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Current contact is by our Instagram Group.
Southern Brown (Ewings') Tree Frog - Litoria ewingi.
(Printed courtesy of
Frogs of Victoria.
Visit the
Amphibian Research Centre
and
Melbourne Water's
frog census
pages)
This is the Home Page of the Friends of Back Creek, a group which has
formed to look after Back Creek in the
City of Boroondara
in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. You can see our
constitution,
statement of purpose,
recent newsletters
and
AGM & committee minutes.
Contact Us
You can contact us by emailing Robert Brierley.
Backyard Biodiversity Video
The City of Boroondara's
Backyard Biodiversity Project
has developed a great
video
in which Back Creek is prominent as an example of a biodiversity corridor.
Welcome to Friends of Back Creek South
A Friends group has been set up to look after the next open portion
of the creek between Denman Ave and Toorak Road.
(Web Page)
Thanks to Bunnings
The Friends of Back Creek is grateful to Bunnings new store in
Burwood Rd, Hawthorn for its assistance.
Nirav Joshi, Hitesh Karangiya and Rob Scott from Bunnings, along with
Friends President Robert Brierley laying jute matting on the creek bank
in preparation for planting.
Pictures
The flood in Back Creek
during the 75mm storm on 25 February 2006.
The Quinton Road South Re-vegetation Project
Master Plan
Barry Gallagher has prepared a detailed Master plan of the planting of
trees, grass, etc. at the Cornell Street end of the creek reserve. Click
on the small image below to see a larger version.
Membership Forms
If you want to join the Friends, please complete a Membership Form
(Adobe PDF)
(MS Word)
and return it to Robert Brierley at the address below.
Where is Back Creek?
Back Creek is one of the tributaries of Gardiners Creek; one of the
major tributaries of the the Yarra River. Back Creek rises as a spring
on the slopes of the hill at the corner of Canterbury Rd and Elgar Rd in
Box Hill (there is a Melbourne Water tower and reservoir on this hill.)
It now runs in underground pipes as far as Union Rd, after which it is
open until Cornell St. It runs in the open again from Camberwell Rd to a
short distance South of Toorak Rd, and finally emerges at Dawson St,
Glen Iris, about 500m before it joins Gardiners Creek.
The Friends of Back Creek are particularly concerned with the section of
the Creek between Riversdale Rd and Cornell St. (Melways Map 60 G2)
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Click on the small map to get a larger map of Camberwell/Surrey Hills. |
North of Riversdale Rd the creek runs through South Surrey Park, which
is undergoing extensive clearing and planting. There is a large and
active Friends of South Surrey Park group.
What is Back Creek Like Now?
Between Riversdale Rd and Cornell St the creek runs in a quite deep
gully it has cut through the topsoil and clay down to the bedrock. The
vegetation is now almost all exotic. Apart from a few eucalypts near
Cornell St, where the bank widens, the trees are almost all willows. The
undergrowth is almost all made up of succulent weeds: devil-to-grow, ivy,
onion-weed, etc. Many of the willows have fallen and regrown. The
creek-bed itself is heavily choked with willow roots, which has leads to a
number of stagnant pools and piles of trapped litter.
One of the Friends, Jim Breen, has taken some photographs in mid-2000 of the
conditions in Back Creek, and prepared a
Tour Of Back Creek
page.
Friends of Back Creek Charter
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Develop a flora and fauna inventory for the area.
Gather information about possible management strategies.
Establish a short and long-term management plan for the area.
Work in conjunction with the local Council, Parks Victoria, Greening
Australia and other organizations that provide support for community
initiatives and Friends groups.
Keep members informed about all activity via a newsletter and website
Develop community awareness of the need to care for the area.
Useful Links
- an
indigenous plant list
provided by Boroondara Council.
- a list of
birds species
that one of our members has observed in the creek area.
- some
pictures
of birds seen in the Back Creek area, reproduced from Simpson & Day's
"Field Guide to the Birds of Australia".
- a
diagram
of the area just south of Riversdale Rd, showing the current tree
cover.
Contact Person:
Robert Brierley
0400 077 439
Webmaster
Jim Breen
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