Calendar of Events – Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club

2026

Month	Day	Monthly Meeting Speaker – topic	Day	Excursion Leader – topic	Day	Other Event
Feb	Fri 13^th	Butterfly brochure launch and talk by Patrick Kavanagh “Intriguing invertebrates and concerning trends”	Sat 14^th	Euan Moore “Baringhup, Loddon River”	Mon 16^th	Roadside Clean-up
Mar	Fri 13^th	AGM Guest speaker: Brendan Sydes “The importance of community groups and citizen science for protecting and restoring our natural environment”	Sat 14^th	Kerrie Jennings “Newstead Arts Hub and Loddon River walk”	27^th – 29^th	Autumn SEANA Geelong FNC
Apr	Fri 10^th	Lynda Wilson “Encounters with native bees”	Sat 11^th	Euan Moore “Autumn wildflowers, Smiths Reef, Maldon Historic Reserve”	Fri 3^rd Sat25^th	Good Friday ANZAC Day
May	Fri 8^th	Bev Lewis “The art of natural history illustration”	Sat 9^th	Joel Bloom “Post Office Hill Reserve”	Mon 11^th	Roadside clean-up
Jun	Fri 12^th	Zoom – Max Sonnemann (Deakin Uni), “Bibron’s Toadlets”	Sat 13^th	Paul Haw, Sue Luke “Yung Balug Aboriginal Artefacts Museum, Boort” – full day
Jul	Fri 10^th	Zoom – TBA	Sat 11^th	Joy Clusker “Fungi search”
Aug	Fri 14^th	Zoom – Donald Hobern (Uni Adelaide) “Moths”	Sat 15^th	TBA	Mon 17^th	Roadside clean-up
Sept	Fri 11^th	Hannah Faraone, “Birds and litter” Combined meeting with Birdlife Castlemaine District and the Feathery Festival	Sat 12^th	Tullaroop Reservoir	Weds 9^th, 23^rd	Wednesday Wildflower Wanders
Oct	Fri 9^th -Sun11^th	SEANA Castlemaine	Fri 9^th -Sun11^th	SEANA Castlemaine	Wed 21^st	Wednesday Wildflower Wander
Nov	Fri 13^th	TBA	Sat 14^th	TBA	Mon 16^th 27^{^th}-30^{^th}	Roadside clean-up Great Southern Bioblitz
Dec	Fri 11^th	Members’ night	Sat 12^th	TBA	Dec 5^th– 6^th	Challenge Bird Count

Previous Calendars: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025