Ferntree Gully Belgrave
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A cracking good festival The Kalorama Chestnut Festival was held on Sunday 7 May, giving locals and visitors the chance to enjoy food stalls, local craft products, like music and of course chestnut-themed foods and activities. The volunteer-ran festival, which is a joint fundraiser for Mt Dandenong Primary School and Mt Dandenong Kindergarten, has been running for over 30 years. Turn to page 6 for more
An attendee enjoying a roasted chestnut at the festival. Picture: TANYA STEELE
Creek vision lives The first of over 650,000 plants that will surround a 1.6km section of Blind Creek have been planted on Friday 5 May, as a part of a jointly funded $18 million reimaging project funded by Melbourne Water, the state government and Knox City Council. Blind Creek spans three suburbs — Ferntree Gully, Boronia and Wantirna South — and
the reimagining plans to convert 1.65km of underground drainage, from Scoresby Road to Lewis Park, into a natural waterway. Minister for Water Harriet Shing, Bayswater MP Jackson Taylor and Knox City Counsellor Sorina Grasso were on hand at Blind Creek to plant the first trees, alongside workers from Melbourne Water and Knox City Council CEO Bruce Dobson.
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“This is about making sure that we open up channels like Blind Creek that have previously been underestimated, hidden from view and not allowed to realize their full potential.” The project was funded via $12 million from Melbourne Water, $3.5 million from Knox City Council and $2.5 million and construction started in early 2023. For more, turn to page 5
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Ms Shing thanked Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders or emerging leaders working on revitalising and managing creeks in Victoria. “As the area grows and expands, livability is at the heart of what we’re doing, but the way that we get there is through an extraordinary collective effort in natural resource management,” Ms Shing said.
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