NRCL Educational Programs
WATER FROM CATCHMENT TO COAST
LEARN ABOUT WHY OUR CATCHMENTS ARE PROTECTED
Program includes:
- Explore the walk along the Upper Yarra Dam wall and the Fern Gully walk.
- Immerse students in the history of the Upper Yarra Dam at our Environment Discovery Centre which provides a rich history of how the dam was built and what an important role it plays in providing Melbourne's drinking water supply
- Understand the destruction that major bushfires cause to the Water Catchments including the impact of the Ash Wednesday Bushfire of 1983 which destroyed 40,000 hectares.
- Water quality-water testing and inverterbrate ID
Sites visited include:
- Upper Yarra Reservoir
- Fern Gully Walk
- Environment Discovery Centre
- Yarra River
Environmental Education Resources for Teachers and Students
The Natural Resources Conservation League provides an extensive library of resource material for teachers and an 'on-line' educational quiz and puzzle web site for students of all ages. Click here to explore this fabulous new addition to our Environmental Education program.
"I never really understood why we need to protect our water catchments until now"
NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSERVATION LEAGUE
'Hands-on' Environment Discovery Centre Warburton Waterwheel
OPEN DAILY
3400 Warburton Hwy, Warburton, VIC, 3799
P O Box 577, Warburton
(03) 5966 5822
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