Jordan Doherty
The Friends of Kororoit Creek will be unveiling their ‘Down the Creek’ memory card game at their end of year party on Tuesday, December 13.
The group of volunteers work on a range of activities which aim to improve the health of the Kororoit Creek and its surrounds in the Brimbank.
Group organiser Jessica Gerger said the game is designed to involve the community in the group’s work.
“We do huge amounts of revegetation work – planting Indigenous species to provide food and habitat for local fauna like lizards, birds and beneficial insects. We plant many endangered species and are trying to help restore the banks of the Kororoit Creek to what they may have looked like before colonisation,” she said.
“We try to reach as many people as possible through a variety of means – including art projects, workshops and of course, there are projects that get the community involved like our new ‘Down the Creek’ memory card game which was generously funded by Greater Western Water.
“It has been such fun working with local artists, children and with our fantastic designer Elzette Bester to create this sweet glimpse into what the creek means to people and how they see it.
“Contributions of photo collages, water colours, graphic design, pencil drawings and paintings – all by people who love and value the local environment. Elzette created the lovely box and back of the card design and the artist’s info insert. It is a vibrant little slice of the creek and we are very proud of it. We hope that when people play it with their families, they can chat about the images they see on the cards.”
Artist Elzette Bester said: “I was approached to design the box and layout and I am absolutely thrilled to be part of this, celebrating the local beauty that is so close to home.”
