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Black Wattle (Acacia melanoxylon) seed pods
Orb Weaver
FOBIF walkers at Smiths Reef
Jacky Lizard (Amphibolurus muricatus)
Coarse Dodder Laurel (Cassytha melantha)
Sunset at Walmer
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Milkmaid (Burchardia umbellata)
Shrub Violet (Hybanthus floribundus)
Yellow Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon)
Hypnum cupressiforme var mossmanianum
Gorse Bitter Pea (Daviesia ulicifolia)
Pyronema omphalodes
Young Rosellas in nesting box
Hoary Sunray (Leucochrysum albicans)
Cup Moth Caterpillar
Casuarina
Rock Isotome (Isotome axillaris)
Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)
Stumpy-tailed Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)
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18-19 May 2013 – Swift Parrot Survey Weekend
On the weekend of the May 18-19, BirdLife Australia are coordinating the first of this year’s bi-annual mainland surveys for Swift Parrots and Regent Honeyeaters. These occur across south-eastern mainland Australia. This year marks the 19th consecutive year for these range-wide … Continue reading
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A mix of biodiversity and agriculture
The recent edition of the Weekly Times has a nice story about Wayne and Gwen Furze from Osborne’s Flat in north-eastern Victoria who’ve been able to manage and protect some important grassy woodland areas on their property while still running a broader productive … Continue reading
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12 April 2013 – Tales from a mothylated spirit!
This Friday 12 April, the guest speaker at the monthly general meeting of the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club is Steve Williams of the Entomological Society of Victoria (ESV). He will be speaking about the moths of the Box-Ironbark Forests in … Continue reading
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8 March 2013 – The Quest for the Kulawai
Connecting Country’s Woodland Birds project officer, Dr Kerryn Herman, is the guest speaker this Friday 8 March at the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club meeting. Before joining Connecting Country, Kerryn was in Fiji for 3 months working with NGO Nature Fiji … Continue reading
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Draft Waterway Management Strategy – Our Submission
The Victorian Government was requesting feedback on the draft Victorian Waterway Management Strategy (click here for earlier Connecting Country web post). The DSE website states that the …draft Strategy describes the proposed policy for waterway management over the next eight … Continue reading
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1&2 Dec 2012 – Annual Bird Count Weekend – Helpers requested
The Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club (CFNC) have been involved in the Annual Bird Count Weekend for more than a decade. Now organised by BirdLife Australia, the annual event involves birdwatchers from across Australia recording as many individual bird species and individuals as they … Continue reading
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Calling Seed Collectors
Connecting Country’s Connecting Landscapes programme will be looking to purchase locally-collected indigenous seed for our 2013 direct seeding program. Direct seeding is a method of establishing native vegetation by sowing seed directly into the soil. Most often a machine is used due … Continue reading
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9 Nov 2012 – Learning about wetlands of Victoria’s volcanic plain
Damien Cook will be the guest speaker at next Castlemaine Field Naturalist meeting on Friday 9 November. His presentation is entitled Wetlands of the Victorian Volcanic Plain. Damien is a restoration ecologist with a keen interest in plant and frog … Continue reading
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Connecting Country’s 2011-12 Annual Report and AGM
On Tuesday 23 October 2012, Connecting Country held its Annual General Meeting at the Buda Homestead in Castlemaine. Staff, committee members, land management groups and volunteers were acknowledged and thanked for their superb contributions to the organization during the preceding … Continue reading
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Changes to Native Vegetation Clearing Regulations – our submission
The Victorian Government was requesting feedback on the Review of Victoria’s Native Vegetation Permitted Clearing Regulations (click here for earlier Connecting Country web post). On the DSE website, the stated aim of the review is to ensure the permitted clearing regulations are … Continue reading
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