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Monthly Meeting: Friday 11th April, 7.30pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St.

Steve calls himself a “mothylated spirit”, meaning he studies moths. He records moths on a light sheet every night at home and rears moths from their eggs. These activities help him answer questions like: What is there? What and where is it feeding? What and where is it at each stage in its life cycle? […]

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Speaker: Steve Williams, “Mysteries of the Life Cycles of Moths”

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

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

Leader: Christine Kilmartin (President, Castlemaine Landcare Group)

AGM and Monthly Meeting: 7.30 pm, Friday 14th March, 2025, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St.

The 2025 AGM will be held before the usual monthly meeting on 14th March. Meeting papers are available from the following links:2025 AGM Agenda and Minutes of the 2024 AGMPresident’s Report and Financial Report 2024/25CFNC Committee Nomination form All positions on the committee will be open, so you are strongly encouraged to consider joining the

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Speaker: Christine Kilmartin (President, Castlemaine Landcare Group) Learnings and leanings from two decades of Landcare

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)

Monthly Meeting:  Friday 14th February, 7.30pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St.

The word “Pollinators” immediately conjures up images of honeybees in the mind of most people, however this presentation takes you beyond the honeybees with an up-close look at our native pollinators. Australia has 2000 species of native bee, but what about the impact of the flies, beetles, butterflies and moths. Let’s not forget the birds

Monthly Meeting:  Friday 14th February, 7.30pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St. Read More »

Speaker: John Walter (Malmsbury Landcare), “Our native pollinators – beyond the honeybees”

“We remember Richard Piesse”, Saturday 15th February, 3pm. Tea Rooms, Castlemaine Botanical Gardens

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

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Champion Castlemaine Naturalist and Volunteer

Monthly Meeting:  Friday 13th December, 7.30 pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St

This is your chance for you to share a highlight of your nature observations from the year. Did you see some interesting wildlife behaviour? A new reptile for your property? What interests you will interest us! You can show photos, a power-point presentation, a video, a sound recording, or you can tell us a story

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Members Night!