Merri Creeek Management Committee

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land of the Merri Merri.

Swamp Wallaby Bababi Marning 12 7 15To better understand the movements of Swamp Wallabies along Merri Creek, sightings from a variety of sources, including MCMC's fauna records, have been documented by a volunteer in a most interesting blog: Swamp Wallaby movements on Lower Merri Creek.

This blog reveals two areas along Merri Creek where sightings of Swamp Wallabies are concentrated, and areas where  sightings are much rarer. It also discusses hazards, the revegetation along the creek since 1988, problems caused by dogs, and the lessons for better management of Swamp Wallaby habitat.


Merri Events Calendar

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11 Oct 2025
10:00AM - 12:00PM
FoMC: Friends of Merri Park subgroup Working Bee

12 Oct 2025
08:45AM - 05:00PM
Save the Date - Members Bus Tour to Upper Merri Catchment

12 Oct 2025
10:00AM - 12:30PM
FoMC: Hand Weeding Event Strettle Wetland

12 Oct 2025
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Bababi marning (Cooper St) - Walk and Talk

15 Oct 2025
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC: Friends of Coburg Lake & Surrounds Subgroup Wednesday Working Bee

17 Oct 2025
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC: Friends of Coburg Lake & Surrounds Subgroup Friday Working Bee

17 Oct 2025
07:00PM - 09:00PM
On Country Interculturally: Thinking about places as cultural as well as physical landscapes

18 Oct 2025
02:00PM - 04:00PM
Friends of Bracken Creek – Weed workshop

19 Oct 2025
10:00AM - 12:00PM
FoMC: Friends of Edgars Creek - Maintenance Event

20 Oct 2025
09:00AM - 10:30AM
Beveridge Bird Walk & Count

Wurundjeri panel - featureSee 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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