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 Yarra 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 Yarra 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 Yarra Birrarung. July 8, 2022 For most Victorians, 2021 was our annus horribilis, a year we wouldn’t wish on our worst enemy. My…