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
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Katie Allen just prior to Christmas. Katie was a big supporter of the KKA and the Friends groups in her time serving as MHR for the former electorate of Higgins.… Read More »Sad news…
Our President, Rex Dusting, posts the following message to all friends of the KKA: KooyongKoot Alliance’s 2025 As we reach the end of 2025, we can look back on our efforts to improve the health of the KooyongKoot (Gardiners) Creek… Read More »President’s Christmas Message 2025
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 »🌿30 Years of Planting at South Surrey Park🌿
