Riverkeeper News

Beach Patrol 3030 Clean Up the Werribee River - Guyra Court 10.30am - 12.30pm and a BBQ WHEN: Sunday October 14th between 11:30am & 12:30 pm. If you want to come early we will be at the site from 10:30am as we have 15 volunteers from Hungry Jacks joining with us for a 2 Hr cleanWHERE: The Werribee river upstream of the town centre. (We haven't been to this site before.) To get there travel along Werribee Street Nth past the Race Course Hotel until you reach Edgar St. Turn Right into Edgar St. Left into Wattamolla Ave & Right into Guyra Crt. where you will find us.        

On Saturday 20 Oct from 8am we will be surveying birds at Werribee River Park. Participants will need gaiters, long pants and stout shoes. Be sunsmart, bring water. Binoculars and camera are suggested. The survey takes up to 4 hours and involves walking four kilometres.

Werribee River Association are conducting their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 25th October in the Wyndham Central College auditorium, Shaws Road Werribee, from 7pm. Hear of our successes from the past year, see a presentaion of our work and meet our people. All are invited to attend.

You are invited to the Wyndham Source Reduction Plan catch-up workshop on Wednesday 8th November 2018. This is a follow up from a previous project which took place in Wyndham in 2017. Places are limited, so registrations are essential. Register here: https://tangaroablueworkshops.eventbrite.com.au       Heidi Taylor will present about the changing landscape of litter in Victoria over the last year, since the previous workshops took place; as you are probably aware, lots of exciting changes have happened across the board! We will look at the project that was chosen and implemented, and what the outcomes and learnings were You will get a comprehensive update on the state, national and international litter/marine debris issue We have an updated, interactive litter map, showing additional clean up efforts to date There will be time for networking and sharing a meal together If participants are keen on doing more on the project, or something related, we can brainstorm it. However, the aim of this workshop is to get together and celebrate rather than producing another project.