Wow! We had a great show of community interest in keeping this parkland for the people. Approximately 250 people (and about 40 dogs!) attended the meeting and walk in the park. The meeting heard from federal and state members of parliament Kelvin Thompson, Carlo Carli, Christine Campbell and Colleen Hartland. Local councillors Mark O’Brien, Daniel [...]
Those that know this beautiful parkland know the decision to gift the parkland to the City of Moreland for the continued use of the community should be a simple one - as easy as a “walk in the park”.
To highlight the crisis facing the parkland, we’ve invited local and state politicians to attend an on-site information [...]
Thanks to some amazing efforts by dedicated volunteers supporting the MECPG we now have a fantastic tri-fold brochure detailing the virtues of the parkland and the ongoing benefits to the community and ecosystem. If you’ve got a colour printer you might like to include it when writing to your local political representatives at local [...]
A resident of the area tallied a list of all the birds they’d seen in the park over the past five years living nearby. Can you add to the list? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Add a comment at the bottom of this posting and let us know what [...]
ECOLOGICAL
The significance of this reserve corridor has an ecological perspective. For example, the Department of Sustainability and Environment (2006) Atlas of Victorian Wildlife records 48 fauna species within 1.5km of the Kodak Bridge over Edgar’s Creek. Approx 280 trees already exist on the site. Included in the parkland are areas of remnant vegetation.
OPEN SPACE
There [...]
