MCRP Working Bee MAKING URCHIN CULLING EQUIPMENT – 29 November 2021 Urchins can be culled in shallower water by snorkellers.However, there is no specialist equipment for this.We needed to get equipment made in time for our first snorkelling urchin cul ...
We are very sorry to report the peaceful passing on Sunday 12 September of our inaugural MCRP President, Bob Whiteway, OAM. Our sincere condolences to his family. Despite being unwell for some time, Bob continued to attend MCRP events, including our ann ...
Bayside Council is planning to ban cigarette smoking on beaches in Bayside, as well as the Brighton Dunes and Ricketts Point area. Sandringham Foreshore Association is leading a campaign to extend this ban to all the foreshore areas of Bayside, in ...
March 2020 Council has adopted a new masterplan to guide the historic transformation of Elsternwick Park golf course into a natural oasis on our city’s doorstep. The new Elsternwick Park Nature Reserve will bring nature back into our urban area, p ...
BECAN - Bayside Emergency Climate Action Network Over the last few months Beth Jensen represented Marine Care Ricketts Point in an alliance of community groups (BECAN) based in the Bayside local government area that share a common vision of a saf ...
Marine Carers show your support for spider crabs and visit the Change.org campaign site as referred to in the article below. Even now, as the water temperature starts to drop, they’re making a return. Spider crabs are marching into the bay, and ...
Some of you may already be aware of the tea tree under threat at Beaumaris Reserve, next to the Community centre. We are supporting Beaumaris Conservation Society to save this one tree. We are calling the tree (number 46 on the plans) " ...
URGENT: Sign the petition to stop Environment Minister Sussan Ley rushing through damaging changes to our Environment Laws. Just months after more than a billion animals died in the bushfires1, Environment Minister Sussan Ley has announc ...
The Victorian Government has decided to introduce a Container Deposit Scheme for return of bottles and cans in 2023 to encourage community recycling. Victoria is the last State to introduce such a scheme. MCRP, including our Beach Patrol 3193, ...
Zero plastics by mid-2020 Bayside City Council premises Single use plastics will no longer be issued from Council’s Corporate Centre and libraries by 30 June 2019. Other Council-owned properties such as community centres and senior citizen centre ...
