One of our MECPG members has discovered a great aerial photo of the threatened parkland. Take a moment to admire the beauty! It’s a spectacular site and to be under threat from development is a travesty!
To underscore even more the potential damage of development - this image only shows two of the four VicRoads land parcels [...]
Ever wondered what the parkland looked like in the past, before the trees were planted by the Coburg Council, Moreland Council and residents? We’ve sourced a number of historical images of the area and made them available for download [5.5MB, DOC] if you’re interested in seeing the change across the past several decades.
One of the parcels of VicRoads land we’re trying to save falls within a Land Subject To Inundation building overlay according to the Moreland Planning Scheme. In other words, this land is flood prone. If ever there was a good reason to not offer this land for development, this would surely be it… However, it’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
