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    January 7, 2022

    2021 Great Australian Platypus Search

    It is with great excitement and pleasure that we share with you that the results for the Great Australian Platypus Search are now available! Citizen scientists played a key role...

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May 28

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Free Workshop Alert: Want to learn more about how to attract frogs to your home? You have jumped to the right place.

🐸Melbourne (Reservoir) workshop 
🐸 Thursday June 4
🐸 6-8pm
🐸Family friendly event (8+)
🍪 Refreshments

Learn key habitat elements for frogs, biological information on local frog species, and how to identify them. Dr David De Angelis will also discuss habitat furnishing and landscaping using indigenous plants, as well as recent advances in understanding the habitat preferences of local frogs, and how this can be used to better inform how we create ponds and surrounding habitat for them.

Registrations are essential : Go to Merri Creek Management Committee website to register, workshop is called "creating frog habitat"

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May 27

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🎨🌊 Calling all creatives with a connection to our waterways! 🌊🎨

To celebrate 20 years, EstuaryWatch Victoria is inviting community members, volunteers, partners and supporters to contribute to a special art exhibition. 

Share your story of Victoria’s estuaries through art—whether it’s a place you love, wildlife you’ve observed, or reflections on caring for our waterways. No need to be a professional artist—this is about connection, creativity and community!

Open to a wide range of mediums including photography, painting, sculpture, textile art and more. Your work will help celebrate two decades of citizen science, learning and caring for our estuaries. 💙

To find out more go to the link in bio

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Nov 24

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Our annual report is out now -  its a short report on all the fabulous citizen science activities from around Victoria. 

Here are some standout stats from the report:

449 volunteers contributed 14,750 hours of citizen science
5,323 people attended our events and information stalls
990 participants took part in litter citizen science
143 people engaged in platypus events and monitoring
 
https://www.vic.waterwatch.org.au/resources/annual-reports

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Sep 1

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Platypus Month is here! 

Litter like rubber bands, hair ties, fishing line, and string can be deadly for platypuses. Take action this September!

Seize it: Pick up litter—what’s dropped on the ground ends up in our rivers and creeks.

Snip it: Cut any rings or loops, like hair ties or rubber bands, before disposal to reduce the risk of entanglement.

Bin it: Dispose of litter correctly to stop it from reaching our waterways.

September is a crucial time for platypuses in Victoria - it’s their breeding season! As platypuses are out searching for mates, they become even more vulnerable to the dangers of litter in their environment.

Let’s make a difference during this important time – Seize it, Snip it, Bin it to protect the platypus!

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#SeizeItSnipItBinIt #PlatypusMonth2025

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Apr 14

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🧶🎃🐸 BREAKING NEWS: Local autumn frog has officially emerged… from a pumpkin.

If this little yarn hero can get out there, so can you! Grab your phone, download the Frog Census ap and head out to record your local frogs.

📱🐸 Record your frog finds with the Frog Census ap and help us track frogs in Victoria this April. 

Thanks to @heknitt for this beautiful froggy friend foto

#FrogGoals #IfHeCanYouCan #FrogMonthVIC #CrochetConservation @corangamitecma @melbournewater @northcentral_cma @wgcma @malleecma @ghcma @northeastcma @urbanfrogger

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Apr 1

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April is Frog Month in Victoria! 🐸

Autumn is a great time to tune in to the calls of our local frogs. How many can you record this April? 

Grab your phone, head outside, and use the Frog Census App to capture their calls and contribute to important citizen science data that your Catchment Management Authority can use. 

Can you identify this little autumn frog in the pic?
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Thank you to all of the outstanding delivery partners that work within and alongside the EstuaryWatch WaterWatch program.

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Justine HolmesStatewide WaterWatch EstuaryWatch Facilitator0457 007 544justine.holmes@ccma.vic.gov.au
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