Melbourne Water funded Stormwater Review The KooyongKoot Alliance (KKA) is delighted to advise that it has secured grant funding from Melbourne Water for our Catchment Keeper, Graham Ross, to carry out a Stormwater Review of the Gardiners Creek Catchment. A… Read More »Funding Success
Celebrating Ruthie Scharley – Boroondara Volunteer of the Year Finalist On Thursday 22 May, in the Zelman Room at the Hawthorn Arts Centre, members of the KooyongKoot Alliance gathered to support Ruthie Scharley, who was shortlisted for the 2025 Boroondara… Read More »Boroondara Awards
Sab, from our member group the Friends of Wurundjeri Walk, has let us know the great news that the late David Berry, has been posthumously awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List. David… Read More »David Berry OAM
The KooyongKoot Alliance (KKA) hosted another hugely successful planting event at Gardiners Creek Reserve, Burwood on Sunday, May 18th. We managed to plant over 2,300 plants on the day – including the all-important watering them in. The newly purchased mechanical auger,… Read More »Gardiners Creek Reserve – 1st 2025 planting
Pam Welsford has been KKA secretary since the inaugural KKA meeting. She has made the decision to relocate to Fairhaven (and hopefully get involved with like-minded groups along Painkalac Creek). Pam will remain as Secretary until the KKA AGM on… Read More »Thanks Pam !
Our first KKA meeting for 2025 was held outdoors in the KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek Reserve on 26th February. The first activity was a tour of the proposed plantings for 2025 followed by a review of the incredible success of earlier… Read More »Our Sub-Committees
The author, Glenys Grant, and the publisher have kindly given us permission to republish this article from the February, 2025 edition of the EastsiderNews. KooyongKoot contributes again by Glenys Grant IN the past year, KooyongKoot and Friends of the Catchment… Read More »Eastsider – Feb, 2025
Our friends at the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary are having an information update for the community regarding their major Blackburn Lake Wetlands Regeneration project. Working bee events have been entered on our calendar. All are invited to come along and find… Read More »Blackburn Lake Wetlands Regeneration
We have been informed that Bob Simpson sadly died at home of a heart attack on Saturday 28th December, 2024. Bob was a KKA member and colleague through his leadership of the “The Creek Beyond the Lake” group in Nunawading.… Read More »Vale Bob Simpson
Congratulations to Alison and the Ashburton Creek Biodiversity Crew (ACBC) upon receiving a “Highly Commended” award in the category of Outstanding Friends Group at the recent Victorian Environmental Friends Network Awards. The group has only been in existence for just less… Read More »Congratulations ACBC !