Blackburn Lake Sanctuary
Blackburn, Victoria
Blackburn Lake Sanctuary
Dispelling myths about Aboriginal culture and community - Sunday 1 June 1.30 pm to 3 pm
Join us for this event organised by Whitehorse City Council, as we get together to learn about the longest living culture in the spirit of reconciliation. Merilyn, a Trawlwoolway woman, will lead a workshop dispelling myths about Aboriginal culture and community. Discuss the frontier wars, stigma, hard questions. Bring along your story about how and where you learnt about Aboriginal culture/community. Then walk around Blackburn Lake Sanctuary and talk about some of the traditional uses of indigenous plants in food and medicine. Bookings essential on this link.
Working bee - Sunday 15 June 9.30 am to 11.30 am
Join us for a Sunday morning working bee from 9.30 to 11.30 am. We meet at the Visitor Centre, and a morning tea follows. Our focus is on the Wetland Regeneration project. We will be weeding and preparing for planting over 3000 plants lovingly tended for us by Bungalook Native Nursery.
Park appreciation walk - Sunday 22 June 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Join us for a 'Park Appreciation Walk'. Would you like to join in a walk with others to enjoy the park? To exercise, to get some fresh air, to enjoy the animals, insets and wildflowers, to meet others from the local community? These regular walks will be led by a member of the Advisory Committee, who will encourage everyone on the walk to share what parts of the Sanctuary they appreciate or have noticed. The walk will include a lap of the Lake. There will be more walks to follow so keep an eye on this page!
Clean waterways expo 2025 - Sunday 29 June 12 noon to 3.00 pm
Whitehorse City Council, Melbourne Water, KooyongKoot Alliance, EPA, along with many other organisations, will be on hand to help us reduce our waste, and stop litter and pollution at its source - in our homes and the catchment. Take a plastic-free pledge for a free sausage, participate in interactive displays, join us at the talks, walks, kids activities and more. Hosted in 2025 by the Kooyong Koot Alliance. For more information, visit Council's website.
Working bees in 2025
Our Working bees are held on various weekend mornings from 9.30 to 11.30 am. We meet at the Visitor Centre, and a morning tea follows. Our focus for 2025 is on the Wetland Regeneration project.
Dates for 2025 are:
Saturday 15 March - weeding and preparation for planting in Wetlands
Saturday 12 April - weeding and preparation for planting in Wetlands
Saturday 10 May - weeding and preparation for planting in Wetlands
Saturday 31 May - weeding and preparation for planting in Wetlands
Sunday 15 June - community planting day in Wetlands
Saturday 5 July - community planting day in Wetlands
Saturday 2 August - community planting day in Wetlands
Saturday 30 August - community planting day in Wetlands
Saturday 20 September - working in the Wetlands to maintain our work
Saturday 4 October - weedbuster month
Saturday 18 October - weedbuster month
Thursday 13 November - our annual twilight working bee from 6 to 8 pm
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The Blackburn Lake Sanctuary is a special place that sits at the origins of the Kooyong Koot tributary.
This Country, its creatures, lands, skies and waterways, has been continuously loved and cared for by the Wurundjeri peoples for over 60,000 years. We hope to walk with the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung in caring for this place.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung as the First Peoples of this area and pay our respects to their spirits, ancestors and elders.