2024
Month | Day | Monthly Meeting Speaker – topic | Day | Excursion Leader – topic | Day | Other Event |
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Feb | Fri 9th | Nicole Kearney (Museums Victoria) “Biodiversity Heritage Library” | Sat 10th | Mt Alexander – 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 | “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 | TBA | Mon 13th | Roadside clean-up |
Jun | Fri 14th | Dr Don Fletcher (Threatened Species Recovery Hub) “Rosenberg’s goanna” | Sat 15th | TBA | ||
Jul | Fri 12th | A/Prof Jonathan Plett (W Sydney Uni) “How plants and fungi communicate during symbiosis” | Sat 13th | TBA | ||
Aug | Fri 9th | TBA | Sat 10th | TBA | ||
Sept | Fri 13th | TBA | Sat 14th | Grampians weekend | Weds 20-23 | Wednesday Wildflower Wanders Great Southern Bioblitz |
Oct | Fri 11th | TBA | Sat 12th | TBA | 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 | 30Nov – Dec 1 | Challenge Bird Count |