Roadside Clean-up: Monday 13th February, 9am
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Monthly Meeting: Friday 9th December, 7.30 pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St
Your turn! A chance for you to share your interesting nature sightings and stories from the year. You can show photos, a video or a short power-point presentation, recite a poem or sing a song. An informal but informative and entertaining evening. Please email your photos to Euan Moore at calamanthus5@bigpond.com by noon on the
Members Night!
Restoring the wonderful wetlands of northern Victoria
Newstead Landcare Group are hosting a special presentation by Damien Cook,Co-Director and Restoration Ecologist at Wetland Revival Trust. Wednesday 16 November 2022 from 7.30 – 8.30 pm followed by a cuppa at Newstead Community Centre, 9 Lyons St, Newstead All are welcome. Entry is by donation to Wetland Revival Trust to aid purchase of Wirra-Lo
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Hosted by Newstead Landcare Group
Roadside Clean-up: Monday 21st November, 9am
Roadside Clean-up: Monday 21st November, 9am Read More »
- Help keep our stretch of the Pyrenees Highway clean!
Excursion: Saturday 12th November, 1.30 pm
“Fryers Ridge”
It has been a wonderful season for the wildflowers in our area. With Fryers Ridge being somewhat higher and cooler than other areas we explored during the September Wildflower Wanders, this walk will give us the chance to enjoy the later flowering species under the guidance of our expert member Richard Piesse. Meet: 1.30 pm
Excursion: Saturday 12th November, 1.30 pm
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Leader: Richard Piesse
Monthly Meeting: Friday 11th November, 7.30 pm, Uniting Church Chapel (note change of room for this month), Lyttleton St
Mycobacterium ulcerans is a bacterium causing ulcerative skin disease (Buruli ulcer) in humans and animals, mainly in tropical regions, particularly in West Africa. However, the organism was first isolated and described in Gippsland, Victoria, and became known here as Bairnsdale ulcer. Clinical disease continues to occur in some coastal regions as far west as Barwon
Speaker: Dr Christina McCowan (University of Melbourne) “Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) in our native mammals in the wild”
It’s on again: GSB22
Have fun, get out in the bush or wander around your garden and see what you can find. Take photos or sound recordings and load these observations into iNaturalist. When loading a sighting you should identify what you have seen to the best of your ability. Your identification need only be at the level of
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The Great Southern Bioblitz is on Friday 28th - Monday 31st October
CANCELLED: Monthly Meeting: Friday 14th October, 7.30 pm – Georgie Custance “Monitoring Fryerstown Grevillea, a threatened species in our region”
Sadly due to flooding and road closures we have had to cancel tonight’s meeting and Saturday’s excursion. We plan to reschedule these important events in the new year.
CANCELLED: Excursion: Saturday 15th October, 1:30pm. Georgie Custance, “Grevillea obtecta project”
Sadly, we have had to cancel this month’s talk and excursion due to flooding and road closures. We plan to reschedule these important events in the new year.
Leader: Georgie Custance (Threatened Species Conservancy)
Wednesday Wildflower Wander 28th September, 4pm, Sinclairs Lane, Walmer
Continuing our enjoyable Wildflower Wanders this year, this week we will explore the bushland along Sinclairs Lane and Donkey Farm Lane. A highlight will be the rare Small-flowered Grevillea, Grevillea micrantha, accompanied by displays of native orchids, Bendigo Wax and Tetratheca. Meet: at the Octopus (opposite the motel in Duke St) OR at the corner
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