Get involved

Contact research.ari@deeca.vic.gov.au for general enquiries regarding Platy Patch.

If you live near a Platy Patch site, contact the relevant partner organisation below to find out what’s happening and get involved.

• ARI DEECA - Helping Platypus recover
• Melbourne Water
• Corangamite Catchment Management Authority 
• East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority
• Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
• Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority
• North Central Catchment Management Authority 
• North East Catchment Management Authority
• Wimmera Catchment Management Authority
• West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority

If you own a property near Monbulk Creek in Upwey, Tecoma, Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Selby, Sherbrooke and Kallista and would like to learn more about Tanks for Platypus or discuss if your property is suitable, contact Yarra Council.

to One Tree Planted, a non-profit organisation focused on global reforestation. This organisation is contributing funds for revegetation efforts in Platy Patch.

To help clean up and rehabilitate your local waterway, get in contact with your local CMA, community group or Local Government.

If you are a landholder living along, or near a waterway, seek advice on how to rehabilitate and protect this environment. Actions could include weed control, fencing and revegetation with native plants.

so we can continue to build a better picture of their distribution.  In Victoria, you can contribute through the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas.

Each year, to celebrate Platypus, an educational campaign promotes the conservation of this iconic species across Victoria. It’s a collaboration between Melbourne Water, Waterwatch Victoria, River Detectives, North Central Catchment Management Authority and other Victorian based organisations, councils and community groups.

2026 campaign

Support the 'Take the Lead for Platypus' campaign which encourages dog owners to leash dogs around waterways to protect Platypus. It will be promoted in October, although its message is relevant all year round.

2025 campaign

This campaign ‘Seize it, Snip it, Bin it’(opens in new tab) aimed to reduce the occurrence of loopy litter in our waterways. It encouraged people to collect and correctly dispose of litter they encounter. It was promoted in September, although its message is relevant all year round.