First General Meeting of 2025 - Gleeson Centre (next to the Rangers Hut). Guest speaker will be Yuqian Lin (Yuki), a Melbourne Uni student who will tell us about her "Post-quarry-landfill" project, which is studying the Darebin Parklands,
Our Annual General Meeting. (Note - earlier month than usual). Guest speaker will be Danny Redan (Manager of Catchment and engagement for DCMC). Will include the election of committee members for 2025/26.
Join us for the first Park Care Day of 2025. More details nearer the time.
Join us for the June Park Care Day, planting on the Ivanhoe flood plain. Meeting spot will be next to the Ivanhoe Wetland which is located on the Rockbeare Grove side of the creek. Cross the small concrete bridge at the bottom of the stone steps to find us! You can also access this side […]
June General Meeting - Gleeson Centre (next to the Rangers Hut). Guest speaker to be advised.
Join us for the July Park Care Day. More details closer to the time.
Join us for the August Park Care Day. Meet at Mount Puffalo. see: https://events.humanitix.com/august-park-care-day-at-darebin-parklands-km3vdu45
August General Meeting - Gleeson Centre (next to the Rangers Hut). Guest speaker will be Jake Duyvestyn who will introduce us to "Rewilding our nature strips". This should be very interesting. Please note the change of day and time.
The warm weather that comes in October will bring out snakes, so this is an opportunity to come to an interactive education afternoon to be presented by Black Snake Productions. They will bring along some snakes and spiders to show us (safely enclosed) and explain how to be safe. Especially informative, especially for dog walkers […]
An event in the Parklands after dark, to be hosted by the Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV). Learn more about the night sky - especially suitable for families. If the evening is not suitable (rain/clouds) then we have the next evening (Tuesday) as a back up if it is more suitable. Start time to be […]
Join the friends of Darebin Parklands to help remove rubbish from the park and creek banks. Meet at the main entrance of Darebin Parklands, Alphington (east end of Separation Street) 9am - 11am.
Our AGM will be held in the Gleeson Centre on Tuesday, 12 May 2026 commencing at 7.30 pm. Our guest speaker will be Annette Salkeld; Executive Officer, Darebin Creek Management Committee. Annette will provide an update on negotiations with Darebin and Banyule councils for the long-term funding and management of the Parklands and the creek catchment.
