MAY 2023 Newsletter of the Merri Creek Management Committee (MCMC)Our 2022 achievements
You'll find more details on the sources of our funding and expenditure of our various programs in the 2022 Treasurer's Report and the 2022 Auditor's Report. VCAT refuses Harrison St development
The site is next to a striking Russian Orthodox Church and includes an historic cottage (photo left). The cottage was to be retained and restored, a plus for the proposal. But the six townhouses located at the rear of the property were a problem in terms of scale and siting. The proposed landscaping between the driveway, which serviced the rear of the continuous row of townhouses, and the site's rear boundary was minimal. Read More Have your say on marram baba Merri Creek Parklands
The marram baba parklands will:
Welcome additions to marram baba Parklands
The second site, 112ha at 490 Craigieburn Rd, Wollert, is an important remnant grassland associated with Curly Sedge Creek, north of Craigieburn Rd East. In a significant step, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung's Narrap Team will manage the site, a very welcome recognition of Traditional Owners as custodians of the parklands country. Woi-wurrung grasslands names finally formalised
The newly gazetted names are: galgi ngarrk (backbone) for the Craigieburn Grassland Nature Conservation Reserve and bababi marning (mother’s hand) for Cooper St Grassland NCR. The name marram baba (body of the mother kangaroo) has also been adopted for the proposed parklands that extend along Merri Creek from the Ring Rd to Beveridge. The use of lower case for the first letter in the names is a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung preference and has been accepted by Geographic Names Victoria. Other names in the original series, submitted many years, were approved using conventional capitalisation: Bababi Djinanang (mother’s foot) for Jukes Rd Grassland in Fawkner; and Ngarri-djarrang (thigh) for Central Creek Grassland in Reservoir. Ex MCMC Vice President awarded posthumous OAM
Litter continues to blight urban creeks
The RRLC program, which began in 2018 thanks to a grant from the Port Phillip Bay Fund, supports local community to safely remove litter from the waterways of Merri Creek. It has enabled expansion of the litter clean-up program run successfully for over 20 years by Friends of Merri Creek. Read More We can help with indigenous gardens in schools
In February Marymede Catholic College in South Morang created a pop-up outdoor classroom in their garden which was planted in 2022. It's a great place to develop more awareness of indigenous habitat and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. For help with your own plan, contact us: admin@mcmc.org.au Teaching Indigenous perspectives with local seasons
The image (right) shows an example of how Grade 1 students departed from the common, stereotypical seasonal ideas associated with ‘summer’. Instead of using a blue palette of skies and beaches, they used yellow, gold and brown, which is more attuned to the local conditions of ‘biderap,’ the hot and dry season – as conveyed by the grasslands of Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. Please contact our specialist educators via admin@mmcmc.org.au to discuss opportunities for professional development, incursions and excursions. Grassland species brochure
Merri in the evening for rakali
How to tell the difference between rakali and platypus
Read More Early years leadership for educators and little kids
WaterWatch volunteers hone their monitoring skills
The suite of free workshops included:
More information is available on the WaterWatch Community Portal. Thanks to Melbourne Water and the Cities of Darebin and Merri-bek which funded the workshops. Read More WaterWatch celebrates 30 years of citizen science!
This milestone was celebrated late March when North Central Catchment Management Authority presented awards to Waterwatch and Estuarywatch volunteers from all over Victoria. Three Waterwatch groups supported by MCMC were awarded outstanding service awards: the Reservoir Frogs Waterwatch group; the Friends of Merri Creek Streamteam and the Westgate Park Waterwatch group. |
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Merri Events Calendar
10:00AM - 12:30PM
Friends of Edwardes Lake World Environment Day Planting
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Litter Clean Up – Coburg - Friends of Merri Creek
02:00PM - 03:30PM
Streamteam Water Quality Testing - Friends of Merri Creek
09:30AM - 11:30AM
Friends of Coburg Lake & Surrounds Wednesday Working Bee
09:30AM - 11:30AM
Friends of Coburg Lake & Surrounds Weekly Friday Working Bee
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Friends of Edwardes Lake Reservoir Frogs Water Quality Testing
09:30AM - 11:30AM
Friends of Coburg Lake & Surrounds Wednesday Working Bee
09:30AM - 11:30AM
Friends of Coburg Lake & Surrounds Weekly Friday Working Bee
09:00AM - 12:30PM
Friends of Edwardes Lake Planting
10:00AM - 12:30PM
Wetland Planting at Imaroo St Escarpment
Merri Creek Management Committee. 2 Lee St, East Brunswick, Victoria, Australia 3057 (view map in new window )
Phone:(03) 9380 8199 Email: admin@mcmc.org.au ABN: 13 025 599 242
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