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BACCHUS MARSH
PLATYPUS ALLIANCE

Latest News

Loopy Litter Blitz

1 June 2026

until 8th June 2026

Take action for platypus this World Environment Day - join our Loopy Litter Blitz!
When: Monday 1st June to Mon 8th June 2026
Where: Anywhere! - your street, neighbourhood, school, workplace, park - anywhere you wish to participate.

Litter Clean-up Event

3 Dec 2023

10am to 12pm

We're holding a river-side Litter Clean-Up on Sunday 3rd Dec, 10am to 12pm, in the 'Underbank Riversedge' area in Bacchus Marsh (see map below). All welcome!

Map: www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/edit?mid=1WomNxemv34SlR-nvBdhIRR9U4N-qupA&usp=sharing ...

Decorating bare walls

21 Nov 2022

The Moorabool News

A new mural is being launched in Bacchus Marsh, planned as the first in a series of artworks celebrating local wildlife and the environment. The Bacchus Marsh Platypus Alliance is launching its mural at the wall of the Bacchus Marsh Outdoor Pool ...

Crafty kids protect platypus

11 Sept 2020

The Moorabool News

You might not have even known it, but platypus live in Moorabool’s waterways – a fact that Bacchus Marsh’s Platypus Alliance have brought to the fore in a recent poster competition. Children and teenagers up to the age of 18 ...

Platypus group issues plea to builders on construction waste

18 Apr 2026

The Moorabool News

A PLATYPUS advocacy group is calling for greater protection from construction and other rubbish for the aquatic mammals living near a residential development west of Bacchus Marsh. The Bacchus Marsh Platypus Alliance wants more attention paid to the issue of rubbish blowing on to habitat after a recent clean-up day at the confluence of the Korkuperrimal Creek and the Werribee River close to the Underbank residential development collected more than 16,000 litres of waste – much of it from construction sites. ...

Platypus dirty water risk

30 Jan 2023

Star Weekly

Scientists in Bacchus Marsh have raised concerns about the future of platypus populations in the Werribee River, after detecting high levels of water pollution they believe has been caused by local construction activity. ...

Kids’ art draws attention

27 May 2021

The Moorabool News

Budding young artists will have their artwork displayed alongside a local river after a competition to choose the best drawings. ...

Clean Up for Platypus: 2/03/25

2 Mar 2025

1pm to 4pm

Join us to Clean Up for Platypus on Sun 2nd March (1pm - 4pm) beside the Werribee River & Korkuperrimul Creek, in the Underbank RiverView area, Bacchus Marsh. Meet at the playground in Fulham Circuit. For further details see: www.platypusalliance.org.au/cleanup2march2025 .

Platypus mural makes a splash

29 Nov 2022

Star Weekly

A mural that celebrates the wildlife of Werribee River, including its iconic platypus population has been unveiled in Bacchus Marsh. The mural by Melbourne artist Lukas Kasper is at the Grant St entrance to Peppertree Park ...

Eye spy with my little eye

26 Nov 2020

The Moorabool News

Native Australian mammals have been spotted in Moorabool but many of these sightings are going unreported.
There have been three reported sightings of platypus in Moorabool this year, two of which occurred in the Werribee Gorge ...

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