A new community-led initiative is bringing fresh energy to Ballarat’s waterways, with plans to restore over 80 hectares of land and almost 10 kilometres of riverbanks across 13 local sites.
Earlier this month, the Urban Ripple project which is being led by the Bunanyung Landscape Alliance, was launched at Ballarat’s Canadian Creek.
With $700,000 of funding provided by the Green Links program, the Bunanyung Landscape Alliance is working in collaboration with eight local organisations on this work.
Community groups are planting 39,500 native plants, managing weeds, educating the community, and installing nesting boxes, logs and other habitat features.
This work will help restore and create habitat for local wildlife including some local threatened species, like the growling grass frog, the brush-tailed phascogale and the platypus.
It will also help to improve the water quality of the Yarrowee River, Specimen Vale Creek, Canadian Creek and connecting tributaries, preserving cultural heritage and enhancing our waterways for generations to come.
The Bunanyung Landscape Alliance is working in partnership with the Yarrowee-Leigh Catchment Group, Seeding Victoria, City of Ballarat, Friends of Canadian Corridor, Wattle Flat Pootilla Landcare Group, Friends of the Yarrowee, Upper Williamson’s Creek Landcare Group, and the Napoleons Enfield Landcare Group to deliver the project.
The Urban Ripple project has been funded via the Green Links program, which supports community groups, water and land managers, Traditional Owners, local councils and schools across the state to help restore and protect biodiversity along our waterways.
For more information, visit the Green Links program.
Page last updated: 27/08/25