2025
| Month | Day | Monthly Meeting Speaker – topic | Day | Excursion Leader – topic | Day | Other Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb | Fri 14th | John Walter (Malmsbury Landcare), “Our native pollinators – honey bees and beyond” | Sat 15th | 3pm. Tribute to Richard Piesse, Tea Rooms, Castlemaine Botanical Gardens. All welcome. | Mon 17th | Roadside Clean-up |
| Mar | Fri 14th | AGM; Christine Kilmartin, Castlemaine Landcare Group, “Learnings and leanings from two decades of Landcare” | Sat 15th | “Forest Creek restoration” Postponed to April due to hot weather. | ||
| Apr | Fri 11th | Steve Williams, “Life cycles of moths”. With a moth sheet survey during the evening. | Sat 12th | Christine Kilmartin. “Forest Creek restoration by Castlemaine Landcare Group.” | Fri18th Fri25th | Good Friday ANZAC Day |
| May | Fri 9th | Graham Stockfeld, President Turtles Australia, “Talking turtles”. | Sat 10th | Jill Williams. Red, white and blue mine. “Photographing flowers, grasses and insects for effective iNaturalist identification”. | Mon 12th | Roadside clean-up |
| Jun | Fri 13th | Kelly Clitheroe, President DarkSkies International Association – Victoria, “How light pollution impacts wildlife” | Sat 14th | Cathrine Harboe-Ree. “Street trees of Castlemaine, part 2 and Forest Creek revitalisation”. | ||
| Jul | Fri 11th | Dr Adrian Marshall, VNPA, “Our endangered grasslands: threats and ways forward” | Sat 12th | Fungi search with Joy Clusker, Mt Alexander. | ||
| Aug | Fri 8th | Dr Linden Ashcroft, University of Melbourne, “What will climate change bring to Castlemaine weather? “ | Sat 9th | Kerrie Jennings. “Grassland treasures”, Baringhup | Mon 11th | Roadside clean-up |
| Sept | Fri 12th | CFNC weekend, Wedderburn. Speakers: Prof Michael Kearney, Melb Uni Biosciences & Russell Stanley, local orchid expert | Sat 13th – Sun 14h | CFNC weekend, Wedderburn. Field trips to Mt Korong, Kooyoora SP and other nearby reserves | Weds 10, 24 | Wednesday Wildflower Wanders |
| Oct | Fri 10th | Anna Murphy, Senior Threatened Species Officer, DCCEEW. “Saving plants from extinction”. | Sat 11th | TBA | Weds 8, 22 17-19 24-27 | Wednesday Wildflower Wanders Ballarat, Springtime SEANA Great Southern Bioblitz |
| Nov | Fri 14th | Margaret & Richard Alcorn (Geelong FNC), “eBird Data Exploration”. Combined Birdlife Castlemaine & District meeting. | Sat 15th | Bird walk | Mon 17th | Roadside clean-up |
| Dec | Fri 12th | Members’ night | Tues 16th | 5pm. Picnic, Castlemaine Botanical Gardens | Dec 6, 7 | Challenge Bird Count |