Excursions

Excursion – Saturday April 12th, 1.30pm, “Forest Creek Restoration by Castlemaine Landcare Group”

This excursion is rescheduled from March due to the high temperature. Christine will take us for a walk along the Great Dividing Trail path beside Forest Creek (now named Leanganook Track) to see first-hand the remarkable transformation of a gorse-infested, tree-less valley to a productive native riparian strip following over 20 years of work by […]

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Leader: Christine Kilmartin (President, Castlemaine Landcare Group)

CANCELLED: Excursion – Saturday March 15th, 2025, 1.30pm, “Forest Creek Restoration by Castlemaine Landcare Group”

Unfortunately, due to the high temperatures forecast for Saturday, we have decided to postpone our walk along Forest Creek with Christine to 12th April 2025. However, members and visitors are reminded of our AGM and Monthly Meeting as detailed in our previous update. Friday 14th March, 2025, 7.30 pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St

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Leader: Christine Kilmartin (President, Castlemaine Landcare Group)

Excursion – Saturday March 15th 2025,1.30pm, “Forest Creek Restoration by Castlemaine Landcare Group”

Following Christine’s talk the previous evening, she will take us for a walk along the Great Dividing Trail path beside Forest Creek (now named Leanganook Track) to see first-hand the remarkable transformation of a broom- and gorse-infested valley to a productive native riparian strip following over 20 years of work by CLG and supporting agencies. 

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Leader: Christine Kilmartin (President, Castlemaine Landcare Group)

Excursion – Saturday 9th November, 1.00pm. “Trentham area – Habitat restoration for the Bright-eyed Brown”

What are the habitat features that aid survival of the rare Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly? Brian will take us on a walking tour to inspect some sites around Trentham where habitat restoration has been carried out to support this special butterfly. We will then drive to Lyonville and follow the Domino trail east for about 700m

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Leader: Brian Bainbridge (Biodiversity Officer, Hepburn Shire Council)

Excursion – Saturday October 19th,1.30pm, “Walmer biodiversity site”

Our October excursion is to a private property in Walmer that has uncommonly rich biodiversity and is not generally available to the public. The site is one of the few places where Bitter Cryptandra (Cryptandra amara) is in good numbers in the district. Our guide will be local environmentalist and plant expert Ian Higgins, who received

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Leader – Ian Higgins

Excursion – Saturday August 10th,1.00pm, “Restoring leaky landscapes”, Spring Plains, Heathcote (Biolinks Alliance project)

As we heard from Executive Director Dr Sophie Bickford at our November Monthly Meeting last year, the Central Victorian Biolinks Alliance aims to work with partner organisations to restore and reconnect large landscapes across Central Victoria.  For our August Excursion, we now have the opportunity to visit a Biolinks Alliance project site in the Spring

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Leader: – Cameron O’Mara (Biolinks Alliance Ecologist)

Excursion -Saturday 13th July, 1.30pm “Street trees of Castlemaine”

This excursion provides the opportunity to appreciate the interesting collection of trees in Goldsmith Crescent and Yandell, Forest, Kennedy and Campbell Streets. Our guides both have botanical expertise and will help us identify at least 20 different indigenous and introduced species, including several forms of Yellow Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon). Two of the trees are historically

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Leaders - Rosemary Turner and Susan Luke

Excursion – Saturday June 15th,10.00am, “Fungi search”, Leonards Hill

For our June excursion, we will search for fungi with Joy Clusker who will give us tips on identification and where to find fungi. Since autumn has been dry, we will travel south to cooler, damper forests for a better chance to find a good range of fungi. So we will meet earlier than usual

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Leaders – Joy Clusker and Jenny Rolland

Excursion – Saturday May 11th,1.30pm, “Coliban Channel walk, Taradale”

Our May excursion will be along the Coliban Channel starting at the historic outlet of the Back Creek Syphon.  We will follow the route described in “Castlemaine Bird Walks” by club member Damian Kelly.  As well as birds, we hope to see some early flowers as plants respond to recent rainfall.  The walk is mainly

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Leaders - Euan Moore and Jenny Rolland

Excursion – Saturday April 13th,1.30pm, “Significant trees in the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens”

Join us for our rescheduled walk in the Castlemaine Botanical gardens to remember and celebrate George Broadway. This walk was cancelled in March due to the hot weather. We will follow the route mapped by George for his brochure highlighting the interesting collection of trees in the gardens, and finish with a gathering over afternoon

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Leaders - Euan Moore and Peter Turner