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April Bee Thanks and *save the date*

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Woodend Landcare was thrilled by the turn out to last Sunday’s Black Gum Slatey Creek Reserve Working Bee. Twenty-two (19 adults, 3 children) fabulous volunteers helped with a huge amount of woody weed and rubbish removal. We also planted about 35 plants as part of our Pollinator Corridors Project. A huge thanks to all that showed up to lend a hand – having new faces coming regularly to our working bees means a lot to our committee. Special thanks to our amazing catering team – Kate and Chris for the tasty morning tea.

*Save the Date*

Our next working bee is on Sunday 26 May at the Jo Clancy Bridge along Five Mile Creek. Hope to see you there!

FYI Here is our updated 2024 calendar:

Woodend Landcare Working Bee – this Sunday 24 March

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Due to the small turn out at our last working bee, we didn’t get everything done that we’d hoped to do. We’ve therefore decided to move this weekend’s working bee from Ruby Mac to the same spot as last time (near Wood St) to finish the task. Hope to see you all there.

When:     9:00am–12:00pm, Sunday 24 March 2024    

Where:    Five Mile Creek, between Wood and Pykes Streets. 

We have updated our calendar too. Click here to open Landcare Calendar Jan-Dec 2024 in PDF

Clean-up Australia Day 2024 Report

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Woodend Landcare had a small but enthusiastic turn out for our Clean up Australia working bee on Sunday 3 March 2024.  We had five new volunteers attend for the clean up and twelve in total. We achieved some weeding and cleared baby oaks. Importantly, we collected two bags of rubbish between the Children’s Park and Bowen St – preventing it from washing down Five Mile Creek. Below you can read our End of Clean Up Report.

We were super impressed by the Woodend Girl Guides who cleaned up around the Woodend Children’s Park and the Macedon-Woodend Cubs who focused on the area along the creek behind the Information Centre and around Gordan Gilbert Oval. From all reports they collected HEAPS of rubbish.

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Next Working Bee

Our next working bee is on Sunday 24 March 2024 along Five Mile Creek near Ruby Mackenzie Park. More details coming soon. Hope to see you there!