Woodend Landcare looks forward to seeing you at our working bees and other events this year!

To view our planned events for 2012, click here for the updated calendar.

Peter is currently finalising bookings for the Chainsaw Training with Luke Dam. It will be held at 9.30am on Saturday the 12th of February. For more information or to confirm your spot, please email Peter at pandaY@bigpond.com.

There are also some other up and coming Landcare events which you might like to add to your fresh 2012 diary.

• Twilight working bee: Saturday 3rd of February  (Wood St)… more details coming soon.
• Macedon Ranges Sustainable Living Festival: Saturday 11th of February (rear of 47 Forrest St, Woodend). For more information on the festival, click here.

Woodend Landcare is proud to support the 2012 Macedon Ranges Sustainable Living Festival.

We will have a stall on the day so please come and say hello.

For more information on the festival visit www.mrsgonline.org.au.

Our first chainsaw training session with Luke Dam was very useful to the participants. Luke is an excellent trainer and he has agreed to do a more “in-depth” session on Sunday morning 12th February next year. The first session was mainly about safety. This one will be a full 3 hours from 9.30AM to 12.30PM and will include the safety aspects again, but also many handy tips around the purchase, ownership and basic maintenance of a saw.

It will not be an accredited course, so there will be no diploma, but you will come away with some very handy information and maybe a few new skills. Even if you have used a saw for decades, as I have, you will still find the course informative.

If you have a saw, please bring it, together with ear protectors, goggles, boots and gloves if you have them. Landcare does have some protective gear if you don’t have any. There will be a small charge for non-Landcare members which will be no more than $20. More information nearer the day but we do need an indication of who will be coming, so please let me know.

Cheers, Peter

VENUE – NORTHERN END OF PYKE STREET NEAR THE CHILDREN’S PARK

DATE – SUNDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2012

TIME – 0930 – 1230

COST – UP TO $20

RSVP – Peter Yates, pandaY@bipond.com

If you would like to learn more about the basics of chainsaw use and safety, Woodend Landcare would like to hear from you.

Woodend Landcare is considering conducting a chainsaw training session to cover basic chainsaw operation. The training session will be conducted by a qualified trainer, however participants will not receive accreditation. The session is likely to take about one hour and may be conducted after a working bee.

The session will be free to Landcare members and at a modest cost to others.

Interested parties will be contacted with session details should the training go ahead.

Interested? Email Peter Yates at pandaY@bigpond.com.