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My Journey with the Birrarung.

August 10, 2024

Carolyn Tate is a writer, river-swimmer and the 2024 Birrarung Riverfest Producer. On the three-year…

The Yarra, Birrarung River: Melbourne’s Secret Sporting Legend

September 22, 2023

World cities have been built around rivers. From London to New York, Paris and Melbourne, the Thames…

Embodied Encounters: Building Better Relations with the Birrarung

June 21, 2023

Dr Erin O’Donnell is an internationally recognised water law and policy expert, a member of the Bi…

Shared Purpose: A father and son take action for the Birrarung.

June 13, 2023

The iconic Fairfield Park Boathouse and Tea Gardens is just seven kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD….

Returning Home: A Community Journey to Recover Deep Rock’s Lost Picnic Table

March 30, 2023

Deep Rock swimming hole on the Birrarung (Yarra River) is an absolute oasis just 4 kms from Melbourn…

Why is the Birrarung filled with plastic?

December 21, 2022

This is not a love story. It’s a story of grief, despair and devastation. And it’s a story of ho…

‘We are running out of water’: Why Karin Traeger ran 281 km from the Birrarung’s source to the sea.

December 19, 2022

The first time I meet Karin Traeger, CEO of the Yarra Riverkeeper Association, on unceded Wurundjeri…

At 76 years young, Margaret swims in the Birrarung.

October 25, 2022

I sit alone at a picnic table beside the river at Deep Rock in Fairfield, Melbourne. It’s an inaus…

Finding purpose in the Birrarung.

July 8, 2022

For most Victorians, 2021 was our annus horribilis, a year we wouldn’t wish on our worst enemy. My…

I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong & Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation who are the traditional owners of the land on which I live and work and the Birrarung (Yarra) River in which I swim. Wilip-gin Birrarung murron. (Keep the Birrarung alive!)