Warrandyte Mountain Bike Club is offering a free women’s mountain bike ride through the beautiful Warrandyte State Forest. 

This is a no-drop ride (meaning no-one will be left behind), aimed at bringing women together through mountain bike riding in a friendly and supportive environment. 

The ride will cover about 14km with some hills and a creek crossing. After the ride the group will gather for lunch and/or coffee at Warrandyte’s famous Grand Hotel. 

All you need to join in is a properly maintained mountain bike, an Australian Standard helmet and basic riding skills. 

What to bring: Mountain bike, helmet and a drink bottle (optional).

What to wear: Appropriate shoes and clothing to ride a bike.

Location: The ride will take in a loop around Warrandyte, starting and ending at Gospel Carpark, opposite Whipstick Gully Road.

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Walking basketball is aimed towards getting our senior community and those with lowered mobility due to injury, illness, recovery from surgery or rehabilitation, involved in low impact basketball.

The program is a fun and engaging and will give participants a chance to socialise and be active at the same time, usually with a lot of laughter!

A size five ball is used with lowered and modified rings. The program caters for all levels of walkers, including those with walking aids and limited mobility.

Program details

• sessions will go for 60 minutes and morning tea will be provided afterwards
• the program will run for six weeks on consecutive Thursday mornings
• sessions will be held on the white court at Sheahans Road stadium.

What to bring: water bottle

What to wear: suitable sporting clothes and footwear

This program is delivered by the Bullen Templestowe Basketball Club.

Deer are destroying our most valuable assets. What can we do about it?

Did you know:

• deer are a serious threat to our bushland habitat. They destroy saplings and mature trees and compete for food with our native wildlife
• they are trashing our most important assets, our private properties, bushland, market gardens and farmland
• deer are ruining our waterways and endangering our drinking water
• deer threaten our community safety and are a serious collision risk on our roads
• deer can carry pathogens and harbour diseases which can be transmitted to our domestic stock and animals.

Speakers from Middle Yarra Landcare Network, Manningham Council and guest speaker John Harris from Wildlife and Ecology, Melbourne will talk about what can be done to minimise the impact deer have on our precious environment. 

Join a free tour to explore the Bio Gro organics facility.

Discover where Manningham’s food and garden waste is transformed into compost as part of our Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) service.

You can see first-hand how your food and garden waste is processed with the chance to ask questions along the way.

Important information:

• Closed-toe shoes must worn on the day.
• Participants must be 18 years or older.
• Please note that there are stairs leading to the decontamination line, which may not be suitable for individuals with limited mobility.

Where to meet:

The tour includes bus transport to and from the Bio Gro organics facility in Dandenong South.

The tour will depart and return to the Manningham Civic Centre at 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster 3108.

Registration is essential as spots are limited. 

Meeting Date: 27 September 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm 
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.          

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Let's face it. Parenting is challenging. Would you benefit from some time out to focus on yourself? Facilitated by skilled therapists and counsellors and based on evidence based positive psychology, topics explored during the four sessions will include:

• the importance and different methods of self-care
• learn to recognise the signs of having a low tank and the effect on your parenting
• explore the values and aspects of thriving
• identify hopes and dreams as parents
• build your resources to thrive

Booking: For more information and booking visit Doncare's website or contact Andrea De Rauch at Doncare on 9856 1500 or email doncare@doncare.org.au

Getting There

Located on Doncaster Road between Westfield and the Manningham Council Civic Centre, MC2 is conveniently accessible by public transport. There is ample parking spaces on site including free 4-hour parking underneath the building. You can access level 1 via the lift or via stairs in the front foyer.

Celebrate National Tree Day in 2024.

Bring along your family and friends for a morning planting native trees and vegetation to help protect the park's natural environment.

Our team will be on hand to help and provide advice on planting for the local habitat.

What to bring

We'll provide all the tools, equipment, and plants. All you need to bring is a personal water bottle and any snacks.

Where to meet

The planting site will be at Ruffey Lake Park. along the creek at the bottom of Church Road entrance. Parking available Victoria Street entrance. 

