Finding Melbourne's Nature
Finding Melbourne’s Nature is a walking conversation series exploring the wild places within the city.
Ecologist Ben Cullen walks through reserves, wetlands and remnant bushland across Melbourne/Naarm with Traditional Owners, First Nations voices, conservationists, scientists and community members, each choosing a place that matters to them.
Together they walk and talk about what lives there, what’s changed, what needs protecting, and their own journey in learning about and caring for nature.
You’ll hear footsteps on tracks, birds overhead, wind in the trees, and the city never too far away.
Finding Melbourne's Nature
Latest Episodes
St Andrews with Wendy Probert
Out towards St Andrews on Melbourne’s north-eastern edge, some of the most important habitat isn’t in reserves at all, it’s along the roadside.In this episode of Finding Melbourne’s Nature, I walk with Wendy Probert, a long-time...
Braeside Park with Judith Sise
Braeside Park in Melbourne’s south east is a big reserve with a mix of wetlands, grassy woodlands and heathland, and a history that’s shifted a lot over time.In this episode of Finding Melbourne’s Nature, I walk through the park...
Westgate Park with Naomie Sunner
At the edge of the Birrarung, beneath the West Gate Bridge, sits one of Melbourne’s most unexpected urban landscapes.Westgate Park wasn’t always like this. Once a heavily modified and neglected site shaped by landfill and industry, it ha...
Banyule Flats with Dr Jacinta Humphrey
In this episode of Finding Melbourne’s Nature, we walk through Banyule Flats Reserve with urban ecologist Dr Jacinta Humphrey.Moving through wetlands, billabongs and remnant vegetation along the Birrarung, Jacinta shares her jou...
Docklands with Dr Kylie Soanes
In this episode, I’m joined by urban ecologist Dr Kylie Soanes.We meet in Docklands, in Melbourne/Naarm, beside the floating wetlands Kylie helped bring to life. It’s not a typical conservation setting. Concrete, water, buildings and mov...