A threatened, 160-year-old, 7-metre coastal Moonah at 1 Mallaluka Avenue in Ocean Grove has been proposed for removal. This area is under Significant Landscape Overlay Schedule 15, which means it should be protected.

This is not just another garden tree.

This Moonah (Melaleuca lanceolata) is:

🌱 Likely the reason the road is called ‘Mallaluka Avenue”

🌱 Part of a rare and significant stand of three Moonahs

🌱 Listed on the National Trust Tree Register as “locally significant”

🌱 Recognised by local Wadawarrung people as “culturally significant”

🌱 A major landscape feature

🌱 Part of Ocean Grove’s coastal identity

🌱 Valuable habitat for local wildlife, and

🌱 The result of over 100 years of uninterrupted growth in harsh coastal conditions and could survive for 100 more.

Once mature Moonahs like this are removed, they cannot be “replaced.” It can take generations to restore equivalent canopy, habitat and landscape character.

We are calling for genuine retention of this significant Moonah.

Please sign, share and help protect Ocean Grove’s coastal canopy for future generations. 🌿