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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22 May 2026
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC Coburg Lake & Surrounds - Friday Working Bee

27 May 2026
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC Coburg Lake & Surrounds - Wednesday Working Bee

27 May 2026
09:50AM - 12:00PM
FoMC Wednesday Volunteers

27 May 2026
05:30PM - 07:00PM
MCMC Torchlit Twilight Nature Walk at Lehmann's Farm, Epping

28 May 2026
10:00AM - 12:30PM
MCMC: Come together at nugal biik in marram baba Merri Creek Regional Parklands

28 May 2026
07:00PM - 08:00PM
MCMC & FoMC: Frog-friendly Gardening

29 May 2026
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC Coburg Lake & Surrounds - Friday Working Bee

30 May 2026
10:00AM - 12:30PM
FoMC 'Bracken Creek' – Planting

31 May 2026
10:00AM - 11:30PM
MCMC: Together we’re All in for Reconciliation: Walk together on Wurundjeri Country

03 Jun 2026
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC Coburg Lake & Surrounds - Wednesday Working Bee

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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