#wallan wallan comes from #firstnations #Woiwurrung word meaning ‘circular place of water,’ referring to the extensive network of swamps and #wetlands in the area.
https://wallanwallanrp.org.au/wallan-wallan-values/
Home sweet home. The importance of old trees as habitat, nesting #RainbowLorikeet
Photograph by Gabrielle Pounsett, @gabriellepamela50
Trevor the Fish says:
K E E P C H E M I C A L S
O U T O F T H E C R E E K !
Help Make The Merri Merry !
A Tea Towel by Claire Mosley
Flowers of the #MerriCreek
River Red Gum
Kangaroo Apple
Ink Heath
Chocolate Lily
Seaberry Saltbush
Murnong
Lomandra
Australia Indigo
Common everlasting 🌼 Daisy
Rosemary Grevillea
Tufted Bluebell
River Bottle Brush
Native Flax
Silver Wattle
Basalt 🌼 Daisy
Nasturtiums
Inspired, Painted & Printed in Naarm/Melbourne
Www.clairemosley.com
Wildlife friendly gardens https://www.wires.org.au/what-we-do/wildlife-information/general-information/wildlife-friendly-gardens
Bird attracting plants and trees
https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/gardening/
Bird Friendly Gardens
https://birdlife.org.au/discover-birds/birds-in-your-backyard/bird-friendly-garden/
MerriCreek History
https://www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/merri-creek-history
#AussieBirdCount #gardening #MerriCreek #revegetation #rewilding #WildLife
Plants of the Merri - #AcaciaPycnantha
06th December 2025
Text and photographs by Chris Clarke
https://www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au/index.cfm?module=news&pagemode=indiv&page_id=3210406
#Acacia #GoldenWattle #merriCreek #revegetation #rewilding #WattleTree
Across the #MerriCreek the new long-term space for Catalyst Social Centre is opening at Munro Street in 2026
Former site at 144 Sydney Road has December / January events ongoing
Peter Riley
