Dromana Arthurs Seat Escarpment: A Living System Worth Protecting

We began this work because we could see how deeply people love the Mornington Peninsula, how much care already exists here, and how fragmented and under-supported that care often is.

Imagine a place where bushland meets flowing water, wildlife moves through habitat corridors, and stories continue to emerge. Rising as the highest point of the Peninsula, the Dromana Arthurs Seat Escarpment is an approximately 573-hectare living landscape that supports biodiversity, tourism, recreation, livelihoods, and our connection to land, water, and life. This is Bunurong Country, on the unceded lands and waters of the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation.

Yet this ecosystem faces fragmented care. Responsibility is shared across community groups, First Nations custodians, landowners and managers, businesses and government agencies. Many people care deeply, but the system is not yet working in harmony. Too often, care for this place becomes reactive, contested or under-resourced, rather than coordinated, long-term and regenerative.

From June 2026 to May 2027, this stage will widen the circle of stewardship and move the work toward shared governance, integrated management and regenerative funding.

We will build stronger relationships among community, First Nations representatives, landowners and managers, businesses, youth, researchers, and government stakeholders through mapping, dialogue, immersive experiences, and shared stewardship planning. We will explore how public land, private land, quarry land, township edges, tourism, water care and habitat corridors can be regenerated together over time.

Your support funds project coordination, paid First Nations guidance, stakeholder engagement, mapping, immersive learning, governance and funding exploration, and a community priorities paper for government.

Help us transform reactive, contested and under-resourced care into intergenerational collective action, so the Dromana Arthurs Seat Escarpment can be cared for now and for generations to come.