The Gardiners Creek Catchment....just how important is it?
Feb 19, 2025 6:00 PM
Graham Ross
The Gardiners Creek Catchment....just how important is it?
Graham Ross moved to Australia from Scotland 26 years ago. He was a Director with International Commercial Real Estate company for 12 years before moving to a senior role in a private property investement company. He retired from commercial property in 2020 to study Conservation and Land Management.
Since that change in direction, he formed the KooyongKoot Alliance, now incorporated including over 20 Friends groups from the Gardiners Creek Catchment. He is also a founding member of Rewilding Stonnington a community group focused on reintroducing native plants to nature strips and underutilised spaces. He is also a Member of Back 2 Nettleton Friends Group. He is a board member of both Greenfleet and The South Gippsland Landcare Network, also formed The Deer Control Action Group in South Gippsland, aimed at the strategic control of feral deer in the region. Graham has been a member of Gardiners Creek for over 20 years.
Graham will briefly review the challenges facing our creek catchment and the brief but fast paced evolution of the KooyongKoot Allialance (KKA), made up of over 20 friends groups. He will also talk on the wider Regional Collaboration of 16 stakeholders (Councils Melbourne Water etc) and their collective vision and objectives and an insight into how that collaboration will work together to restore balance to the catchement and care for this tremendously important asset.
Graham could have chosen any football team when he moved to Australia, but settled on St Kilda. Graham does not always choos the easy path!