Upcoming Events:

HPNL is a new organisation, incorporated in 2018, with completed milestones and ongoing projects including:

Yallock Creek

Working with Westernport Swamp Landcare – survey work and photography along the Yallock Creek

2018 - Ongoing

Lower Cardinia Creek

Working with Melbourne Water, Landcare and other stakeholders – plantings on Harewood and implementation planning elsewhere along the waterway

2018 - Ongoing

Mid Cardinia Creek

Working with Melbourne Water and Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning – Developing an overall strategic plan for Cardinia Creek south of Princes Highway and weed control and replanting of three sections along the creek

2018 - Ongoing

Tooradin - Marine Centre design

Monash University School of Architecture and the Tooradin Business Association – Projects by third year architecture students to design a marine/freshwater environmental interpretation centre at Tooradin to be linked in with the HPNL Presentations

June 2019

Creativity Workshop

Held at Harewood on Western Port

April 2019

Incorporation of the HPNL and first AGM

November 2018

Strategic Plan Launch

Developed with Port Phillip and Western Port Catchment Management Authority – The Strategic Plan for incorporating waterways in Cardinia Shire and City of Casey into the vision of a Healesville to Phillip Island Nature Link.

Launched in October 2018

The goal of the HPNL is to create a bio-link of national significance connecting three of Victoria's iconic ecotourism attractions (Healesville Sanctuary, Puffing Billy and Phillip Island Nature Parks) via natural corridors on public and private land. The HPNL is designed to mitigate threats to our natural and cultural assets including some of our most loved and iconic plants, animals and places.

HPNL Promotional film released

July 2018

Steering committee to initiate the HPNL

HPNL – formed September 2017