A chance for you to share your interesting nature observations and stories from the year. Did you see some interesting wildlife behaviour? A new reptile for your property? What interests you will interest us! Email your photos of observations to Jill Williams (jilliwill33@gmail.com) by noon on the day of the meeting or, if you have […]
Join us for a ramble around the grassy woodlands near the summit of the Rock of Ages, Maldon. Spectacular views, soaring raptors, some special granite-area plants and interesting geology. Easy walking. Finish with afternoon tea. Meet: for car-pooling and 1.30pm departure at the northern end of the Car Park north of the Railway Goods Shed,
Uniting Church Chapel, Lyttleton St. With backgrounds in computer programming and a passion for recording bird observations, Richard and Margaret Alcorn developed the world’s first on-line bird atlassing system called Eremaea Birds, launched in 2003. This proved very successful and after 10 years it was merged with eBird, a global database managed by the Cornell
Monthly General Meeting, Friday 14th November, 2025 at 7.30pm Read More »
Visiting Geelong Field Naturalists Richard and Margaret Alcorn will join us for a walk along Sinclair’s Lane and down the track alongside the Maldon railway line to the trestle bridge. A morning walk to favour bird sightings. This is an excellent area for a wide diversity of bird species and a chance to enjoy some
Join us for the last of our four checks this year of a section of the Pyrenees Highway, West of Castlemaine from the top of McKenzie Hill to Woodmans Road. Many hands make light work as we enjoy a pleasant walk along some interesting roadside bush and do our bit for the community. Meet: 9am
Roadside Clean-up: Monday 17th November, 2025 at 9am Read More »
It is with regret that, due to the continuing and dangerous gusty conditions, the Committee has decided to cancel today’s Wildflower Wander.
CANCELLED – Wednesday Wildflower Wander, 22nd October 2025 at 4pm, Walmer State Forest Read More »
Our fourth and final September/October late afternoon wander to explore our beautiful local wildflower areas will be on Wednesday 22nd October in the Walmer State Forest. A chance to see the rare Goldfields Grevillea as well as many other treasures. Meet: In the Car Park north of the Railway Goods Shed in Kennedy St, ready
Wednesday Wildflower Wander, 22nd October 2025 at 4pm, Walmer State Forest Read More »
We’re now well into spring and so wonderful to see the new growth and increasing activity in bushlands and gardens after so many months of challenging conditions. Trees, shrubs and other understorey plants are putting out new leaves and foliage, and canopies are becoming denser. Birds are calling and nesting. Frogs are croaking. Thankfully insects
Great Southern BioBlitz, 24-27 October, 2025 Read More »
Our second September/October late afternoon excursion to explore the wonderful wildflowers in our local Box-Ironbark woodlands will be on Wednesday 24th September at The Monk, South of Chewton. We will enjoy those wildflowers that favour a higher terrain, and maybe even see some stunning spiders! Meet: In the Car Park North of the Railway Goods Shed
Wednesday Wildflower Wander, 24th September 2025, 4pm at “The Monk” Read More »
Linden Ashcroft is an award-winning climate scientist and communicator from the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on historical climatology, using pre-1900 documents and weather observations to improve understanding of Australia’s past climate so we can better prepare for the future. The impact of human-induced climate change is
Monthly Meeting: Friday 8th August 2025, 7.30pm by Zoom Read More »