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.

Aitken Milky Beauty Heads

Aitken Creek in Craigieburn was a hive of activity as Merri Creek Management Committee (MCMC) helped to implement the ‘Aitken Creek’s Living Pathways’ project in 2018. This Friends of Merri Creek project has established pathways for blue banded bees to pollinate endangered Matted Flax Lilys. We invite you to learn about and help take care of this magnificent tributary of Merri Creek habitat corridor. You can use the new interactive on line map to tour the creek from home. View the map in the browser on any web-connected device. Or download the mobile app from the Google Play Store with your Android device.


Donate to sow the seeds of a wetland

Sowing the seeds of a wetland: MCMC’s 2026 Fundraising Campaign

Donate now

 

Help us sow the seeds of a wetland and keep our vision of a restored wetland landscape alive.

We’re aiming to raise $40,000 by June 30. Your donation will help to restore this important but forgotten corridor and build the seedbanks needed to restore the wetland of tomorrow.

Donate today! 

Merri Events Calendar

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28 Jun 2026
10:00AM - 12:00PM
FoMC Malcolm Creek & Grasslands - Litter Cleanup

28 Jun 2026
10:00AM - 12:00PM
FoMC @ Edgars Creek - Planting Event

01 Jul 2026
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC Coburg Lake & Surrounds - Wednesday Working Bee

03 Jul 2026
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC Coburg Lake & Surrounds - Friday Working Bee

05 Jul 2026
10:00AM - 12:00PM
FoMC @ Merri Park - Working Bee

05 Jul 2026
10:00AM - 12:00PM
FoMC Litter Cleanup - Craigieburn

05 Jul 2026
02:00PM - 03:30PM
FoMC: StreamTeam Water Quality Testing

08 Jul 2026
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC Coburg Lake & Surrounds - Wednesday Working Bee

10 Jul 2026
09:30AM - 11:30AM
FoMC Coburg Lake & Surrounds - Friday Working Bee

11 Jul 2026
10:00AM - 01:00PM
City of Whittlesea - National Tree Day events

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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