Elphinstone, like many small towns in central Victoria, faces the road and has its back to the creek that runs through its centre. After years of being ignored, the creek has gone wild and is now overrun by gorse and blackberry.

Sam Downing is a local landscape architect determined to turn the situation around - to reconnect the community and the creek. She’s leading Elphinstone Cool Places, a climate adaptation project to transform a an old bluestone tunnel where the creek passes through, into a biodiverse refuge and community cooling place.

(Dur: 17:25)

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Featuring:
Sam Downing

Credits:
Producer Kyla Brettle
Music Rob Law
Photography Kyla Brettle
Production Support Eryn Coffey
Executive Producer Geoff Murray
Commissioned by ADAPT Loddon Mallee and Climate Ready Radio

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Elphinstone Cool Places
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