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20 June 2013 – Equine Property Planning Workshop

The North Central CMA has organised for an Equine Property Planning Workshop to be held in Eddington on Thursday 20 June. This full day workshop will focus on ecosystem management, soil development and regenerative property design as well as horse management topics. Full … Continue reading

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Regional Achievement and Community Awards

Nominations for the annual Victorian Regional Achievement and Community Awards are now open with nominations closing in 13 July. Awards categories include Community Group of the Year Award, Environment and Sustainability Award and Indigenous Achievement Award. Full details can be found here.

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2013-14 Grants under GVESHO now open

The federal government has just announced that applications for 2013-14 grants under the Grants to Voluntary Environment, Sustainability and Heritage Organisations (GVESHO) program are now open. These grants provide ‘funds to help eligible community–based, not-for-profit organisations to value, conserve and protect … Continue reading

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Volunteer Network Workshops

The Mount Alexander Volunteer Network is running a number of workshops this year between June and August. The first one is about Making Meetings Marvellous and will focus on how to make meetings ‘engaging, rewarding, effective and even fun’. This … Continue reading

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Latest edition of chat (May 2013)

The latest edition of the North Central CMA publication chat is now available and can be downloaded here.

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14 June 2013 – Love Thy Spider

The Castlemaine Field Naturalist Club’s guest speaker on 14 June will be local resident, Lynne Kelly, who will give a talk entitled ‘Love thy Spider‘. Lynne comments that  ’We all live up close to lots of neighbouring spiders. They live … Continue reading

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26 May 2013 – Cactus War Continues

The Tarrangower Cactus Control Group will be holding its next field day on a property on the eastern side of Cairn Curran. The Control Group would like to make this a record year in the War on Wheel Cactus. Over 50 volunteers … Continue reading

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Reconciliation Week Activities in Mount Alexander Shire

National Reconciliation Week will take place this year between 27 May – 3 June 2013.  A range of activities will be held in the Mount Alexander Shire that the community can become involved with, including an indigenous food planting event with Castlemaine Landcare. … Continue reading

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Connecting Country Introduces New Work Crew

It is with great pride that Connecting Country introduces its inaugural Work Crew.  Over the past few weeks, this team of five willing workers – Alex (crew leader), Daniele, Jack, Jules and Teresa – have set to work fencing, planting, … Continue reading

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10 May 2013 – CFNC Talk on Invasive Species

The May Castlemaine Field Naturalist Club guest speaker will be Matt Sheehan who will talk on “Reflections on the importance of invasive species research, policy development and action for the protection of native ecosystems”. Matt currently runs a business in … Continue reading

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