Other Activities

Our club checks a section of the Pyrenees Highway four times a year, west of Castlemaine from the top of McKenzie’s Hill to Woodman’s Road. It is always a pleasant walk along some interesting roadside bush as we do our bit for the community.  Meet: 9am near Tait’s Decorative Iron, corner of Willy Milly Rd […]

The South East Australian Naturalists’ Association (SEANA) “camps” are an excellent chance to meet fellow naturalists from around SE Australia and explore a new region under the guidance of local experts.  The Field Naturalists’ Club of Ballarat Inc. warmly invites you to attend the SEANA Spring camp for 2025. The camp will be based at

Join us for a pleasant walk along some interesting roadside bush as we check our section of the Pyrenees Highway. This will be the second of our four clean-ups for the year. Meet: 9am near Tait’s Decorative Iron, corner of Willy Milly Rd and Pyrenees Highway, Castlemaine. Bring: Gloves, water, sturdy footwear. Garbage bags and

In place of our usual club excursion, we will join with staff and volunteers from the Visitor Information Centre to jointly host an informal gathering to remember Richard Piesse, who died on 28th December, 2024.  Richard was a long-term active member of CFNC and loyal volunteer with the Castlemaine Visitor Information Centre.  He knew our

Come along and help us with our first clean-up for the year. Our club has been allocated a section of the Pyrenees Highway to keep clean, west of Castlemaine from the top of McKenzie’s Hill to Woodman’s Road. We do this four times a year. It is always a pleasant walk along some interesting roadside

Dear Members – sad news as we welcome the new year. Long-time member Richard Piesse died early on Saturday morning.  He had been in Peter Mac for some weeks for pain management and palliative care as his long battle with cancer progressed.    His daughter told us that the staff at Peter Mac had cared

Meet on the lawn at the northern end of the Botanical Gardens to relax and enjoy good company in a beautiful setting. Peter Turner will update us on the activities of the CBG Powerful Owl family. BYO-everything (including chairs and insect repellent) Park in Downes Rd near the corner with Froomes Rd and enter by

Come along and help do our bit for the community.  More hands, quicker work.  And you never know what treasure you might find! Meet: 9am near Tait’s Decorative Iron, corner of Willy Milly Rd and Pyrenees Highway, Castlemaine.   Bring: Gloves, water, sturdy footwear. Garbage bags and safety vests supplied. Contact: Geoff Harris (mob 0418

Join us for another beautiful Wildflower Wander this week.  We will see the rare Goldfields Grevillea (Grevillea dryophylla), a large bank of the locally rare Dusty Miller (Spyridium parvifolium) as well as many other wildflowers including native orchids. Meet: in the Car Park north of the Railway Goods Shed in Kennedy St ready to leave

A beautiful walk circling up the Monk will be our next Wednesday Wildflower Wander. We will enjoy those wildflowers that enjoy a higher terrain, and maybe even see some stunning spiders! Meet: in the Car Park north of the Railway Goods Shed in Kennedy St ready to leave at 4 pm, returning by about 5.30