Welcome

The Merri Creek runs for approximately 70 kms, beginning near Heathcote Junction, a small town on Melbourne's northern outskirts, and joining the Yarra River at Dight's fall, Collingwood.

Friends of Merri Creek are a community group that has actively worked since 1988 to restore and protect the Merri Creek, its environs and tributaries.

Group activities include:

• - Plantings, weedings and hands-on activities
• - Litter blitzes
• - Water Quality Testing
• - Bird surveys
• - Talks, Walks and Tours
• - Campaigns against major threats to the Creek
• - Community Education and Planning

We win 2011 Victorian Urban Landcare Award:

After winning the Community Group Caring for Public Land category in the 2010 Port Phillip & Westernport Landcare Awards, Friends of Merri Creek has gone one step further to win the 2011 Victorian Urban Landcare Award.
This was presented to five members of the FoMC Committee by the Governor of Victoria, Alex Chernov, the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Ryan Smith, and the CEO of Landcare Australia, Heather Campbell at Government House on Wednesday 16 November 2011. This was the same day as our Annual General Meeting, and it provided a very pleasant surprise for those who attended.
The honour of receiving this award is shared by our members and all those who have helped out at any of our events. We now go on to represent Victoria in the Urban Landcare category at the National Landcare Awards to be held in 2012.

The Merri Creek at Galada Tamboore (Wurundjeri language for "stream waterhole") in Campbellfield/Thomastown