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We are calling on the State Government to commit to the establishment of the wallan wallan Regional Parkland.

Send an email to the Planning Minister to support the campaign: https://wallanwallanrp.good.do/wwrp/Email_Planning_Minister/

27/10/2026

Thanks, Anasina Gray-Barberio MP for yours and the
Victorian Greens ongoing support for our campaign to create the wallan wallan Regional Parkland. In particular from Samantha Ratnam (former Nth Metro MP) and the late Tim Read MP for Brunswick for raising the issue in Parliament.

22/10/2026

Last chance bird lovers! 🐦

Beveridge bird walk & count
📆 9am - 10:30am, Friday 23rd October
📍 Meet at Club Mandalay Carpark, 486 Mandalay Circuit, Beveridge.

Join FoMC Beveridge Environment Group for a bird walk through the parklands and wetlands at Beveridge-Mandalay Estate. Together we'll identify and record the birds we see and hear as part of the 2026 Aussie Bird Count.

Currently one in six Australian birds faces the threat of extinction, making it more important than ever to build a picture of how our feathered friends are faring.

Bring binoculars if you have them, but not essential. Wear sturdy footwear and come prepared for the weather predicted on the day.

Register: LINK IN BIO https://mcmc.org.au/featured/beveridge-bird-walk-bird-count
For other Aussie Bird Count events: https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

21/10/2026

Thanks to Jaclyn Symes MP, Minister for Environment, for the announcement yesterday about the Wallan wallan Regional Parkland. 🌴

The Minister announced $1m to immediately start work to determine the park boundary, work with Traditional Owners, and formally consider the parkland in current and future planning processes. 🎉💃

This is great news and comes off the back of months of intense advocacy and community campaigning by the wwRPA and our many supporters. Thanks to Friends of Merri Creek, Wallan Environment Group WEG, BEAM Mitchell Environment Group and Merri Creek Management Committee for continued work over many years.

While we await the details of exactly how the $1m will be spent, we’ll take this win for our Merri community and environment. The wwRPA will continue to advocate for the wwRP and all of its values.

Kat Theophanous MP Nathan Lambert MP Anthony Cianflone MP Kathleen Matthews-Ward MP Ros Spence MP

Friends of Merri Creek Wallan Environment Group WEG BEAM Mitchell Environment Group Merri Creek Management Committee

21/10/2026

There's still a few places available for this Sunday's tour!

It's being led by two of the best - Michael Longmore, Ecological Restoration Manager at Merri Creek Management Committee, and by Paul Macgregor, ecological historian and President of BEAM Mitchell Environment Group.

📆 10am - 4pm, Saturday 24th October.
📍 Wallan Neighbourhood House, 42 Bentinck St, Wallan
Register: https://www.beam.org.au/events-1/the-lands-and-waters-of-the-wallan-wallan-regional-parkland

And if you haven't yet, let the Planning Minister know you want the Parkland established! https://wallanwallanrp.good.do/wwrp/Email_Planning_Minister/

18/10/2026

Join us on a journey across the Upper Merri Creek catchment, between Wallan and Merriang. We'll learn about the vast Herne's Swamp, ephemeral wetlands, waterbirds, ancient volcanos, stoney rises, remnant redgum plains, the Merri Gorge, and the work being undertaken to restore the ancient ecologies.

The tour will be led by Michael Longmore, Ecological Restoration Manager at Merri Creek Management Committee Management Committee, and by Paul Macgregor, ecological historian and President of BEAM Mitchell Environment Group

📆 10am - 4pm, Saturday 24th October.
📍 Wallan Neighbourhood House, 42 Bentinck St, Wallan

Register: https://www.beam.org.au/events-1/the-lands-and-waters-of-the-wallan-wallan-regional-parkland?utm_campaign=946e6bab-3ff7-4548-b69e-f45b7af3e7bb&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=880d0c80-aa38-4ce2-9356-69b281f7e194

And if you haven't yet, let the Planning Minister know you want the Parkland established! https://wallanwallanrp.good.do/wwrp/Email_Planning_Minister/

📸 Brian Bainbridge

14/10/2026

It's less than 1 month until the Caretaker period begins, prior to the Victorian State election.

