Platypus Walk & Talk

4:00pm - 6:00pm,

Peppertree Park
55 Grant Street
Bacchus Marsh VIC
Australia

Join us for an early evening walk and talk to learn more about the elusive platypus and try your hand at spotting one of these amazing creatures in their own habitat.

Platypus sits on a log at night

Frog Census: Yarra Billabongs

5:20pm - 8:30pm,

Willsmere Park
Kew East VIC
Australia

Join us for a survey of three middle Yarra billabongs (Willsmere, Burke and Wilson Reserve) to record frogs while learning about aspects of their biology and preferred habitats from frog expert David De Angelis.

Southern brown tree frog, sitting on a reed.

Waterbug sampling - Monbulk Creek

2:00pm - 5:00pm,

Birdsland Reserve
271 Mount Morton Road
Belgrave Heights VIC 3160
Australia

Join Melbourne Water and freshwater ecologist John Gooderham to survey the aquatic macroinvertebrates (or waterbugs) of Monbulk Creek, Belgrave.

Illustration of underwater scene, with three waterbugs on the riverbed

Waterbug sampling - Lerderderg River

2:00pm - 5:00pm,

Mackenzies Flat Picnic Area
Lerderderg Gorge Road
Darley VIC 3340
Australia

Join Melbourne Water and freshwater ecologist John Gooderham to survey the aquatic macroinvertebrates (or waterbugs) of the Lerderderg River, Darley.

Illustration of platypus searching for waterbugs underwater

Waterbug sampling - Diamond Creek

2:00pm - 5:00pm,

Edendale Community Environment Farm
30 Gastons Road
Eltham VIC 3095
Australia

Join Melbourne Water and freshwater ecologist John Gooderham to survey the aquatic macroinvertebrates (or waterbugs) of Diamond Creek, Eltham.

Illustration of underwater scene, with three waterbugs on a rock