It been a great year for Woodend Landcare. Please join us this Sunday (9am, 24 November) to celebrate and pull out the odd weed or two. We will be working along the south side of Five Mile Creek – between Wood and Bowen Streets. We will stop work at 11.30am for morning tea – a special thanks to all our incredible and hard working volunteers! Hope to see you there.
Join our working bee at 9am this Sunday 27 October to tackle the weeds growing along Five Mile Creek near Bowen Street.
9am–12pm | Sunday 13 October | Five Mile Creek near Jeffreys St.
You may have noticed areas between the Woodend Tennis Club and Jeffreys Street have been prepared for revegetation over the last 12 months. There are a number of mulched areas and some have already been planted with understorey plants, thanks to the 1st Woodend Scout Group.
The aim of this project is to protect the Black Gum (Eucalyptus aggregata) trees. In Victoria this eucalyptus species only grows within 4km of Woodend, so you could call it Woodend’s floral emblem. Many mature trees at this site were blown over during the wind event of June 2021 and the remaining trees are in danger due to soil compaction and future climate extremes.
To protect the remaining black gums we are providing them with a buffer of understorey habitat and weed-free, mulched ground to enable self-propagation. Starting at 9am, on Sunday 13 October, Woodend Landcare, with help from our local Scouts, Council staff and anyone who would like to join in, will be planting a further 700 indigenous plants in these areas.
This planting will complement that already undertaken by the Scouts near the Scout Billabong. The project will continue until all the mulched areas are progressively filled with plants over the next few years. It is a important action in the Woodend Five Mile Creek Master Plan, developed with Council in 2022 (see here).
Everyone is welcome to come along and help create another beautiful area of habitat along our creek.
If helping our native vegetation by removing invasive weeds is more your thing, Landcare will be holding its monthly working bee on the south side of the creek between Bowen and Wood Streets at 9am on Sunday 27 October.
Aussie Bird Count – 14-20 October. Council is running two one-hour walks to introduce you to some local feathered friends, and get you all set to start counting using the Aussie Bird Count App. One of these walks is along Five Mile Creek on the 13 October from 10-11 am. Click here to find out more.
Council environment events in October:
Check out the Environment Events and Healthy Landscapes pages to find out more and register.
Newham Landcare – Biodiversity and Bushfire Risk events. A evening talk and field day with CFAs statewide Vegetation Management Team on the 25 and 26 October. Click here for more info and to register.
Wombat Forestcare Newsletter – September 2024. Features articles about the Eastern Pigmy-possum and the vegetation of the Wombat Forest. Click here to view.
We hope you can join our working bee this Sunday 15 September 2024. We will be tackling woody weeds along Five Mile Creek at the north end of Bowen St. Note that the location has changed from what was advertised on the calendar and in the Woodend Star. This is because the Thursday Crew have already done a heap of amazing work at our original location on Quarry Road. Huge thanks to Dave and crew! Looking forward to catching you all 9am on Sunday!
Our monthly Working Bees resume at 9am on Sunday 25 August 2024 with some important weed control along Five Mile Creek between Thomas Court and East Street. All are welcome to lend a hand, have a chat and and enjoy a tasty morning tea. Hope to see you there!
Woodend Landcare are pleased to welcome some new faces to our committee at our recent AGM.
The 2024-25 Committee is:
Sadly we are letting Linda Vale have a well-earned break from secretarial duties after some 20 years. Linda not only did the minutes, but she has been a regular attendee at our working bees too. Linda will not be disappearing and we will no doubt be calling on her to help our new secretary when she can. Huge thanks to you Linda for your incredible contribution.
You can read more about our work over the past twelve months in our 2023-24 Annual Report here.
25 August – Upper Campaspe Landcare Network – Presentation by Mr Max Campbell on Biodiversity, Holobionts and Symbiosis – more info and RSVP here.
5-11 September – Connecting Country – Feathery Festival – The Message of the Lyrebird Film Fundraiser, Guided Birdwalk, and Talk by Tanya Loos – more info and booking here.
7 September – Wombat Forestcare – AGM and guest speakers Aviya Naccarella (Deakin Uni) and Emily McIntyre (Melbourne Uni) on ecological interactions mammals, fungi, plants & soil – more info and booking here.
13 September – Biolinks Alliance – Rewilding Central Victoria Symposium – more info and booking here.
20 September – Newham Landcare – AGM and guest speaker Professor Tom Griffiths AO on ‘This continent of smoke’: fire in our lives and landscapes‘ – more info and RSVP here.
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