Join us at Heron St end of Campaspe Park this weekend for our last Sunday working bee in 2025. Come along from 9am to remove some weeds, before we hang up the tools early for an extended festive morning tea. See flyer for details.
Join us this Sunday morning to continue removing weeds from the southern bank of Five Mile Creek. This month we’ll continue heading towards the Children’s Park from Wood Street, which is where we got to last month. Meet up 9am, near the creek end of Wood St, Woodend. See flyer for details.
Join us 9am-noon, Sunday 14 Sept to help eradicate weeds along Five Mile Creek between Bowen and Wood Streets. The new resident wallabies have been spotted along this stretch of the creek, so it will be rewarding to look after their habitat.
Join Woodend Landcare volunteers 9am-noon, Sunday 31 August at Ruby Mac Park for a morning looking after the indigenous habitat along Five Mile Creek. See flyer for details.
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.
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