6 November 2025
We’ve been busy monitoring our planting sites at Galada Tamboore, Campbellfield and Gaskin Park, Churchill with students from local primary schools. We’re pleased to report that both planting sites are looking healthy! Check out these photos of our mini-scientists is action.
29 October 2025
We’re excited to announce that, in partnership with the Wurundjeri Narrap Rangers, we have won a Yarra Ranges Council community grant to build habitat pods. We will work closely with the Narrap and Birrarung Rangers and five local primary schools to build and install pods along denuded creek corridors and wetland environments within Spadonis Reserve, Yering. The pods will act as short-medium term refuges for small wildlife.
27 October 2025
We’re excited to announce that we have recently won a Transurban community grant to build Yedabila habitat pods for Waatji pulyeri (Superb Fairy-wren) at Sandridge Beach, Port Melbourne.
“Yedabila” means animal in the Yorta Yorta language whilst Waatji pulyeri features in Dreamtime stories as the little one of the lignum bush. These little birds were traditionally known as messengers and story carriers. They were also signs of joy and changes in seasons. Our project offers a unique opportunity learn about Aboriginal cultural heritage while also directly involving the local community volunteers in habitat creation.
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”.
12 August 2025
We spent the morning planting along the Kororoit Creek with the fabulous Grade 4/5 crew from Ardeer Primary School. We also got to learn about the insects that we found from Ian at Brimbank City Council – thanks Ian for sharing your knowledge. Check out the photos!
A big thanks to Brimbank City Council for the generous support of our Planting the Seed program, and to Ella, Tracey and the bushland team for all their help on planting day. We’d also like to thank our project partners at Ecology and Restoration Australia.
1 August 2025
We had a great morning planting native plants with the Wandin North Primary School Sustainability leaders and Yarra Ranges Council’s bushland team. We managed to plant 500 plants at Picnic Hills Bushland Reserve thanks to a great team effort. Check out the photos!
A big thanks to Yarra Ranges Council for kindly funding our Planting the Seed program, and to Ben and his bushland team for their invaluable assistance on planting day. We’d also like to thank our project partners at Ecology and Restoration Australia.
24-25 July 2025
We had a couple of fun days in the La Trobe Valley with the lovely students at Churchill Primary School. Our first day was spent learning about cultural heritage, with lots of great storytelling and a game of Marngrook. We also spent National Schools Tree Planting Day at Gaskin Park, working with La Trobe City Council’s bushland team, teachers, parents and more than 60 students to plant a new area of wildlife habitat. The weather stayed cold but everyone kept warm with lots of digging, planting and watering!
A big thanks to La Trobe City Council for kindly funding our Planting the Seed program. We’d also like to thank our project partners at Ecology and Restoration Australia.
