The Age (26 March 2025) reports on the latest developments on the proposed wallan wallan Regional Park:
"A vast swath of land on Melbourne’s northern fringe should be locked away for a new park before it is snapped up by developers for new housing and industry, Victoria’s environment department has urged the state government.
More than six years ago, the state Labor government committed to investigating a proposal to create a regional park on rural land used for generations for farming but which could be developed over the next 10 years into housing and industrial estates between Craigieburn and Wallan." Read the full article here online
For more background, listen to BEAM's EarthChat radio episode on this topic, with guest former Cr Rob Eldridge discussing the idea of the wallan wallan Regional Park and what it could bring to our region.
Herne Swamp after heavy rain, Mt Fraser in background. Sept 2016. Photo by Rob Eldridge.
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