That means now is the time to let the Government know that you want to wallan wallan Regional Parkland established.

If you haven't yet emailed the Planning Minister, do it beofre it's too late! https://wallanwallanrp.good.do/wwrp/Email_Planning_Minister/

📸 by Jake Duyvestyn (MCMC)
Wallan Environment Group WEG Merri Creek Management Committee Friends of Merri Creek BEAM Mitchell Environment Group

12/10/2026

Tour: The lands and waters of the wallan wallan Regional Parkland
10am - 4pm, Saturday 24th Oct 2026
Starting at Wallan Neighbourhood House, 42 Bentinck St, Wallan

Join us on a journey across the Upper Merri Creek catchment, between Wallan and Merriang. We'll learn about the vast Herne's Swamp, ephemeral wetlands, waterbirds, ancient volcanos, stoney rises, remnant redgum plains, the Merri Gorge, and the work being undertaken to restore the ancient ecologies.

These places will form the eastern half of the wallan wallan Regional Parkland.

The tour will be led by Michael Longmore, Ecological Restoration Manager at Merri Creek Management Committee, and by Paul Macgregor, ecological historian and President of BEAM Mitchell Environment Group

Register: https://www.beam.org.au/events-1/the-lands-and-waters-of-the-wallan-wallan-regional-parkland?utm_campaign=946e6bab-3ff7-4548-b69e-f45b7af3e7bb&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=880d0c80-aa38-4ce2-9356-69b281f7e194

This tour has been organised by BEAM Mitchell Environment Group , Wallan Environment Group WEG, Merri Creek Management Committee and Friends of Merri Creek, and is part of the campaign by the wallan wallan Regional Parkland Alliance to get the Planning Minister to approve the Parkland.

📸 Paul Macgregor

08/10/2026

NATIVE PLANT PROPAGATION
📆SATURDAY 24th October, 9:30am – 12pm

Join Upper Plenty Merri Catchments Landcare Group for a fun, hands-on morning learning how to propagate local native species by division and cuttings, while helping us build our stock of plants for revegetation projects and the plant sales that fund our local environmental work.

WHY COME ALONG
🌱Fill your garden for free. Pick up techniques you can use at home, again and again.
🐤Bring wildlife to your place. More local natives means more food and shelter for wildlife.
🍃Take a plant home. Everyone leaves with a native to plant out.

WHERE
35 Cleves Rd North Upper Plenty, Victoria. On Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country

YOUR PRESENTER
Kate Toogood. A local plant grower who has been growing indigenous plants for her local Landcare group and Tree Project.

Places are limited, so register early: https://events.humanitix.com/native-plant-propagation-workshop-95s39p8w or LINK IN BIO

📸 by Indi Randall (MCMC)

06/10/2026

Calling all bird lovers! 🐦
Beveridge bird walk & count
When: 9am - 10:30am, Friday 23rd October
Where: Meet at Club Mandalay Carpark, 486 Mandalay Circuit, Beveridge.

Join FoMC Beveridge Environment Group for a bird walk through the parklands and wetlands at Beveridge-Mandalay Estate. Together we'll identify and record the birds we see and hear as part of the 2026 Aussie Bird Count.

Currently one in six Australian birds faces the threat of extinction, making it more important than ever to build a picture of how our feathered friends are faring.

Bring binoculars if you have them, but not essential. Wear sturdy footwear and come prepared for the weather predicted on the day.

Register: https://mcmc.org.au/featured/beveridge-bird-walk-bird-count or LINK IN BIO
For other Aussie Bird Count events: https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

📸 by MCMC Team Leader Matt Tudor

04/10/2026

The wallan wallan Regional Parkland represents an opportunity to create a positive legacy for future generations.

It demonstrates that the creation of new homes, jobs and communities can be achieved alongside preservation and restoration of the local environment and the creation of high quality public open spaces.

Let the Planning Minister know this matters to you. With the State election imminent, we need your support now: https://wallanwallanrp.good.do/wwrp/Email_Planning_Minister/

Wallan Environment Group WEG Friends of Merri Creek Merri Creek Management Committee BEAM Mitchell Environment Group

Address

2 Lee Street
Brunswick East, VIC
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Telephone

+61393808199

Website

https://wallanwallanrp.org.au/

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