One of the first residents in our garden was a spider. It spun a web from our new fence to one of our first plants. It sat motionless all day in full view of the hungry birds. At no time did I ever see it move. It sat with its legs tightly tucked into its […]
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Eltham Lower Park
Prior to the extension of European people into the lands of the Nillum-bik in the late 1830s the Wurundjeri people had been meeting for thousands of years at the junction of the Diamond Creek with the Yarra River, in the area now known as Eltham Lower Park. The first European settlers were squatters or leaseholders. […]
Christmas Hills : a safe haven for native animals
Trust for Nature has purchased a property in Christmas Hills, ensuring rare and endangered species have somewhere to call home. Australia’s leading, not-for-profit, private land conservation organisation Trust for Nature has purchased the Reeves Road property because it helps form a cluster of protected bushland. This bushland houses a healthy population of wombats, the cryptic […]
Bucks Dam
The following article is reproduced by permission of Noel Withers and extracted from “Banyule City Council Spring Outdoors Programme 2008: Greensborough & the Plenty River Pioneer Trail with Dennis Ward & Noel Withers. A ramble from the lower part of town and along the river bank learning about historic sites and the pioneering families that […]
Waterwatch
Waterwatch is a free river health education and monitoring program, which aims to increase community understanding, participation and ownership of local river health issues. It involves schools and the community in the assessment and monitoring of water quality in our streams and wetlands. This is done via a number of activities including water testing and […]
Johanna Caroline Wuchatsch
The following article appeared in “Friends of Westgarthtown, inc. News” April 2008 and is reproduced here with permission. In January 2008, the Victorian Government called on descendants of Victoria’s first suffragists to come forward and be part of celebrations to mark 100 years since women won the right to vote in November 1908. Victoria’s decision […]
Nillumbik U3A
The U3A (University of the Third Age) began about 35 years ago in France and since then has become a world-wide organisation. The first U3A in Australia started in Melbourne and the Victorian U3A Network has just celebrated its 20th anniversary. There are now over 80 U3As throughout Victoria and in November 2008 we launched […]
Ivanhoe Girls’ Old Grammarians Association
Ivanhoe Girls’ Old Grammarians Association (IGOGA) Past students of Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School is situated at 123 Marshall St Ivanhoe 3079. The Old Girls’ Association was formed in 1923. In 1965 the name was officially changed to ‘Ivanhoe Girls’ Old Grammarians’ Association’, although the term ‘Old Girls’ is still used. The […]
Heidelberg West Resident’s Group
The purpose of the Heidelberg West Resident’s Group is to support the Neighbourhood Renewal governance structure and ensure the Steering Committee and working groups apply the objectives and principles of NR when working with the community. Feed into the existing Neighbourhood Renewal governance structures and advocate for the needs of community members. Give information to […]
Diamond Valley Miniature Railway
The railway is located amidst a natural bushland setting, along the banks of the Diamond Creek in the Eltham Lower Park, Eltham, Victoria. It is a popular tourist attraction in Eltham especially for families. Trains include scaled diesel locomotives and real miniature steam engines, suburban red rattlers and sugar cane trains. The railway operates between […]