The Caroline Chisholm Volunteer Awards acknowledge the great contributions by extraordinary volunteers in the Federal Electorate of Chisholm. Caroline Chisholm (1808 – 1877), a remarkable volunteer of her time, assisted thousands of Australian immigrants, mainly women and girls, find work… Read More »Caroline Chisholm Award
The KooyongKoot Alliance Clean Waterways Expo is an amazing opportunity to not just learn about what makes our Creek tick but also how it is impacted by us. It is the chance to find out how to take positive action… Read More »KooyongKoot Alliance Clean Waterways Expo
The 2025 planting season for the KooyongKoot Alliance (KKA) and its members has come to an end. But KooyongKoot is very much alive and members are still working very hard. In a record-breaking year, to 30th June 2025, it is… Read More »Planting Season report
Friends of South Surrey Park has proudly completed its 30th planting season. This winter, nearly 2000 seedlings were planted along Back Creek, helping to restore habitat for small birds and strengthen the park’s biodiversity. As always, the year began with… Read More »ðŸŒ¿30 Years of Planting at South Surrey Park🌿
Damper Creek is a tributary of KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek. Our friends from the Damper Creek Conservation Reserve in Mt Waverley have set us a copy of their September Newsletter which you can access here. It’s a great round-up of their… Read More »Damper Creek Doings
The Blackburn Creekies run a series of Community Working Bees during the planting season. This year, two of these were devoted to its ‘School Gateway to Nature Project’: to plant around new access points to Laburnum Primary School (LPS) on… Read More »Blackburn Creeklands: School Gateway to Nature project
We’ve been notified that the KooyongKoot Alliance: Connecting habitats and Communities entry is a finalist for the 2025 Tidy Towns & Cities – Sustainability Awards in the Environment category. The Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria Tidy Towns & Cities – Sustainability Awards… Read More »Tidy Towns and Sustainable Cities 2025
Growing Community, One Plant at a Time Nettleton Park is sited at the confluence of Back Creek and KooyongKoot (Gardiners Creek). On July 13th, our Back2Nettleton Friends group – proud members of the KooyongKoot Alliance(KKA) – gathered with thirty cheerful… Read More »Planting Day at Nettleton Park
KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek is a significant tributary of Birrarung (the Yarra River). Our friends at the Yarra Riverkeeper Association (YRKA for short) recently launched Phase 3 of YRKA’s work on tackling polystyrene pollution to an engaged online audience of more… Read More »Polystyrene Pollution
Our President, Rex Dusting, presents the following mid-year news update to all friends of the KKA. Since our last newsletter six months ago, the Alliance has been very busy and I am pleased to provide an update on progress. Sub-committees The… Read More »President’s News July, 2025