The lands and waters of the wallan wallan Regional Parkland
Sat 24 Oct
|Starting at Wallan Neighbourhood House
A journey across the Upper Merri Creek catchment. This tour will include driving, and walking at various locations.
Time & Location
24 Oct 2026, 10:00 – 16:00
Starting at Wallan Neighbourhood House, 42 Bentinck St, Wallan VIC 3756, Australia
About the Event
Free event, but bookings essential.
This tour will include driving, and walking at various locations.
Join us on a journey across the Upper Merri Creek catchment, north of Melbourne. 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 creeks and the swamp have survived 190 years of white settlement. In some places the Merri has been turned into a linear agricultural channel, to literally drain the swamp. In other places, land managers have protected parts of the wetlands and the Merri Gorge, which still have remnant sections of native vegetation. We can see how the creek looked when the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung were the sole carers for Country.
The tour will be led by Michael Longmore,…