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
The future of the KooyongKoot catchment has taken an important step forward with the official launch of the Gardiners Creek (KooyongKoot) Catchment Strategic Plan on 28 July 2026. Developed through the Gardiners Creek Regional Collaboration (GCRC), the Plan brings together the five catchment… Read More »Strategic Plan for the Catchment
The following article reporting KKA’s Clean Waterways Sub-Committee plans to reduce litter pollution in Melbourne’s KooyongKoot catchment comes to us from Mark Landmann. KooyongKoot catchment The KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek catchment covers 112 square kilometres across five municipalities in Melbourne’s east. … Read More »Reducing litter pollution
The Ashburton Creek Biodiversity Crew [ACBC] has been working along the Ferndale Trail and biodiversity corridor from Summerhill Park to Ferndale Road, Glen Iris for nearly 4 years, keeping the beds weeded, mulched, and planted with indigenous flora. The planting… Read More »Fungi along Ferndale Trail
Celebrating 15 years of local land care in Ashburton Friends of Ashburton Forest’s (FoAF) group leader, Rita says: Our community volunteer group started in June, 2011. We grew out of the City of Boroondara’s Backyard Biodiversity Project. The aim of… Read More »Happy Birthday Friends of Ashburton Forest!
On 24 April 2026 from 8.30-10.00 am, twenty-seven enthusiastic participants, ranging in age from 5 to 84 years, joined naturalist Callum Clarke from Life Gone Wild for an inspiring guided nature walk through Nettleton Park, auspiced by the City of… Read More »Nature comes alive in Nettleton
One of our Members, Ruth Scharley, has some very welcome news: Our new KKA fauna education boards are an exciting initiative designed to promote the work of Friends Groups while sparking interest in our parklands and encouraging new members to… Read More »KKA Fauna Posters
The State Government has announced that a significant amendment to the Planning Controls for Waterways has been approved by the Minister for Planning and will take effect in late January, 2026. The amendment introduces a series of Significant Landscape Overlays… Read More »New Planning Protections for KooyongKoot