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
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
One of our member groups has sent us an interesting photo taken this month along KooyongKoot which shows a juvenile male Gang-gang Cockatoo – presumably with his mother. The upper part of an adult male’s head is normally completely bright… Read More »Endangered Cockatoos find refuge in the catchment
The KooyongKoot Alliance (KKA) and its members brought together an impressive gathering of community groups, environmental advocates and local residents on Saturday 29th November for the Boroondara KooyongKoot Clean Waterways Expo. Despite a soggy start, the event proved a solid… Read More »Clean Waterways Expo Makes a Splash Despite Wet Weather
Pam Welsford was KKA secretary from the inaugural KKA meeting until this year’s AGM. She and her partner made the decision to relocate westwards to Fairhaven – perhaps swapping Painkalac Creek for KooyongKoot ! Pam’s can-do attitude, versatility and hard… Read More »Thanks again Pam !
A summary from the Annual General Meeting held November 11 2025, reporting on the 2024-2025 financial year. The AGM was very successful and well attended by members and friends of the KKA. 2024/5 was a very successful year for the… Read More »A Big Year for Our Community
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
