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29 September 2025

We’ve been extremely busy over the past six month building wildlife rope bridges with the Yarra Ranges community. We’d like to thanks all our amazing volunteers! We will be installing our wildlife rope bridges soon in areas of the Yarra Ranges National Park that lack canopy connectivity (in consultation with Parks Victoria and DEECA) – watch this space!

We’d like to thank WIRES for their generous support for our rope bridge project and Eastern Regional Libraries for hosting our workshops. We’d also like to thanks project partners Parks Victoria and Ecology and Restoration Australia for their support.

12 September 2025

What a great morning with Laura and her awesome Sustainability Squad at Wandin North Primary School learning how to monitor our planting site at Picnic Hills Bushland Reserve. We asked students to imagine what their plantings will look like in the future – check out their fabulous drawings!

We’d like to thank Yarra Ranges Council for their generous support of our Planting the Seed program. We’d also like to thank our project partner at Ecology and Restoration Australia.

11 September 2025

We ran several cultural heritage sessions today with Grade 3-6 students at Ardeer Primary School. Students were able to learn about Aboriginal dance, games and storytelling. Everyone got creative drawing their own dreamtime story using traditional symbols.

We’d like to thank Brimbank City Council for their generous support of our Planting the Seed program. We’d also like to thank our project partner at Ecology and Restoration Australia.

26 August 2025

Check out Kai’s amazing artwork! Kai is a Traditional Owner representative and sits on the Eco Warriors Australia board. Kai says:

“This art piece is a birds eye view of Lake Meran (northern Victoria) and reflects on three key signs that the lake is thriving: the white bellied sea eagle, long neck turtle and river mussels. The painting shows campsites, community and tracks all around the lake reflecting on the large amount of people that use the lake for camping, fishing and swimming.

White bellied sea eagle – an eagle is an immediate sign of a healthy Country as they are highly vulnerable to habitat loss and only nest in areas with high abundance of food. There is a pair that has nested at Lake Meran for over a decade!

Long neck turtles – ecosystem protectors which create a balance within the lake as a predator to fish, tadpoles and water bugs and as lawnmowers keeping aquatic vegetation from growing abundant.

River mussels – ecosystem engineers as they play a pivotal role as a filter for the lake and were a staple food for Barapa Barapa people. River mussels have been found in middens all around Lake Meran, showing the lake’s important for Traditional Owners”.