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Excursion: Saturday 11^th February, 9.00am **“The Grevillea obtecta project, Fryers Ridge”**

Rescheduled from last October when floods prevented our leader travelling here. Enjoy a morning walk in the bush to see some local populations of the Fryerstown Grevillea (Grevillea obtecta) as well as the many other native plants that are in this area. During the walk, Georgie will demonstrate how to use ProofSafe to record your […]

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Leader: Georgie Custance

Roadside Clean-up: Monday 13th February, 9am

Other Activities, Updates / By Ron

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Join us for the first roadside clean-up for the year along our stretch of the Pyrenees Highway

CANCELLED End-of-year Picnic: Tuesday 13th December, 5pm

Other Activities / By Jennifer

Sadly, the weather forecast is not looking good for a picnic in the gardens next Tuesday, so we have decided to cancel this event. However, we had a very successful Members’ Night last Friday with a wonderful smorgasbord of presentations. A selection of members’ photos will be included in the February Castlemaine Naturalist. The committee

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Castlemaine Botanical Gardens

Monthly Meeting: Friday 9^th December, 7.30 pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St

Monthly Meetings, Updates / By Ron

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

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Members Night!

Restoring the wonderful wetlands of northern Victoria

Other Activities, Updates / By Field Nats

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

Other Activities, Updates / By Ron

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- Help keep our stretch of the Pyrenees Highway clean!

Excursion: Saturday 12^th November, 1.30 pm
“Fryers Ridge”

Excursions, Updates / By Ron

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 12^th November, 1.30 pm
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Leader: Richard Piesse

Monthly Meeting: Friday 11^th November, 7.30 pm, Uniting Church Chapel (note change of room for this month), Lyttleton St

Monthly Meetings, Updates / By Ron

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

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Speaker: Dr Christina McCowan (University of Melbourne) “Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) in our native mammals in the wild”

It’s on again: GSB22

Other Activities, Updates / By Field Nats

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”

Monthly Meetings, Updates / By Field Nats

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: Monthly Meeting: Friday 14th October, 7.30 pm – Georgie Custance “Monitoring Fryerstown Grevillea, a threatened species in our region” Read More »