A message to Victoria’s leaders from the IUCN World Parks Congress from the World Parks Congress, Sydney 2014. Read more →
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Waterway Reflections Saturday 15 November
Waterway Reflections Jeminah Reidy, principle artist director Read more →
Waterway Reflections
HEWI Waterway Reflections Poster pdf Read more →
Support for the proposal of a new Victorian national park grows
By Jenni Henderson Momentum is growing behind a campaign to create a new national park, running from the Central Highlands to West Gippsland in Victoria. Read more →
FUEL REDUCTION BURNING
Another Yarra Ranges correspondent to the Premier this month expressing similar frustrations with DEPI is Laurence Gaffney, Friends of Hoddles Creek. Read more →
FORESTS UPDATE
Our Chairman Steve Meacher has once again reminded the Premier of Victoria and the Department of Environment and Primary Industry(DEPI) that Vic Forests has paid no dividend in at least seven of the last ten years. Read more →
WALK WATCH AND WONDER! Maroondah Dam to Donnelly’s Weir
Bookings have already been received for our October walk which is sponsored by Council through their ‘Live it Up’ program. Our leaders will be Jane and Malcolm Calder with Jim Viggers providing the historical background to the dam and aqueducts over morning tea. Jane and Malcolm will illustrate changes to the vegetation and habitats along these waterways over the past… Read more →
HEWI’S 25TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING “What’s happening to our Yarra River?”
Welcome to our 25th anniversary invitation to join us for another interesting opportunity to meet, greet and hear our speakers – (including HEWI Chairman Steve Meacher who always presents a graphic record of the past year and the challenges ahead!). Read more →
The IMPACT of CLIMATE CHANGE on MELBOURNE’S EAST
This is a Yarra Ranges Council ‘Live it Up’ event, presented by the Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (EAGA). Read more →
Wildflowers in Yarran Dheran
Join a guided walk with Ian Moodie through Yarran Dheran Nature Reserve and see Acacias and some of the other springtime wildflowers blooming in the Mullum Mullum Valley. Friday 5 September 10.00am Yarran Dheran Info Centre, Ashburton Drive, Mitcham Read more →