Sunday Morning Activities – 4th Sunday of the Month, 10 am to 12 Noon, March to November.
Planting in different parks next to the Yarra River.
Details are further below.
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Wednesday Morning Activities – Weekly, most Wednesdays, anytime between 8 am to 12 Noon.
Planting and meintenance in the Westerfolds Park Manor Native Garden. BYO morning tea.
Details are further below.
Even an hour of your time would make a valuable contribution to the Yarra Valley Park environment – you don’t have to stay for the whole session.
On the day: Bring your own drinking water, and maybe some nibbles for yourself. You will need old clothes and sturdy shoes, gardening gloves, a parka, hat and sunscreen, and a water bottle. Wear long pants. You may also like to bring insect repellent.
Maybe stay afterwards and join us for a chat and BYO cuppa and nibbles.
Parks Victoria Requirements:
Since we work on Parks Victoria land, you have obligations to create your ParkConnect account and to have a Working-with-Children-Check. For details, read About ParkConnect and the Working With Children Check (200 Kb PDF).
What-3-words: The locations of our activity sites are given as what3words addresses. What3words is a simple way of displaying on your device the location of, and navigation to, a given address. See About What 3 words
Sunday November 23 – 10 am to 12 Noon – An easy walk in Eltham (Mel 22 E9)
Park at the corner of Yarra Braes Road and Reynolds Road in Eltham (Mel 22 E9). What3Words location https://w3w.co/humid.open.spare Don’t be late. We will walk down the north bank of the Birrarung (Yarra River), past an aboriginal toe hold tree to Garrambi Baan, a spot of significance for the Wurundjeri. Bring some picnic lunch.
This is not a ParkConnect activity. Just come along.
End of year BBQ, Wednesday December 10 – 6.30pm onwards. – Westerfolds Park, Templestowe (Mel 33 F1)
BYO everything. BBQ and shelter provided. The BBQ will go ahead even if it is raining. Enter Westerfolds Park from Fitzsimons Lane (Mel 33 G2), and then follow the signs to the Eucalypt Picnic Area, Swamp gum carpark (Mel 33 F1). What3Words location https://w3w.co/report.lasted.bottom
This is not a ParkConnect activity. Just come along.
Future Sunday Activity dates: 22 March 2026 (details 1/3/2026)
Wednesday Mornings – Westerfolds Manor Native Garden, in Westerfolds Park, Templestowe
Most Wednesdays, anytime between 8 am to 12 Noon. You don’t have to be there for the entire session, just for what suits you.
Last 2025 Wednesday is 3rd December, then no Wednesdays until 14 January 2026.
Come and see many different native species and help with planting, weeding, mulching and pruning.
BYO thermos and nibbles for morning tea.
Please book in by sending a TEXT to Pat on 0426 649 198.
Park at what-3-words location https://w3w.co/faces.cones.forced (after entering Westerfolds Park from Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe, and taking the first left turn to go to the end of the road to a car park). Then walk along the middle path slightly up the hill until you see the large Manor building (see this map). Then a very short walk around to the Manor garden gate at what-3-words https://w3w.co/panels.defend.broom
Committee meetings are usually on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7.30 pm in the Meeting Room at Westerfolds Park (Mel 33 F1).
Next Committee meetings are Thursdays, 7.30pm
- No meeting in November. See you at the BBQ.
- 2025 December 10th, Wednesday 6.30pm End-of-year BBQ.
- 2026 February 26th meeting.