Reminder! Register in advance for June 9th Monthly Meeting

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Our Monthly Meeting on Friday 9th June is via Zoom

A reminder that our June meeting will be via Zoom.  If you wish to join us to hear Louise Saunders’ interesting talk on her botanical art and conservation work, you MUST first email Peter (munrodsl@iinet.net.au) before 3pm Friday 9th June to request the invitation to register for the meeting and then get an email with …

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Monthly Meeting: Friday June 9th, 7:30pm by Zoom

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Speaker: Louise Saunders “Botanical art – inspiring wildlife conservation”

The June meeting will be the first of our 3 winter meetings by Zoom for 2023 with our speaker being Louise Saunders, a botanical artist originally from Benalla in Victoria’s North East. Louise has had a particular interest in illustrating the ground orchids of NE Victoria and since relocating to Queensland, also the subtropical flora …

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Excursion: Saturday June 10th, 1:30pm, “McCay Reservoir”

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Leader: Kylie McLennan (Coliban Water)

Rescheduled from May.  Due to illness, Kylie was unable to lead this trip in May but we are pleased that she can lead this field trip to McCay Reservoir for our June excursion.  This will be a rare opportunity to see this site, which is not open to the public.  The reservoir, which is the …

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ATTENTION!  CHANGE TO EXCURSION, SAT MAY 13TH

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New topic “Fungi & Mosses on the Mount”

Our planned excursion to McCay Reservoir is postponed to Sat June 10th as our leader is currently unwell.  We will bring forward our June excursion to this month. Join us for a relaxed amble on Mount Alexander sharing our skills in finding and identifying fungi and mosses. Meet:  1.30pm at the Octopus, Duke St, opposite …

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Restoring the wonderful wetlands of northern Victoria

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Hosted by Newstead Landcare Group

Newstead Landcare Group are hosting a special presentation by Damien Cook,Co-Director and Restoration Ecologist at Wetland Revival Trust. Wednesday 16 November 2022 from 7.30 – 8.30 pm followed by a cuppa at Newstead Community Centre, 9 Lyons St, Newstead All are welcome. Entry is by donation to Wetland Revival Trust to aid purchase of Wirra-Lo …

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It’s on again: GSB22

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The Great Southern Bioblitz is on Friday 28th - Monday 31st October

Have fun, get out in the bush or wander around your garden and see what you can find. Take photos or sound recordings and load these observations into iNaturalist. When loading a sighting you should identify what you have seen to the best of your ability. Your identification need only be at the level of …

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ATTENTION – ATTENTION!  CHANGE TO SATURDAY 10th SEPTEMBER EXCURSION

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Visit to Julie Radford’s orchid nursery and laboratory

Due to the weather conditions, instead of exploring The Monk with orchid expert Julie Radford we will be visiting her laboratory and nursery in Kangaroo Flat. This is a unique opportunity to see the work Julie is doing propagating rare spider orchids in order to re-plant them in the wild and thus help conserve them. …

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We Have Moved!

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Our new website is now live.

All Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club members who receive emails from the club and those who have subscribed to our old website have been subscribed to our eNews on the New Website.  Subscribing to our eNews will keep you up-to-date with our activities.  We will not bombard you with emails but you will receive information about …

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