Shrieks and squeals could be heard from the Cooper Street grasslands in Campbellfield on Sunday as a huge python snake was draped around children’s necks.
About 90 people gathered for the Friends of Merri Creek’s Nature Day to spend time with the park’s resident kangaroos and meet lizards, snakes and butterflies.
Friends of Merri Creek committee member Yasmin Kesall said children were particularly enamoured by the butterfly tent, where they could carry and closely inspect monarch butterflies on wand-like sticks.
The Brunswick resident and ecologist said the group intends to host more such events to rally greater support for Merri Creek from communities in outer northern suburbs.
“We’ve got a good support group in the south but we need more involvement in the northern region, towards Wallan,” she said.
Friends of Merri Creek Committee www.friendsofmerricreek.org.au.
