As advised earlier, there will be no regular monthly meeting or excursion in Castlemaine in September. Instead there will be a weekend of events at Wedderburn. Registrations (see below) are required by August 8th to confirm attendance and organise car-pooling. Speakers and excursion leaders – ecologist and Mt Korong fauna expert Professor Michael Kearney from […]
Reminder: CFNC weekend at Wedderburn, 12-14 September 2025 Read More »
Dr Adrian Marshall is the Facilitator of the Grassy Plains Network, which is program of the Victorian National Parks Association. He advocates for the greater protection of Victoria’s native grasslands and runs a range of community engagement activities to raise people’s awareness of our extremely threatened grassy ecosystems. He co-edited “Land of sweeping plains: managing
Monthly Meeting: Friday 11th July 2025, 7.30pm by Zoom Read More »
Rain at last! So for our July excursion we will go on a fungi search with Joy Clusker, co-author of the excellent guide to identification of the “Fungi of the Bendigo Region”. Joy will give us valuable tips on identification and where to find fungi. Since the light drops early at this time of the
The June meeting will be the first of our 3 winter meetings by Zoom for 2025. Kelly Clitheroe is President of DarkSky Victoria and will be talking about the need to retain the quality of the night sky for future generations. She will focus on the impact of light pollution on fauna and flora and
Monthly Meeting: Friday 13th June 2025, 7.30pm by Zoom Read More »
In July 2024, arborist Sue Luke together with Rosemary Turner led a Castlemaine street trees walk taking in Kennedy Street and Goldsmith Crescent. Sue will lead a second walk along Greenhill Avenue, from Greenhill Place to the Pyrenees Highway, looking at over thirty Australian tree and shrub species. In addition, the Forest Creek Revitalisation Project
Graham is President of Turtles Australia Inc. A retired train driver, he has been devoted to freshwater turtle conservation for around 15 years. His talk will cover the three species of freshwater turtles we have in Victoria and will outline some of the conservation work Turtles Australia is engaged in. To allow attendees to get
An opportunity to join with expert field naturalists to gain experience in photographing fauna and flora species including key characteristics to maximise the likelihood of getting your observations identified from photos submitted to iNaturalist. Whether you prefer to use a smart phone, a point and shoot digital camera or a digital SLR camera with interchangeable
Join us for a pleasant walk along some interesting roadside bush as we check our section of the Pyrenees Highway. This will be the second of our four clean-ups for the year. Meet: 9am near Tait’s Decorative Iron, corner of Willy Milly Rd and Pyrenees Highway, Castlemaine. Bring: Gloves, water, sturdy footwear. Garbage bags and
Roadside Clean-up: Monday 12th May 2025, 9am Read More »
Steve calls himself a “mothylated spirit”, meaning he studies moths. He records moths on a light sheet every night at home and rears moths from their eggs. These activities help him answer questions like: What is there? What and where is it feeding? What and where is it at each stage in its life cycle?
This excursion is rescheduled from March due to the high temperature. Christine will take us for a walk along the Great Dividing Trail path beside Forest Creek (now named Leanganook Track) to see first-hand the remarkable transformation of a gorse-infested, tree-less valley to a productive native riparian strip following over 20 years of work by