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Conservation Ecology Centre

Our vision is a healthy and resilient Otways cared for forever. We could not do this important work without you - thank you for joining us.

The Conservation Ecology Centre is an environmental not-for profit. We work collaboratively and innovatively to develop and deliver solutions to the most urgent conservation challenges in the Otways region.

10/06/2026

Meet our Otways Marine Ecosystem Resilience initiative (OMER) volunteers, and hear what you can do to help us care for this coast.

Donate today at: www.conservationecologycentre.org/eofy-appeal

Shout out to our project delivery partners: Otway Ocean Care & Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation.

08/06/2026

Happy World Oceans Day, from the rockpools of Marengo 🐚🌊🐙 We're so privileged to work and play in this amazing part of the world.

07/06/2026

A beautiful space to discuss a beautiful animal 🐨

Thanks for hosting us for a special screening of .film and conversation about how we care for this national icon. Thanks to our panellists , wildlife carer Beth Gardiner, and Jessica Robertson from the .

Fundraiser for the Otways Bushfire Wildlife & Habitat Recovery Fund. Link in bio.

02/06/2026

Help us move our Otways Marine Ecosystem Resilience initiative (OMER) from coastal monitoring to a program of deeper science and conservation action.

Your donation this June will fund three things; CEC-led data analysis and research design; targeted new research; and a model worth replicating.

Make a tax-deductible gift before 30 June for this coast, and the communities who care for it.

Donate today: https://www.conservationecologycentre.org/eofy-appeal

27/05/2026

The Koalas - special screening in Lorne - fundraiser for the Otways Bushfire Wildlife & Habitat Recovery Fund.

Sunday 7th June 3.00pm
Lorne Theatre , 78 Mountjoy Parade, Lorne, Victoria

The screening will be followed by a Q&A hosted by Conservation Ecology Centre CEO and Founder, Lizzie Corke OAM; with conservation welfare photojournalist and lecturer, Doug Gimesy Photography; wildlife rescue and shelter operator for over 25 years, Beth Gardiner; and Jessica Robertson from Koala Alliance .

Tickets - https://www.trybooking.com/DMPAB

22/05/2026

From little things, big things grow. Look at how grown up our Big Otway Tree Plant Trees are 😭🐨🌳🙏

21/05/2026

A huge thank you to the crew who organised Songs for the Otways - Bushfire Benefit in Melbourne earlier this month. Their warm Sunday evening of delicately woven melodies raised generous funds for our Otways Bushfire and Habitat Recovery Fund.

Performances by and .

Special thanks to Charlie McEncroe, Sheradyn Younes, Darneet Cahil, Stav Siafalis, Parmindar Khera, Frankie Beya, Emily Ulman, and the team at .

If you’d like to donate to our Otways Bushfire and Habitat Recovery Fund, please use the link in our bio.
Or if you have an event planned that could raise funds for our work, please contact [email protected]
📸: courtesy of Charlie McEncroe

11/05/2026

Amazing what you see under the sea 🌊 Our OMER team were so excited to snorkel these amazing kelp forests near Warrnambool on a day when the water was clear and the sun was out 🐠

07/05/2026

Ice Ice baby! A chilly but glorious morning in the Carlisle Heath this morning 🌄 Photos: Jesse Ellis

30/04/2026

Field update from the Carlisle Heath today. Deploying our wildlife monitoring cameras in an unburned section of this stunning landscape 🌳

Address

635 Otway Lighthouse Road
Cape Otway, VIC
3233

Telephone

+61352379297

Website

https://www.conservationecologycentre.org/

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