By Laura Michell
Jack Nunn is on a mission to better educate the community about Kororoit Creek.
When Mr Nunn moved to Albion last year, he noticed a sign next to the creek at the end of his street advising that there was 30,000 years of Aboriginal history in the area.
The sign got Mr Nunn thinking about the creek, its history and its benefits to the community, prompting him to arrange a citizen science project in the area.
The project – Campfires and Science – will include talks from Wurundjeri elders about how people used to live along the creek, as well as environmental DNA testing of the creek, drone mapping and a meal around the campfire.
“The people who lived here 30,000 years ago would know more about what’s living in the creek than we do now,” Mr Nunn said.
“We will monitor it to see if anything has changed in a year, two years.”
Mr Nunn, who is founder of not-for-profit organisation Science for All, said the organisation would also partner with the Friends of Kororoit Creek to restore the creek, carry out water pollution testing and plant trees.
“I want to leave [the creek] better than I found it,” he said.
“I want to make people aware and show them ways to get involved.”
Campfires and Science will be held on June 29 at Kororoit Creek Neighbourhood House.
Details: scienceforall.world
