2023
| Month | Day | Monthly Meeting Speaker – topic | Day | Excursion Leader – topic | Day | Other Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb | Fri 10th | Georgie Custance (Threatened Species Conservancy), “Grevillea obtecta project and app” | Sat 11th | Georgie Custance, “Grevillea obtecta project and app” | Mon 13th | Roadside Clean-up |
| Mar | Fri 10th | AGM; John Lewis (Marine Biologist) “The Southern Australian Marine Flora – Diversity and Change” | Sat 11th | Rosemary & Peter Turner, “Tullaroop Reservoir – birds, plants and history walk” | ||
| Apr | Fri 14th | Ben Kurek (Entomological Society of Victoria), “Diversity of our local huntsman spiders” | Sat 15th | Cathrine Harboe-Ree and David Elliott, “Smith’s Reef, early orchids and other wildflowers”. Combined trip with ANOS. | Fri 7th 28-30th | Good Friday Autumn SEANA – Port Campbell, hosted by Timboon FNC |
| May | Fri 12th | Lisa Cox, “Coliban Water’s biodiversity program” | Sat 13th Sat 20th | “Fungi & mosses on the Mount” Grevillea obtecta search | Mon 15th | Roadside clean-up |
| Jun | Fri 9th | Louise Saunders, “Botanical art – increasing environmental awareness” | Sat 10th | Kylie McLennan (Coliban Water), “McCay Reservoir” | ||
| Jul | Fri 14th | Matt West (Uni Melb Zoology), “Protecting frogs from the chytrid fungus” | Sat 15th | Maldon Historic Reserve – flora surveys | ||
| Aug | Fri 11th | Tracy Lyten and Fiona Jackson (Skylos Ecology),”The Role of Detection Dogs in Conservation” | Sat 12th | Wildflower walk in the Whipstick, Greater Bendigo National Park | ||
| Sept | Fri 8th | Jane Rusden “Birding in SA Desert Country”, combined meeting with Birdlife Castlemaine & District | Sat 9th Sun 10th | pm Roy Pails, “Wildlife Sanctuary, Ballarat”. am Emily Noble, “Orchid and bird walk, Clarkesdale Bird Sanctuary”. | Weds | Wednesday Wildflower Wanders: Sept 6th Kalimna Park |
| Oct | Fri 13th | Kailee Savoia (Parks Vic, Gariwerd) “Grampians/Gariwerd Ark – Landscape scale predator control”. | Sat 14th | Bev Phillips (Maldon Urban Landcare) “Pre-1852 Eucalypts around Maldon – their importance and protection” | 20th-23rd | Springtime SEANA – Yarram, Latrobe/Sale FNCs |
| Nov | Fri 10th | Sophie Bickford (Central Victorian Biolinks Alliance), “Landscape Restoration”. | Sat 11th | Ian Higgins “Remnant vegetation”. Excursion to a Trust for Nature property, near Campbelltown. | Mon 13th 24th-27th | Roadside clean-up Great Southern Bioblitz |
| Dec | Fri 8th | Members’ night | Tues 12th | Picnic |
Previous Calendars: 2022