Merri Creek Management Committee

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

•Office Bearers:

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President – Claudia James

–Secretary – John Robinson

•Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

•Phone: 5783-1325

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•Web Site: https://www.mcmc.org.au/wallan-environment-group

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/992752334090457

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•Postal Address: PO Box 327, Wallan, VIC 3756

Mission

Create a more liveable Wallan by engaging the community in restoring, enhancing & preserving the natural environment

Vision

Abundant & significant networks of native flora, fauna & passive recreation areas that the community appreciates and values

Objectives

Preserve, enhance & restore the flora & fauna in Wallan’s catchments
Improve Wallan’s amenity values through a network of linked parks & open spaces
Active community participation in the Group’s activities, & effective & inclusive Group governance
Public awareness, participation, & ownership of the natural environment
Serve as an advocate for the natural environment and open space areas of Wallan

2003:

Community members in Wallan began the reclamation of Wallan Creek, which led to the formation in 2004 of Friends of Wallan Creek.

2004 – 2007:

After incorporation, Friends of Wallan Creek applied for and obtained a series of grants (more than $100,000) to improve the environmental values of Wallan Creek. This money and literally thousands of hours of voluntary labour provided by the local community, including 1st Wallan Wallan Scouts, Upper Maribyrnong Catchment Group and local schools, over many years has provided a truly local focus on improving Wallan’s natural environment. The result has been the transformation of Wallan Community Park and Wallan Creek from a weed and rubbish infested waterway into one of the few truly open spaces in Wallan which the whole community should be justly proud.

2007 – June 2010:

Friends of Wallan Creek began to expand its geographical focus to include the care of Taylors Creek and commenced lobbying Mitchell Shire to open up and develop Green Hill, Wallan, as public open space.

2010:

Wallan Environment Group is formed on 5 June 2010, ie World Environment Day, after Friends of Wallan Creek changed its name. The change in the group’s name was made to reflect the group’s shift to a broader geographical focus and its growing role as an advocate for the improvement, protection, extension and linking of the local parks, reserves and public open space areas in Wallan. The group’s overall aim is to create a more liveable Wallan by engaging the community in restoring, enhancing and preserving the natural environment.

2014:

Wallan Environment Group celebrated it's ten year anniversary since starting out as Friends of Wallan Creek in 2004. See the President's Report for the activities of the group and our Strategic Plan.

For more information: contact Claudia James (Secretary) tel: 5783 1325

First planting along Wallan Creek with Wallan Primary School in November 2003 Wallan Environment Group was called the Friends of Wallan Creek until April 2010. The group's original goal was to restore and enhance the environmental values of Wallan Creek, a tributary of Merri Creek, as it flows through the town of Wallan, north of Melbourne.

Accordingly, Wallan Environment Group's initial focus was on weed removal, revegetation, and mulching work along Wallan Creek in Wallan Community Park, the reserve behind Wallan Scout Hall (along Watson Street). The extensive revegetation work that the group has undertaken in the park has involved the use of plants that are indigenous to the local area. While most of our activities are still held in the reserve, the group has now enlarged its goals to cover the natural environment in and around Wallan. The photos show the huge improvement along Wallan Creek from the first planting, with Wallan Primary School, in November 2003 to November 2014.

Wallan Creek from the same viewpoint as above in November 2014 Wallan Environment Group organises at least one working day per month. These working days are normally held on the Sunday after the Wallan Market from 10am-1pm. We hope that you can make it to one of the Group’s working days. The work undertaken on these days aims to beautify the local area, create habitat for local animals and birds, and improve the environmental values of Wallan Creek. The working days are also an opportunity to meet other like-minded people from your local community. Everyone is welcome. Bring your family and friends along, and enjoy the free BBQ lunch provided for all volunteers once the work is complete for the day.

For more information on membership, please contact:
Wallan Environment Group,
PO Box 327, Wallan 3756
Phone: 5783 1325 or email: Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Merri Events Calendar

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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

02 Apr 2023;
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Friends of Edwardes Lake Reservoir Frogs Water Quality Testing Session

Wurundjeri panel - feature 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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