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Clean up a shore thing for 3030 Beach Patrol

A group of volunteers who clean up rubbish at the Werribee South beach are celebrating their third anniversary. The 3030 Beach Patrol, which regularly cleans...

Destroyed trees bill tops $20,000

Wyndham ratepayers will foot the bill to replace hundreds of trees which have been destroyed by vandals. The council's environment and sustainability portfolio holder, Cr...

Victoria State Rose Garden blooms

In 1993, a band of volunteers rose to the occasion to save one of Werribee’s biggest assets. Twenty-five years later, the Victoria State Rose Garden remains...

Green plan hatched

An egg-cellent series of environmentally-friendly green events will be held in Wyndham throughout February and March. Wyndham council’s popular Green Living Series is back, with...

Council gets down on dumping

Tis the season for spring cleaning, renovating … and illegal dumping. The Environment Protection Authority is calling on any residents or businesses doing a clean-out...

Going for green and gold in Wyndham

Two Wyndham schools have been recognised for their environmental credentials. Werribee Primary School and Warringa Park School in Hoppers Crossing each took out gongs at...

Seniors blossom in the garden

Senior citizens from the Point Cook Village showed off their green thumbs at Werribee Park on Monday, as part of the annual Victorian Seniors...

Growing costs of tree vandals

Wyndham council has received more than 150 reports of vandalised trees in public areas since 2015. Tree vandalism can include trees being stolen, chopped down...

My Wyndham: Jarred Parsons

Jarred Parsons has spent his life in the western suburbs, but only became a Wyndham resident 13 years ago. The 41-year-old Parks Victoria communications...

Seeds sown for new green plan

Going green: Wyndham council is branching out in a new direction, with a proposal to give a free tree to new residents who move...

Bandicoots bounce back

Researchers at a Little River conservation reserve are helping to rebuild the population of a threatened species, eastern barred bandicoots. The Mount Rothwell Conservation and Research...

Good call on gorillas

These Werribee kids are putting the call out for Wyndham residents to donate their old mobile phones for a good cause. The youngsters and their...

Council shakes developer’s trees

More trees are likely to be cut down to make way for new homes in Werribee’s Riverwalk estate, despite residents campaigning for the felling...

Tree removal cuts deep

Wyndham residents have been left devastated by a Development Victoria decision to cut down what residents say are heritage trees along Geelong Road. The state...

Featherbrook College branches out

Featherbrook P-9 College is set to get a whole lot greener. The school’s prep to grade six pupils recently planted a host of pear and...

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Petreski returns to Point Cook Jets

New Point Cook coach Tome Petreski said it was special to come back to a club that means so much to him. After coaching West...