Experience the end of winter with a Woodend Landcare working bee.
Meet at the Thomas Court access track at 9:30 AM, Sunday 28th August
Wear gumboots and bring gloves. We have gardening tools.
Task for the day: tidy up the school planting sites.
Morning tea provided.
Contact our president, Peter Yates, on e-mail: pandaY@bigpond.com for more information.
NatureShare
Jo recently attended the launch of NatureShare. This is a free, interactive database, in which anyone can put observations, photos, species locations etc. It will gradually develop into a marvelous collection of all natural living things – including weed, but not pets! – all over Victoria.
It was initiated by members of Riddells Creek Landcare and the Australian Plant Society, Keilor Plains group.
Check out the website: www.natureshare.org.au. There are some magnificent pictures.
Conservation Values of the Wombat Forest
Wombat Forestcare has received funding through The Wilderness Society’s WildCountry Small Grants Program to undertake an assessment of the conservation values of the Wombat Forest and Mount Macedon Landscape Zone.
A draft report has been prepared by Murray Ralph and we are seeking comment and any additional information about species, vegetation and ecological processes which may not have been included.
The report can be downloaded from our website www.wombatforestcare.org.au
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting 2011
Saturday 30 July, 1:30 pm
Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend
followed at 2:30 by:
Tales from the Twitchathon
speaker Tim Dolby, coordinator Victorian Twitchathon, Birds Australia.
Afternoon tea follows. All welcome. Gold coin donation.
Our bees and work group
Our last bee was with the Woodend Scouts on an overcast day. They all mucked in
and did a great job clearing blackberry thickets and fallen trees from their special location.
We especially loved the bonfire and took the opportunity to warm ourselves
by it.
Thursday’s work crew now have as many as 12 blokes sharing the work. They have begun to look for new fields to conquer, as their early efforts have had such good results, that only general maintenance is now needed. They have spent several mornings cleaning up a patch of woody weeds around the Jeffreys St bridge, on the northern side of the Creek. They have also helped Brian Christie in clearing the area of Urquhart St below the ‘No Through Road’ sign. A grant we received will enable this project to continue and expand.
The next bee will be on June 26th at Wood St.
Woodend Landcare 