Merri Creek Management Committee

Looking for a fun activity to do? This webinar will take you on a froggy adventure from the safety of your living room! to discover the City of Darebin’s frogs.

There are over eight different types of frogs you can hear on a walk around Darebin, including Eastern Froglets, Marsh Frogs and Banjo (Pobblebonk) Frogs. Learn to recognise different frog calls using the Melbourne Water frog census app and collect citizen science data to help protect and manage frog habitat.

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Celebrate National Science Week by joining this froggy adventure from the safety of your home or class room!  
There are around eight different species of frogs found in the City of Whittlesea, including Eastern Froglets, Marsh Frogs and Banjo Frogs. Learn to recognise their frog calls using the Melbourne Water frog census app. 

This free webinar was hosted by Julia Cirillo, Merri Creek Management Committee’s Waterwatch Coordinator, and  Peter Grenfell, Darebin Creek Management Committee’s Education Officer, and shows you where you can go in the City of Whittlesea to listen for frogs and how to collect data to help protect and manage frog habitat.

Join MCMC’s Waterwatch Coordinator, Darebin's Environment Officer and Darebin Libraries for a froggy adventure from the safety of your living room! This webinar will take you on a virtual walk and talk to discover the City of Darebin’s local frogs. 

Did you know there are over ten different types of frogs you can hear on a walk around Darebin including Eastern Froglets, Marsh Frogs and Banjo Frogs? Learn to recognise different frog calls using the Melbourne Water Frog Census App and help collect citizen science data to help scientists protect and manage frog habitat. Find out what you can do at home and nearby to increase and protect our special frogs.

 Proudly funded by the City of Darebin.

Congratulations to the Reservoir Frogs Group and the Merri Creek at Northcote/Brunswick East Waterwatch Group for being nominated in the Sustainability category of the City of Darebin community awards 2019. Both groups are supported by the Merri Creek Management Committee. This year there were more than 50 nominations, so the competition was tight.

Although neither group won in the category, Toni, the leader of the Merri Creek Waterwatch group in Northcote/Brunswick East commented "It was a thrill being nominated and I just wanted to share the acknowledgment with everyone in our group, as it’s a 100% team effort and I’m so lucky it’s such a wonderful group."

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