What a productive and rewarding year it’s been for River Detectives. With nearly 100 schools, youth groups and environmental education providers taking part, thousands of students and their educators have...
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River Detectives school program open for registrations for 2026
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Monitoring platypus with a little help from AI
Read MoreIn March and April this year, Bacchus Marsh Platypus Alliance and Werribee River Association trialled new monitoring methods using time-lapse cameras and AI to detect platypuses along the Werribee River....
30 years of monitoring water quality in Wimmera
Read MoreSue Afford, Martin Stone and Jeanie Clark (top photo left) recently celebrated 30 years of water quality monitoring of the lower Wimmera catchment by the Jeparit Waterwatch Group (JWW). JWW...
2024-2025 Annual Achievements Report
Read More2024-2025_Annual Achievements’ Report is now available! Check out our report from across the state, take a look at a snapshot of our volunteers below; 449 volunteers contributed 14750 hours of...
Frog Month Spring (Victoria) Report 2025
Read MoreFrog Month April 2025 – Citizen Science in Action Across Victoria April 2025 marked the second state wide Frog Month, a collaborative effort between Melbourne Water and Catchment Management Authorities...
Platypus Month Resources 2025
Read MoreSeptember is fast approaching and is an important time for the platypus – it coincides with their peak breeding season! To celebrate this important month, experts from a nation wide...
Estuary Mouths: A message from an estuary manager
Read MoreWhat is to be gained by digging a drain? Sometimes community members take matters into their own hands and dig a drain from an estuary to the sea in an attempt...
Stephen Broady now participating in Pesticide Watch alongside his WaterWatch role
Read MoreFor the past 8 months our WaterWatch volunteer Stephen has been collecting an extra water sample per month as part of the Deakin University community science program, Pesticide Watch. Stephen’s...
New caretakers on Morwell River
Read MoreWest Gippsland CMA would like to introduce our newest WaterWatch volunteers. Robert and Lil have been testing the water quality at Morwell River on behalf of the Boolarra South Landcare...
QAQC: A great tool for better data
Read MoreAcross Victoria, it’s that time again—Quality Assurance and Quality Control, or QAQC for short. At WaterWatch and EstuaryWatch, this is our annual check-up to make sure our water monitoring equipment...