The 2025/26 KKA Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on 27 November at the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Visitor Centre. The usual agenda for an AGM includes receiving reports from the Office Bearers, confirming annual fees and electing a new committee… Read More »AGM Report
Vicki Scrivenger has been officially honoured with the prestigious Caroline Chisholm Award. This annual award acknowledges the extraordinary contributions of local volunteers. Vicki was proudly nominated by her peers at the KooyongKoot Alliance (KKA) for her work protecting and enhancing… Read More »Vicki Scrivenger Wins Caroline Chisholm Award
A $200,000 Milestone We are thrilled to share a massive win for our waterways! On Thursday, 15 October, the Gardiners Creek (KooyongKoot) Regional Collaboration officially secured $200,000 through the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) Urban Waterways Fund… Read More »Mapping the Future of KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek
Friends of Camberwell Junction takes root at Avenue Road Reserve A new community environmental group, Friends of Camberwell Junction, held its inaugural gathering in September at Avenue Road Reserve, launching a local initiative to care for and enhance green spaces… Read More »Friends of Camberwell Junction takes root
Saturday 17 October | 10am–3pm | The Edge Theatre, Federation Square REGISTER HERE What does it take to create healthier urban waterways and stronger communities to care for them? Confluence 2026 brings together people from across Melbourne who care about… Read More »Confluence 2026: Community Waterways Forum
The Friends Below the Lake group is based on KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek immediately downstream from Blackburn Lake in Blackburn. The group has been busy in Naughton Reserve recently. Here are some recent photos of revegetation activities including two from a… Read More »Naughton Reserve Planting Events
We have recently learned of the Willie Wagtails Habitat Recovery – Biodiversity Rescue and Propagation Group based next to Boyd Park in Murrumbeena in the southern part of the KooyongKoot catchment. Native Plant Giveaway Willie Wagtails have many hundreds of… Read More »Willie Wagtails Habitat Recovery
H5N1 bird flu (a strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza) is the most serious type of bird flu that mainly affects birds including wild, farmed and pet birds. It can also affect other animals including marine mammals and scavengers… Read More »H5N1 Bird Flu in Australia
Some KKA people recently attended a most informative webinar by Dr Nicola Sockhill – hosted by BirdLife Australia – on the importance of midstorey vegetation for improving biodiversity outcomes, in particular for our small woodland birds. There has been a… Read More »The Missing Midstorey
A memorial planting day was conducted at Wurundjeri Walk in South Blackburn on Saturday, September 5th at 2pm. Although the weather was wild on occasions during the day, the clouds parted for the celebration – which included interesting talks and… Read More »Celebrating the life of the late David Berry
