Speaker: Nate, Melbourne Water, Waterways and Land Officer

[Video starts with aerial view of the Yarra]

[Throughout video, soft music playing and you can also hear birds chirping and nature sounds]

Nate speaking: The Yarra Capital Improvement Program is a series of projects. We've been doing a weeding and planting works over 60 kilometres of the Yarra River, all the way from Punt Road to Laughing Waters in Eltham.

[on-screen text: Nate, Melbourne Water, Waterways and Land Officer]

[View on screen: Nate talking]

Nate speaking: It's been a goal or something that we've been wanting to achieve; have something that we can look back in 10 years time, 20 years time, and say through this effort of collaboration and working together, we've achieved something quite, quite great, which future generations can enjoy.

[View on screen: looking at trees and the Yarra River (Birrarung) in the background, then looking at a large tree and then looking up to the sky with the leaves blowing gently in the wind, then looking at a medium brown tree with bark peeling off, then looking at a maintenance track with bushland surrounding the track]

Nate speaking: The best part of it is working with people.

[View on screen: Nate talking]

Nate speaking: There's so many people that are involved in on-ground activities and that kind of thing, community members that have been around for 30, 40 years that have had that caretaker role and responsibility on the waterway.

[View on screen: Around 12 people planting new shrubs in an open space, then focused on one person pushing dirt around a plant, then looking at the Birrarung with lots of bushland]

Nate speaking: And I get to work with these people. I get to tap in to what they know and they share that information for me, which I think is a great privilege.

[View on screen: Aerial view of the Birrarung with water flowing quickly. There is a pedestrian bridge that allows crossing over the Birrarung, can see a bike travelling across the bridge. Then looking through a cluster of skinny trees with the river in the background]

Nate speaking: They're so open and so inviting for me just to understand what needs to be done.

[View on screen: Looking up into the blue sky with the view of tall trees filled with leaves, then looking at trees within the river and the Melbourne Logo appears and Melbounewater.com.au]