout the Merri Creek catchment over 16 months until late 2016, in celebration of MCMC's 25th Anniversary.
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Phone:(03) 9380 8199 Email: admin@mcmc.org.au ABN: 13 025 599 242
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