2024
| Month | Day | Monthly Meeting Speaker – topic | Day | Excursion Leader – topic | Day | Other Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb | Fri 9th | Nicole Kearney (Museums Victoria), “Biodiversity Heritage Library” | Sat 10th | Euan Moore, “Mt Alexander – a walk to Dog Rocks and picnic” | Mon 12th | Roadside Clean-up |
| Mar | Fri 8th | AGM; Cathrine Harboe-Ree, “Rocking along to the Flinders Ranges” | Sat 9th | Cancelled due to hot weather | 29th | Good Friday |
| Apr | Fri 12th | Tim Entwisle, “Evergreen and Entwisleia: a botanical life, and a seaweed” | Sat 13th | Euan Moore & Peter Turner, “Significant Trees in the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens”. A walk to celebrate George Broadway. | 19th-22nd | Autumn SEANA – Phillip Island hosted by FNCV |
| May | Fri 10th | Greg Moore, (Uni Melbourne) “Native trees and their benefits during climate change“ | Sat 11th | Euan Moore & Jenny Rolland “Coliban Channel walk, Taradale” | Mon 13th | Roadside clean-up |
| Jun | Fri 14th | Dr Don Fletcher (Threatened Species Recovery Hub), “Citizen Science Unlocking the Natural History of Rosenberg’s Goanna” | Sat 15th | Joy Clusker, “Fungi search” | ||
| Jul | Fri 12th | A/Prof Jonathan Plett (W Sydney Uni), “How plants and fungi communicate during symbiosis” | Sat 13th | Rosemary Turner & Cathrine Harboe-Ree, “Street trees of Castlemaine” | ||
| Aug | Fri 9th | Reece Pianta (Invasive Species Council), “Fire ants”. | Sat 10th | TBA | ||
| Sept | Fri 13th | Grampians weekend | Sat 14th | Grampians weekend | Weds 20-23 | Wednesday Wildflower Wanders Great Southern Bioblitz |
| Oct | Fri 11th | Euan Moore, “Birds on Islands – How They Change Over Time – A New Zealand Case Study”. Combined BCD/CFNC talk. | Sat 19th | Ian Higgins, “A walk in Castle Hill near Maldon, an area of great biodiversity” | 25-27 | Springtime SEANA – Marysville hosted by Ringwood FNC |
| Nov | Fri 8th | Brian Bainbridge, (Biodiversity Officer, Hepburn Shire Council), “Habitat restoration for the Bright-eyed Brown” | Sat 9th | Brian Bainbridge, “Visit to a site in the Daylesford/Trentham area where habitat restoration has been carried out for the Bright-eyed Brown” | Mon 11th | Roadside clean-up |
| Dec | Fri 13th | Members’ night | Tues 17th | Picnic, Castlemaine Botanical Gardens | 30Nov – Dec 1 | Challenge Bird Count |