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Vote 1 Merri Creek
- 16th May 2022
Are you ready to vote this Saturday 21 May? Find out how parties compare when it comes to protecting and enhancing Merri Creek. Website: FOMC Election Scorecard |
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Birds along the Merri in Late Summer
- 26th April 2022
The Merri Birdwatch Convenor, ANN MCGREGOR, says that there were plenty of interesting sightings for 57 participants in the nine bird surveys in February. |
Illegally occupied site to be rezoned?
- 26th April 2022
Although works occurred without a permit on what is Merri Creek frontage land at 115 Trawalla Ave, Thomastown, the land is proposed to be rezoned to Industrial Zone, enabling it to be sold to the adjoining property owner. |
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My Garden Path
- 26th April 2022
This is the title of an interesting video featuring Merri Creek by Dylan Martorell, a composer based in Brunswick East |
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Paddling hard for the platypus - all things Merri Paddle
- 26th April 2022
Convenor of the ‘Merri Paddle,’ PETER EWER, tells us what this new group has been doing. |
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Plenty of plans for the upper Merri
- 25th April 2022
FoMC Vice President, ANN MCGREGOR, provides a brief update on the planning processes going on in the upper Merri catchment. |
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Birds along the Merri in True Spring
- 31st January 2022
Ann McGregor, Merri Birdwatch Coordinator, welcomes the return to birding in a group for the November set of bird surveys. |
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New LGBTIQ Friends group builds wellbeing along the Merri Merri
- 31st January 2022
Gabriel Aleksandrs tells about the formation of the new FoMC subgroup, LGBTIQ Friends of Bababi Djinanang, and that, despite the pandemic affecting many conservation activities, this subgroup continues to grow. |
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The Merri Paddle - a new Merri Creek group
- 19th September 2021
A new Merri Creek subgroup has been formed - the Merri Paddle. The group has formed to lay the foundations for the eventual return of the platypus to Merri Creek, by working with existing organisations to promote restoration of the creek, with a focus on reversing the damage of Urban Stream Syndrome. |
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Webinar - Plirding!
- 6th September 2021
Another in our webinar series - exploring Plirding - picking up litter while birding. |