Monthly Meetings

Lynda grew up with a passion for the natural world. She undertook studies in Applied Science with post-graduate studies in Environmental Science at Monash University. Lynda spent her career working within industry, always with the aim of trying to improve the environmental performance of the industries that support our demands. Only in retirement has she […]

The meeting will commence with the 2026 AGM. Meeting papers are available from the following links: All positions on the committee will be open, so you are strongly encouraged to consider joining and becoming more involved with the operations of the club. Members with a range of skills and interests are very welcome. For more

We are privileged to have local entomologist Patrick Kavanagh launch our new “Butterflies of the Mount Alexander Region” brochure at our February Monthly Meeting. Patrick has lived in a patch of box woodland at Strangways for 30 years. He uses macrophotography to discover the tiny invertebrate life that makes the local ecosystem work. Following the

A chance for you to share your interesting nature observations and stories from the year. Did you see some interesting wildlife behaviour? A new reptile for your property? What interests you will interest us! Email your photos of observations to Jill Williams (jilliwill33@gmail.com) by noon on the day of the meeting or, if you have

Uniting Church Chapel, Lyttleton St. With backgrounds in computer programming and a passion for recording bird observations, Richard and Margaret Alcorn developed the world’s first on-line bird atlassing system called Eremaea Birds, launched in 2003. This proved very successful and after 10 years it was merged with eBird, a global database managed by the Cornell

Drawing on a biography she is translating, club member Cathrine Harboe-Ree will talk about the extraordinary efforts the Norwegian field naturalist and polar explorer Johan Koren made to study fauna in north-eastern Siberia in the years 1909-1919. Koren survived shipwrecks and other maritime disasters, winters as cold as minus 65 Celsius, frostbite and isolation. He

Linden Ashcroft is an award-winning climate scientist and communicator from the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on historical climatology, using pre-1900 documents and weather observations to improve understanding of Australia’s past climate so we can better prepare for the future. The impact of human-induced climate change is

Dr Adrian Marshall is the Facilitator of the Grassy Plains Network, which is program of the Victorian National Parks Association. He advocates for the greater protection of Victoria’s native grasslands and runs a range of community engagement activities to raise people’s awareness of our extremely threatened grassy ecosystems. He co-edited “Land of sweeping plains: managing

The June meeting will be the first of our 3 winter meetings by Zoom for 2025. Kelly Clitheroe is President of DarkSky Victoria and will be talking about the need to retain the quality of the night sky for future generations. She will focus on the impact of light pollution on fauna and flora and