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Coronavirus community information
Like many local businesses, our service delivery is being interrupted as a result of staff who are unwell or isolating due to COVID-19. Details on the impacted Council services are in the link below.
COVID-19 impacts on staffing and Council services
Hobsons Bay supports significant ecosystems including marine areas, wetlands, woodlands and grasslands. It is also boasts the internationally recognised, Ramsar listed Cheetham Wetlands. A total of five water-ways run through the municipality including Skeleton Creek, Laverton Creek, Cherry Creek, Kororoit Creek and Stony Creek.
These open spaces provide a home to a diverse range of ecosystems that provide habitat to an impressive range of flora and fauna, including many rare and threatened species. These unique assets are managed by Hobsons Bay City Council, Parks Victoria, Melbourne Water and the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning.
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Explore Hobsons Bay's conservation reserves.
Outlines the strategic direction to guide Council’s conservation management works whilst ensuring alignment with Council operations, particularly conservation, land use planning and open space planning.
The Habitat Gardens program encourages and supports residents to use local indigenous plant species in private gardens which results in broader ecosystem connectivity with conservation reserves.