Help Woodend Landcare maintain the native vegetation along the banks of Five Mile Creek. On Sunday 8 November, we will be clearing woody weeds and ivy between Jo’s Bridge and Wood Street. Morning tea will be provided. New volunteers are always very welcome!
Join Woodend Landcare to celebrate our achievements from the past year and look ahead to future plans. Our special guest speaker, fauna ecologist John Harris, has been studying wildlife along Five Mile Creek, using high-tech equipment to record birds, marsupials, bats, frogs, and more. Come find out what he has discovered.
Woodend Landcare Annual General Meeting
Where: Woodend Neighbourhood House
When: 10am – 12pm, Sunday 25 October
Our AGM is open to Landcare members and the public. Registration is not required – just turn up! Morning tea refreshments will be provided.
Consider joining the Woodend Landcare Committee. We are looking for a Meetings Secretary to help with the agenda and minutes for our monthly meetings and a Communications Secretary to help coordinate our publicity and marketing. We would also welcome a new General Committee Member. If this sounds like something you could help with, please contact Nicole Middleton at woodendlandcare@gmail.com or call 0418 233 366 before Sunday 18 October.
We loved this article in The Guardian about giving back to nature if you need a little inspiration: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/oct/11/australians-restoring-nature-in-retirement-bush-conservation
Woodend Landcare invites you to join us for Brekky with the Birds on the 10 October 2026. Meeting at the Woodend Children’s Park at 6.45am, we will take a stroll along Five Mile Creek with ecologist, John Harris. You’ll learn how to survey and identify our local feathered friends. A light breakfast will be provided. Places are limited so registration is essential: Click here to register.
This month our working bee on Sunday 20 September will be focusing clearing woody weeds along the Five Mile Creek between Romsey Road and Ruby McKenzie Park. Arrive at 8.45am for a briefing at the playground in Ruby McKenzie Park on Tennyson St. You bring eye protection, gloves and secateurs (if you have some), we’ll provide a tasty morning tea! Hope to see you there!
Our monthly working bees are back after the winter break! On Sunday 23 August, help Woodend Landcare to remove ivy and other weeds along the north bank of Five Mile Creek (up and down from Jo’s Bridge). Removing ivy from native plants is important because it stops the aggressive vine from blocking vital sunlight, weighing down branches, and stealing soil nutrients and water, which helps the native vegetation survive and thrive.
There has been an update to our 2026 calendar to include the details of all working bees and events for the rest of this year. Be sure to mark these dates in your calendar!
