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5 Mar

Lunchtime BioBlitz: Pollinators and Plants in the City

  • Free
  • Talk

Ever wondered how insects move across the city?

Join City of Melbourne’s Senior Urban Forester Dr. Freya Thomas, on a lunchtime BioBlitz walk through the city's central business district.

You’ll get to learn how to look for and survey pollinators, important pollinator and plant interactions, and how these critters move across our city landscape. Record insects you spot along the way using iNaturalist.

This free event is part of City of Melbourne’s Insect BioBlitz, running from Sunday 1 March to Saturday 7 March. Join for a week dedicated to discovering, documenting and learning about the local critters who call Melbourne home.

Hours

Date Times
Thu 5 Mar
  • 12.30pm - 1.30pm 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Location

Melbourne Visitor Hub
Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for Melbourne Visitor Hub

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Book online for Lunchtime BioBlitz: Pollinators and Plants in the City

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9658 9658
  • email address: nature@melbourne.vic.gov.au
  • Visit website for Lunchtime BioBlitz: Pollinators and Plants in the City

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Kick back with a film under the stars at Melbourne’s most spectacular open-air cinema.

  • Film
  • Entertainment
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Royal Park BioBlitz with Invertebrates Australia
6 Mar

Royal Park BioBlitz with Invertebrates Australia

Visit Royal Park for an insect BioBlitz walk with Invertebrates Australia.

  • Free
  • Talk
Lunchtime BioBlitz: Southbank Community Gardens
4 Mar

Lunchtime BioBlitz: Southbank Community Gardens

Join in a lunchtime BioBlitz to discover insects at Southbank’s local community gardens.

  • Free
  • Talk
Polly Woodside Open Day
Until 3 May

Polly Woodside Open Day

Climb aboard and roam the decks of one of Australia’s last surviving 19th-century tall ships.

  • Tour
  • Activity
MESS Studio Tour
21 Feb

MESS Studio Tour

Take a guided tour of a collection of rare instruments and hear the stories behind the sounds.

  • Free
  • Talk
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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