Revegetation

Restoring native vegetation and natural habitats

Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network volunteers plant many thousands of seedlings every year in Warrnambool and district.

We have participated in National Tree Day events for many years, often at the ‘Reveg the Flume’ site at Lady Bay. This sees hundreds of local community members regularly braving the winter weather to plant thousands of trees and bushes to protect the coastal ecosystem from erosion.

We also provide advice and assistance on planting and revegetation to local organisations and landholders.

Some of our other projects over the years have included plantings at Harris on Merri, Platypus Park, Thunder Point Coastal Reserve, Russells Creek, Grannys Grave, Wellington Street, Tarhook Road and the Maam Reserve.

Tree plantings are also organised by some of the groups we support:

  • Russell’s Creek Landcare
  • Woodford Nature Group
  • Friends of Victoria Park
  • Warrnambool Urban Forest Group
  • Killarney Coastcare
  • Belfast Coastal Reserve Action Group

  • Friends of Harris on Merri

  • Friends of Tower Hill

Maam Biolink

The Maam Biolink will create a biodiversity corridor linking up the Hopkins River, Maam Wetland Reserve, Tozer Reserve and Russells Creek.

A biolink is a corridor of native trees, shrubs and smaller plants that connects up existing vegetation and creates a pathway for our native birds and animals.

With Maam Wetland Reserve at the centre, the biolink will one day connect the Hopkins River with Russells Creek. The Maam Biolink will take many years to create.

Blue Wren Biolinks

Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network is partnering with a number of Landcare, environment, wildlife protection and other groups on the Blue Wren Biolinks project. This project will see a dramatic increase in vegetation corridors and ‘stepping stones’ throughout our urban and peri-urban areas. This will help native wildlife move through our city and district which currently is difficult for some species.

The Blue Wren was chosen as the project emblem because of its beauty and its need for low-to-medium height, dense vegetation. The Blue Wren will not fly a long way across open ground so having fairly close patches or corridors of native vegetation will definitely help this iconic native bird.