Creek Planting Species List
Suggested local native trees, shrubs, grasses, and sedges for creek-bank planting and riparian repair.
Care for the places you call home.
Practical knowledge, local connections and opportunities to care for your place.
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Find what matters to you.
A little knowledge. A practical next step.
From planting guides to water-quality kits, we share practical advice and equipment to help you care for local bushland, creeks, farms and coastal places.
Coming up
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Paperbark Creek Spring Planting Morning
8:30 am AEDT – 11:30 am AEDT
Lower Paperbark Creek planting site
Help establish native creek-bank plants and reconnect habitat along lower Paperbark Creek.
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Banksia Bay Shorebird Watch
7:00 am AEDT – 9:00 am AEDT
Banksia Bay dune lookout
Learn to observe coastal birds while keeping nesting areas undisturbed.
Good things start close to home.
Learn something useful. Find people nearby. Care for a place that matters.
A healthier creek starts with practical know-how.
Find planting guidance and equipment, see local restoration in action, or bring your experience to the next working bee.
Creek Planting Species List →
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Water-quality Testing Kit →
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You don’t have to know it all to join in.
Come with a question, learn a skill or share what you know. There is more than one way to take part. Our local groups welcome new faces, and activities are a great way to meet neighbours who care about this place too.
Small actions reach beyond your fence.
Caring for soil and water helps farms stay productive, creeks run cleaner and native habitat thrive. When we look after local places, we all benefit — now and into the future.
Your Story
From seed tray to shade tree
A nursery volunteer follows local plants from seed collection through propagation and into a creek restoration site.
Read From seed tray to shade tree
Your Story
Watching saltmarsh change one photo at a time
A Saltmarsh Watch volunteer learns how repeat photos and field notes can help the community understand estuary change.
Read Watching saltmarsh change one photo at a timeLocal projects. Shared progress.
See how local knowledge becomes practical care for coast, creeks and habitat.
Projects
Lower Paperbark Creek Habitat Link
A staged riparian restoration project connecting farm shelterbelts, creek fencing, and rainforest plantings along Paperbark Creek.
View Lower Paperbark Creek Habitat Link
Projects
Banksia Bay Dune Recovery
Weed removal, access control, dune planting, and shorebird awareness across three high-use Banksia Bay beach access points.
View Banksia Bay Dune Recovery
Help keep practical support within reach.
Membership, donations of money, materials or equipment, and partnerships all help us run activities, share resources and support local action.
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