August Park Care Day
2025-08-17 13:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
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

General Meeting
2025-08-24 13:30 - 15:00
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.

Snake and Spiders in Parklands - awareness display
2025-09-14 14:30 - 16:00
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 and families with young children.
To be held in the Gleeson Centre (next to Ranger’s Hut). Numbers limited for obvious reasons.

Stargazing in the Parklands - after dark.
2025-09-22 19:30 - 21:00
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 confirmed nearer the date.
Meet at the Ranger’s Hut.

Clean-up Australia Day
2026-03-01 09:00 - 11:00
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.

Annual Annual General Meeting
2026-05-12 19:30 - 21:00
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.

May Park Care Day
2026-05-17 13:00 - 15:00
Join the DCMC Rangers and Friends of Darebin Parklands for an afternoon of planting native shrubs & groundcovers with the community, to help build habitat for wildlife along the Ivanhoe Floodplain!
For more details see this:
https://events.humanitix.com/may-park-care-day-at-darebin-parklands-thcza5vw

Park Care Day - Ivanhoe Floodplain
2026-06-21 13:00 - 15:00
Join the DCMC Rangers and Friends of Darebin Parklands for an afternoon of planting native shrubs & groundcovers with the community, to help build habitat for wildlife along the Ivanhoe Floodplain!
Meeting spot will be next to the Ivanhoe Wetland which is located on the Rockbeare Grove side of the creek. See this site for a map: https://events.humanitix.com/june-park-care-day-at-darebin-parklands-l9b8xgwg and use to to tell us if you are coming.

July Park Care Day
2026-07-19 13:00 - 15:00
Join the DCMC Rangers and Friends of Darebin Parklands for an afternoon of planting native trees and shrubs with the community, to help build habitat for wildlife around the old tip site.
Meeting spot will be next to the Parklands Ave entrance of the park, just before the giant egg sculpture.
For more details and a map visit https://events.humanitix.com/july-park-care-day-at-darebin-parklands-c8wvs9lm and get a ticket to show that you are coming.

Fungi talk by MYCOmmunity
2026-07-26 13:30 - 15:00
Beneath Darebin Creek lies a living network most of us never see. Fungi feed the trees, build the soil and quietly hold our local ecosystem together and are central to restoring landscape.
Join us for a free community talk with Ema Corro of MYCOmmunity on the role fungi play in the Darebin Creek ecosystem. Talk will be held in the Gleeson Centre room, next to the Ranger’s hut near the entrance from Separation Street.
To give us an idea of the number of attendees, we ask you if you can please register using this link: https://events.humanitix.com/fungi-darebin-creek

August Park Care Day
2026-08-16 13:00 - 15:00
Join the DCMC Rangers and Friends of Darebin Parklands for an afternoon of planting native trees and shrubs with the community, to help build habitat for wildlife around the old tip site.
Meeting spot will be next to the Parklands Ave entrance of the park, just before the giant egg sculpture.
For more information and a map visit https://events.humanitix.com/august-park-care-day-at-darebin-parklands-cr6q9rgl and get a ticket to tell us you are coming.
