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Welcome to the Port Phillip EcoCentre!

A feast of education, research & volunteer events from the 'burbs to the Bay.

Read our 2017-18 Annual Report

Thank you to our many members, partners and Affiliates who joined our Annual General Meeting. Read our Annual Report online to learn about our collective impacts and achievements.

Local suburbs have 3x more species than Melbourne Zoo!

Our Youth Wildlife Ambassador has recorded over 1000 species in the corridor from Elsternwick Park to the reef at Point Ormond, Elwood. Check out some of our wild neighbours in this clip then join our wildlife walks to meet some fauna in person.

Catchy music video cleans up MC Guttermouth's act

Say G'Day to the Bay

Catch up on local environmental news on the Port Phillip Baykeeper blog. Read Neil's latest article on Melbourne's world class water!

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Slip, slop, slap sustainably: reef-safe sunscreens

Submitted by Josh Solomonsz on 3 December 2018 - 11:56am

Being ‘sun smart’ is not always the same thing as being environmentally smart. This summer, beachgoers are urged to slip, slop and slap sustainably by using sunscreen not containing toxic chemicals, to avoid further damage to our reefs. Chemicals in sunscreen can wash off directly to the ocean when swimming. They can also be carried off the sand to the ocean as the tide rises, particularly if beachgoers use spray-on sunscreen which leaves residue chemicals across the sand. Even sunscreen washed off in the shower has the potential to end up in the ocean.

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Catch up on stories of wildlife, events, and our work with community and partners. Stay in the loop and get involved via our volunteer opportunities!

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If you would like to organise a Employee Volunteering or Team Building day for you and your colleagues, click here.

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Sunscreen and Bay marine life

We are all now familiar with the fact that sunscreen is important in helping to protect our skin from sun damage. But what is the sunscreen we are dousing ourselves with doing to the environment?

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Alive Outside

Get outside in Port Phillip Bay this summer! Join our 'Alive outside' program.

Alive Outside Postcard with Penguin Our 'Alive Outside' program is specifically geared towards 12 to 25 year olds who would love to explore and investigate Port Phillip Bay and the St Kilda Foreshore.

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Baykeeper Resources

Your Port Phillip Baykeeper monitors the pulse of our Bay, conducting research, action and education on a number of issues:

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The EcoCentre acknowledges the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, traditional owners of the land on which we are located. We pay respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and elder members of our multicultural community.

We proudly work in partnership with Arweet Carolyn Briggs and the Boon Wurrung Foundation.