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 to make the Creek as good as it can be!
See you on Saturday, 29th November!!!! Please get your free ticket and further information here.
STOP PRESS: Bird Walk at 11:00AM !!
Join Gillian (Birdlife Australia) and Callum (Urban Guerrillas) for an introduction to the world of birds in urban waterways. We will introduce the importance of understanding birds and their ecology, as well as their benefits and the challenges they face in the modern world.
After a short introduction, we’ll head out and check out the birds along Gardiners Creek as well as the adjacent wetlands to U3A, looking for birds using modern apps such as Merlin and eBird to aid us in uncovering their sometimes hidden worlds. We’ll also show you some birding tricks and tips along the way. Finally, we’ll explain the power of citizen science in making a real difference to the environment and how it can play into important research on a larger scale.
Our birds are so important on so many levels, lets use citizen science to help build a case to protect them!
What to bring:
- Download apps: ebird, iNaturalist, Merlin bird apps
- Dress for the weather (eg rain coat, sturdy shoes, hat, sunscreen)
- Binoculars if you have them.
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STOP PRESSes again!: Flora walk and talk at 12:00PM
Join Neville Walsh for a Guided flora walk in the Burke Road South Wetland, behind U3A. This is an easy stroll with the former senior botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria and co-editor of the four-volume Flora of Victoria.
Neville is passionate about identifying and conserving rare and threatened plants and has been involved in describing and naming more than 140 new plant species and subspecies. In 2024, he was awarded the (Professional) Australian Plants Award, established by the Australian Native Plants Society to recognise people who have made an outstanding contribution to the knowledge of Australian plants. In 2025, he co-authored a guide to the 121 species and subspecies of Wattles of Victoria and Tasmania.
We are very fortunate to be able to offer this guided walk with Neville to learn from his immense knowledge and love of native plants.
Neville will be joined by Sam Russell – founder of the Urban Guerrillas who have carried out revegetation work adjacent to Gardiners Creek and will discuss the challenges of planting in a heavily modified and disrupted riparian area.
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Look
12 Exhibitors include EPA, Melbourne Water, City of Boroondara, Snap Send Solve and local Friends of Groups, the Urban Guerrillas, Native Fish Australia, Yarra Riverkeeper Association, ACF Waterwatch, local Scouts plus Rotary.
This Expo is a great starting point to arm yourself with the facts and the tools to make change happen!
Learn
Come along and learn about:
- how litter & pollution in streets get into our waterways
- how you can help to keep our waterways & creeks clean
- our wonderful local native plants and animals.
Speakers’ Program
Hear experts on a range of topics – click here for the speakers’ program.
Free BBQ and icy poles*
*subject to signing a double pledge for the environment.