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Billabong Bioblitz

Sat 21 September 2024
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Willsmere Billabong: Junction of Main Yarra Trail and Darebin Creek Trail
Willsmere Park, 27 Willow Grove
Kew East VIC 3102

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09/21/2024 4:00 pm 09/21/2024 6:30 pm Billabong Bioblitz Join us for this family friendly event and help us put the amazing animals of Boroondara on the world map! This year we are teaming up with councils across Greater Melbourne to participate in the Great Southern Bioblitz to collect valuable research data and to showcase our unique biodiversity to the word.Book your place to drop in any time between 4pm and 6:30 and:meet some of our local animals up close in the native animal show. Learn about the importance of healthy waterways for their survival.see local frogs on display and chat to a frog expert from Melbourne Water.see water bugs under a microscope and play frog bingo.make a compostable pot and plant a seed to take home.Wheelchair and pram accessible.iNaturalist appWe encourage you to download the free iNaturalist app prior to the event so that you can record your sightings and contribute data to this global citizen science challenge, but this is not essential. You can watch a recording of an iNaturalist app training session to learn more about using the app. Willsmere Billabong: Junction of Main Yarra Trail and Darebin Creek Trail Willsmere Park, 27 Willow Grove, Kew East VIC 3102 City of Boroondara [email protected] Australia/Melbourne public

Event details

Join us for this family friendly event and help us put the amazing animals of Boroondara on the world map! This year we are teaming up with councils across Greater Melbourne to participate in the Great Southern Bioblitz to collect valuable research data and to showcase our unique biodiversity to the word.

Book your place to drop in any time between 4pm and 6:30 and:

  • meet some of our local animals up close in the native animal show. Learn about the importance of healthy waterways for their survival.
  • see local frogs on display and chat to a frog expert from Melbourne Water.
  • see water bugs under a microscope and play frog bingo.
  • make a compostable pot and plant a seed to take home.

Wheelchair and pram accessible.

iNaturalist app

We encourage you to download the free iNaturalist app prior to the event so that you can record your sightings and contribute data to this global citizen science challenge, but this is not essential. You can watch a recording of an iNaturalist app training session to learn more about using the app.

Register now
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