Celebrate National Tree by joining our annual community planting session along the Mullum Mullum Creek trail on Sunday 27 July from 10.00am to 12.00pm.

Bring your family and friends along to help enhance a habitat corridor along the creekline and surrounds.

With your help, we aim to plant more than 3000 indigenous young plants.

Our team will provide advice on how and where to plant the plants to support local habitat.

What to bring

We'll provide all the tools, equipment and plants. All you need to bring is a personal water bottle, sturdy shoes and any snacks.

Where to meet

Please enter via Reynolds Road, Donvale. Parking is available at the Mullum Mullum sports precinct. Planting will be along the creek trail, marked with signage and marquees.

Meeting Date: 24 May 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm 
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.          

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Members of the public can attend Council meetings in person. We have reviewed our Council meeting practices to ensure we provide a safe environment for Councillors, staff and the community at meetings.  Council meetings will continue to be live streamed and we encourage you to follow the meeting on our Facebook page (even if you don’t have a Facebook account) or website. The live stream is not interactive. Any comments or private messages directed to us while the stream is live will not be presented to Council or have a bearing on the conduct of the meeting.

Other temporary changes to our Council meetings:

Public Question Time – At this time, anyone wanting to ask a question of Council should submit their question via email by 5.00pm on the Monday before the meeting. As you cannot be present in the chamber, your question will be read out at the meeting by the CEO. For more information visit the Council Meeting Procedures page.

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Meeting Date: Monday, 16 September 2024
Meeting Time: 7.00pm 
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.         

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Meeting Date: 22 November 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm 
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.         

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Learn to ride a bike during this 6-week introductory riding program for women, female-identifying and non-binary riders who are 20 plus years old.

The program focuses on skill development, developing fitness and helping you make riding a bike part of your everyday life.

Follow the lead of accredited AusCycling instructors and increase your bike confidence and skills in a supportive, safe, off-road and friendly environment.

This program is suitable for people who don't know how to ride, and for people with some basic riding experience.

If you don’t have a bike or helmet, we'll hire these for you! Just make sure you select bike and helmet hire when registering for the program.

Where to meet: at the car park area to the left of the Mullum Mullum Stadium entrance.
What to bring: Your bike and helmet if you have them, and a water bottle.
What to wear: Comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes.

Please note: Places in this program are limited, so book your spot now.

Learn to ride a bike during this 5-week introductory riding program for women, female-identifying and non-binary riders who are aged 18 years and over.

The program focuses on:

• skill development
• developing fitness
• helping you make riding a bike part of your everyday life.

Follow the lead of accredited AusCycling instructors and increase your bike confidence and skills in a supportive, safe, off-road and friendly environment.

Who is it for? This program is suitable for people who don't know how to ride, and for people with some basic riding experience. If you don’t have a bike or helmet, we'll hire these for you. Just make sure you let your instructor know upon your arrival at the first session.

Where to meet: At the car park area to the left of the Mullum Mullum Stadium entrance.

What to bring: Your bike and helmet if you have them, and a water bottle.

What to wear: Comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes.

Please note: Places in this program are limited, so book your spot now.

Meeting Date: 26 March 2024
Meeting Time: 7.00pm 
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.         

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Meeting Date: 22 March 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm 
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.          

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Meeting Date: 26 April 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm 
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.          

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Australia’s population is steadily increasing, prompting the need for new houses, shops and roads. While these developments are important for our community, they may have a negative impact on our local birds. 

So, how do birds respond to urban development? Why do some species cope better than others? And what can we do to better support the more sensitive species? 

To answer these questions, we’ve invited Dr Jacinta Humphrey to share her findings on what makes a residential street, urban park or private garden bird-friendly.

Speaker bio:

Dr Jacinta Humphrey (she/her) is an Urban Ecologist and Research Fellow with the ICON Science group at RMIT University. She completed her PhD at La Trobe University and continues to work with the Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary. 

Her work explores Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD) and aims to find opportunities to enhance habitat for wildlife in residential streets, urban parks, schoolyards and private gardens. She also monitors the Birrarung Trial Floating Wetlands, a series of artificial habitat islands installed in the Yarra River (Birrarung), on behalf of The University of Melbourne.