Mountain Rivers Landcare

03/05/2026

THANK YOU — PLATYPUS DISCOVERY EVENT

🌿 What a wonderful event

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Platypus Discovery Event. It was such a warm, curious, community minded group, and we loved spending the morning learning together about one of our most iconic local species.

Special thanks to Josh for sharing his knowledge so generously and to Assaggio del Forno our delicious lunch.

We’re grateful to everyone who came along, asked thoughtful questions, and helped create such a positive atmosphere.

We hope you left feeling inspired to keep an eye out for these incredible creatures and to continue protecting the places they call home.

[email protected]

28/04/2026

PLATYPUS DISCOVERY EVENT — FINAL REMINDER

🌿 Limited places left — May 2

Tickets required for catering purposes

Our Platypus Discovery Event is almost here, and we still have a few spots available. If you’ve been thinking about coming along, now’s the time to book.

Your ticket includes:

• An engaging, expert-led session on our local platypus
• Practical tips on how you can help
• A delicious lunch from a wonderful local business
• A relaxed, welcoming gathering with our Landcare community

👉 Secure your place today and help us spread the word.

27/04/2026

A few photos from our Creek to Bridge Clean Up.
Thank you again to everyone who came along and helped care for this beautiful stretch of river. Your time and energy really do make a difference.

27/04/2026

🚮 THANK YOU — CREEK TO BRIDGE CLEAN UP

🌱 Community care in action

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came along to our Creek to Bridge Clean Up. Whether you stayed for half an hour or the whole event, your effort made a real difference.

With the environmental release bringing extra visitors to the river, it was the perfect moment to show what community stewardship looks like — and you did exactly that.

Thank you for rolling up your sleeves, sharing conversations, and helping us look after a beautiful stretch of our local waterways. These small, steady actions add up, and we’re grateful for every one of them.

If you’d like to stay involved or hear about future events, we’re always here.

[email protected]

21/04/2026

🚮 CREEK TO BRIDGE CLEAN UP — THIS WEEKEND

A quick reminder that our Creek to Bridge Clean Up is happening this Saturday, April 25. From 10am to 1pm at Coopers Creek Campground.

It’s a simple, positive way to care for our local bush and waterways, especially with a Thomson River environmental release drawing visitors to the area.

We’ll provide bags, gloves, guidance — you just bring yourself, some water, a hat, and a bit of enthusiasm.
Whether you can spare half an hour or more, it all helps.

[email protected]

31/03/2026

PLATYPUS DISCOVERY EVENT — MAY 2
🌿 Limited places — ticketed event with lunch included
Our Platypus Discovery Event is coming up on May 2. We've arranged for a wildlife ecologist to come to our little patch. If you’ve ever wanted to understand more about these shy, extraordinary animals, this is the perfect chance.

This is a ticketed event with limited places, your ticket includes a delicious lunch provided by one of our wonderful local businesses — so you’re supporting conservation and our community at the same time.

What you’ll enjoy
An engaging, expert-led session on platypus behaviour and habitat

Practical ways we can all help protect local waterways

A relaxed, welcoming atmosphere with plenty of time for questions

A locally catered lunch as part of your ticket

If you’re thinking about coming along, now’s the moment to book.

👉 Grab your tickets at the link below and help us spread the word.
Every booking helps us continue offering community education and supporting local businesses.

events.humanitix.com/protecting-the-platypus

Or contact us
[email protected]
0402 365179

Join us for a special session with wildlife ecologist Josh Griffiths, who has spent nearly 20 years monitoring and researching platypus across Victoria.

17/03/2026

🌿 Thank you, Erica Expo!

What a beautiful day we had on Saturday — the weather was amazing!

A huge thank you to the Erica Expo organisers for putting together such a welcoming and well run event. We loved being part of it again this year.

Grateful thanks also to all our Mountain Rivers Landcare Group members who gave their time, energy and enthusiasm to help on the stall. Your passion for our local environment always shines through.

And to everyone who stopped by for a chat, shared local knowledge or concerns about their patch, or even became a member on the day — we’re so glad you took the time to connect with us. These conversations are what keep community Landcare strong.

We’re already looking forward to the next opportunity to catch up with you all.

09/03/2026

🌿 Do you have some free time this Saturday?

Come along to the Erica Expo — March 14, 10am–4pm and drop by the Mountain Rivers Landcare stall.

We’d love you to stop in, say hi, and have a chat about the interests and issues important to you — or simply enjoy the Expo and support our local community.

We’ll be sharing plenty of info including on local flora, fauna, w**ds, pests, and easy tools to help you identify and record what you’re seeing around the district.

Hope to see you there.

24/02/2026

🌿 Erica Expo is coming up — and we want to hear from you!

Mountain Rivers Landcare will be at the Erica Expo again this year, sharing what we do and chatting with locals about the projects that matter most to our community.

Before we set up our stall, we’d love your input. What Landcare topics or activities would you like to see on the day?

Some ideas we’re considering:

🌾 Information on local w**ds and pest animals and their control
🐦 Habitat tips for birds, bees, and wildlife
📱 Citizen science - using simple technology to help identify record and share what you see on your property
🛠️ Community projects you’d like to see happen
👨‍👩‍👧 Activities for kids and families
💬 A space to share your ideas, concerns, or local knowledge

Tell us what you’re curious about, what you’re struggling with, or what you’d love to learn. Your suggestions help us shape a stall that’s useful, welcoming and strengthens our shared connection to our patch of the world.

Looking forward to seeing you on March 14, 10am–4pm at the Erica Expo.

[email protected]

12/03/2025

🫶 Love it like the locals - Development of an action plan ⛺️

After our community meeting last month for Coopers Creek and surrounds, our Landcare group has organised a follow-up meeting to consider what our community might best do now.

There will be a get-together: 6pm, Tuesday 25 March at the Erica Hall.

We propose it as a community action roundtable for people who want to be involved with the solution for the sustainable future use of our recreational areas and associated waterways.

It will be a discussion between community members who have showed interest in being part of a potential working group to draft actions and likely plans to address the issues identified at the initial meeting in February.

Please RSVP by emailing us at [email protected]

Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network

25/02/2025

Thank you to all the interesting and enthusiast participants who joined us on Saturday for our Frog ID event.

This was a hugely exciting day for our Landcare group to host the Australian Museum in our backyard and learn about citizen science and all things frogs.

A big thank you to Alan and Nicki at Assaggio del Forno for the great location and the wonderful food and, of course, thank you to our guest speaker Nadiah Roslan for travelling to be with us and for a really engaging presentation.

Here are some things we learnt on the day:
🐸 The importance of citizen science
🐸 There are 255 frog species in Australia
🐸 Over 40+ are threatened by habitat degradation, disease, pollution, introduced species (fish, cane toads) and a fungus that affects their skin
🐸 They are important bioindicators of ecosystems health and integral part of the ecosystem and food chain
🐸 Some frogs have anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties and samples from their skin have helped develop glue for use in surgery

💡 What's a fun fact you've learnt about frogs?

Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network