Friends of Karingal Yalloc
Restoring our environment
Our Friends group was established in 2002, with the support of Nillumbik Shire Council and Melbourne Water.
The name means "happy camping ground creek", which is entirely appropriate.
About
Our Friends group was established in 2002, with the help and support of Melbourne Water and Nillumbik Shire Council.
"Karingal Yalloc" means "happy camping ground creek".
We meet at various sites on the water course - which is fairly degraded - on the last Sunday of most months, between 10am and noon (refreshments afterwards).
Our Purpose
Our task is to help restore the creek to something approaching what it may have looked at prior to European settlement.
This involves the removal of exotic weeds, replacing these with indigenous plants, and maintaining the various sites.
We are also establishing the "Nillumbik Indigenous Plants Park", so that people can see what plants are most suitable for this area.
News
Our next working bee - and the last for the year - is on Sunday November 24th. Usual site - corner Karingal Drive and Nerreman Gateway, Eltham, 10am-noon.
We will be completing the mulching on the current site, and doing maintenance on the corner plot.
David Adam's photo of White-browed scrub wren at the Karingal Yalloc dam. You can buy David's 2018 calendar at the Eltham Bookshop - great bird photos!
Latest Project
We have a new grant from Nillumbik Shire Council to retain contractors to put in place a significant amount of jute matting.