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In 1996 an initiative of the club committed to an environmental project at the Nerrina Wetlands in Nerrina, a suburb of Ballarat.
The wetlands is designed to catch water run-off from the freeway. While held in the ponds of reeds and grasses the water is cleaned and airated before flowing into the Yarrowee River, the main water corridor of the city. The project has continued every year since and is ongoing.
The site has developed from a clay pan to a vegetation covered habitat comprising indigenous species of understory, mid-story and canopy plants.
The Yarrowee walking trail passes through the wetland and is now a haven for birds and frogs. Members and their families enjoy the working bees that comprise planting days in spring and autumn and clean ups in summer and winter.
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