Restoration Stage 5 Yaloke Escarpment

Stage 5 Yaloke Escarpment

Ecological Restoration of the Werribee River Volcanic Gorge 2011

Stage 5

The Department of Sustainability and Environment (Vision for Werribee Plains) (DSE V4WP) has awarded a grant to Pinkerton Landcare and Environment Group (PLEG) toward the ecological restoration of the Werribee River Volcanic Gorge.

Western Water (WW) and Melbourne Water (MW) are major financial contributors toward the project. Pinkerton Landcare and Environment Group are providing a major in-kind contribution  (including monitoring, reporting, surveys, planting, weeding, plants grown by PLEG from locally collected seed).

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Planting in Werribee River Volcanic Gorge Sun 1st July 2012


On Sunday 1st July Pinkerton Landcare and Environment Group (PLEG) invited the community to help them plant at Pinkerton Flat on the Werribee River, beside Western Water Treatment Plant, situated within the Werribee River Volcanic Gorge. A few days prior to planting, several volunteers met by the river to assemble the treeguards. We had decided to use a taller, more rigid type of guard to deter wallabies from grazing on the plants. As these require more time to assemble we decided to do this prior to the actual planting event, to avoid wasting time assembling guards on the day, hence allowing us to spend the volunteers time more effectively in planting.

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