MBCL Links Page - Updated June 2007
Local
Environment Groups:
Friends of Braeside Park Have
a fantastic plant nursery.
Chappo's Birds of Braeside Park web
page.
Friends of Edithvale
Seaford Wetlands home page
Beaumaris Conservation Society
The Grange Heathland Reserve
Located in Oakleigh South.
Greater Dandenong
Environment Group
Friends of Bushy Park Wetlands Has
an amazing database of bird and frog calls.
Links
of Local Interest:
City of
Kingston Planning and Environment home page
Kingston Historical
web site Has entries and contributions by MBCL members.
Blue Wedges Against Channel Deepening
Port Phillip Conservation Council
(PPCC) The association of bayside environment groups.
Defenders of the South East Green
Wedge (DOSEGW) Against inappropriate development in the green wedge.
Kingston Bicycle Users
Group (KBUG)
Aspendale Gardens Residents' Association
(AGRA)
RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands Info on
south-east Melbourne's RAMSAR listed wetlands.
Mayfield historic house, Mordialloc
Wildlife
and Catchment Management Links:
The Gould Group (formerly Gould League)
Birds Australia The Royal
Australasian Ornithologists Union.
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Australian Herpetology Online
Information on reptiles and amphibians.
DSE
Coasts and Marine home page
Marine Discovery Centre
Educational center located at Queenscliff.
Australian Society for Fish Biology
Native Fish Australia Freshwater and
inland saltwater fish.
Melbourne Water Education home
page Info for students of all ages.
Indigenous
and Native Plants:
Indigenous Flora and Fauna
Association
Native Nursery Advice on growing
native plants and where to get them.
More
Community Environment Groups:
Save Albert Park Campaigning
against the Grand Prix and its impacts.
Greenlink Box Hill Inc
Environmental issues in the Eastern suburbs.
Otway Ranges Environment Network Another
quality site with good links.
Environment
Peak Bodies - Victoria
Environment Victoria Peak body for
Victorian environmental interest groups.
Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)
Environmental Defenders' Office
Victorian Local Governance Association
(VLGA) Now based at the 60L building in Carlton.
Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)
Supports various sustainability programmes.
ICLEI - International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives (Aus/NZ)
Ross House Association Low cost office
space for community organisations.
Public Transport Users' Association
National Trust of Australia
(Victoria)
Various
Government Sites:
Victorian Government site (entry point)
Department of Sustainability and
Environment (DSE)
Department of Planning and Community
Development
Department of Infrastructure (DOI)
Melbourne Water See Melbourne's
water storage levels.
Travel Smart - Sustainable Transport
Environment Protection Authority (EPA)
Parliament of Victoria web site
Member for Mordialloc (Janice Munt MLA) web
page
Port of Melbourne Corporation - Channel
Deepening Project
Federal Government Entry Point
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Urban
Planning Information - Victoria
Department of Sustainability and
Environment (DSE)
Planning Schemes Online (Vic)
View your local planning policies.
Planning
Scheme Amendments Online Read some fascinating explanatory reports.
'Oultwood'
Directory of Local Governments A useful links page to local governments in
Victoria and around the world.
Media
Links:
Amazon books (USA) Has new and second hand
books.
VICNET Victoria's Biggest Web Site.
3CR AM Community
Radio.
Friends of the ABC Support an independent
and diverse Australian media.
Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)
Publisher of Habitat magazine.
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