Intrepid Landcare take a walk at Leanganook 15 May 2022
Posted on 9 May, 2022 by Hadley Cole
Intrepid Landcare – Mount Alexander region is a local group for 18 – 35 year olds looking to connect with Country and care for our environment here in central Victoria. Their monthly activities include working bees, educational sessions, nature walks and outdoor adventures.
Join Intrepid Landcare on Sunday 15 May 2022 for an informal walk up on Leanganook (Mount Alexander) from Leanganook Picnic Ground to Dog Rocks. We’ll meet near the toilet block at 11.00 am. BYO picnic lunch and thermos if you’d like to stay for lunch afterwards. No RSVP is needed.
If you like birding, bring your binoculars!
Be sure to dress warmly and wear sturdy walking shoes, the rocks on the Mount can be very slippery. Here is a photo from our walk up there in 2019, where we scored bonus snow!
Intrepid Landcarers enjoying a nature walk (photo by Asha Bannon)
Leanganook is a beautiful and culturally important place. Here’s a great video with Uncle Trent Nelson sharing insights about its significance from Djaara perspective: click here
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High above the ground stands Leanganook or Mount Alexander which means ‘his teeth’. We learn of the cultural significance of this place from Dja Dja Wurrung …
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If you have any questions, text or call Asha on 0418 428 721 or email intrepidlandcaremar@gmail.com.
As with all Intrepid Landcare activities, this is a COVID-safe event. All attendees are asked to be fully vaccinated and follow any current COVID-19 restrictions. This is a child-friendly event, noting that kids must be under parent/carer supervision at all times.
Linking up Landcare
Posted on 14 March, 2019 by Asha
So many stories, so little time! Thirteen of our local Landcare and Friends groups shared stories of their work with about forty other fellow Landcarers and other community members at the recent Landcare Link-up. It was great to see so many inspiring Landcarers in the same space, and hear about the great work being done in our community to care for the land.
Landcarers at the February 2019 Landcare Link-up – ‘Sharing Stories’
Amelia from McKenzie’s Hill Action & Landcare talking about cats and wildlife
Brian from Taradale Landcare talking about seed collection
With so many stories to share, we can’t fit them all into one blog post! So here is a small taste of what each group spoke about – if anything piques your interest, please go ahead and contact the group to chat more!
Friends of Campbells Creek Landcare – Proposed project for platypus monitoring using DNA sampling in Campbells Creek.
Nuggetty Land Protection Group – Launch of their most recent publication, the ‘A History of Seventeen Central Victoria Schools’, and their struggle with kangaroo population numbers.
Tarrangower Cactus Control Group – Using Cochineal beetles as biocontrol to support Wheel Cactus management.
Maldon Urban Landcare Group – Monitoring and protecting large old trees on public land in Maldon.
Elphinstone Land Management Association – Successful projects including an arboretum, winter solstice bonfire and nature walks.
Golden Point Landcare – Dealing with the challenges of climate change impacts, e.g., new weeds, lower revegetation survival rates.
McKenzies Hill Action and Landcare – Impacts of cats on wildlife and challenges of encouraging responsible pet ownership.
Muckleford Catchment Landcare – Keeping Landcare fun with activities such as bike rides, kid-friendly working bees and social gatherings.
Barkers Creek Landcare and Wildlife Group – Successes of their group, including holding meetings over morning tea at working bees, the ‘B-team’ works crew, and following up on-ground works with maintenance.
Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests – FOBIF’s 2019 walks program, which are held on the third Sunday of the month.
Guildford and Upper Loddon Landcare – Revegetation project on the Guildford Plateau to provide wildlife corridors and shelter belts.
Taradale Landcare – Collecting and propagating seed has created many learning and community engagement opportunities.
Post Office Hill Action Group – The history of Post Office Hill and information about a new map soon to be released.
For contact details and more information about the Landcare and Friends groups in the Mount Alexander region, CLICK HERE.
Back from the Brink
Posted on 14 October, 2014 by Connecting Country
Which weed is your main bane?
Participants at our sixth workshop session on October 5th 2014 reeled off a lengthy list. The most despaired over were spiny rush, gorse, blackberry, bridal veil creeper, bent grass, crack and basket willows, quaking grass, wheel cactus, capeweed, and all manner of thistles. The list may have lengthened as the day progressed, but at the end of the session we certainly had a greater understanding of their ecology, control and management, if not an overall view of the place of weeds in the restoration story.
Whilst the noisy hot rods and ‘chopped’ vehicles did laps of the nearby Newstead racecourse, our group visited three local sites to look at “before” and “after” weed control sites and heard some of the challenges of working with riparian zones and creek-lines. These sites are usually the most compromised sites, but also the most potential value for biodiversity. Farmer Adrian Sartori and Landcare stalwart Maurie Dynon (Guildford-Upper Loddon Landcare), Pat Radi-Mansbridge (Bushco Land Management), Patrick Kavanagh (Newstead Landcare) and Botanist David Cameron (Arthur Rylah Institute, DEPI) shared their experiences and practical knowledge of weed ecology and management with us.
Thanks to all our presenters, the Sartori family for hosting us at the Strangways site and to Newstead Landcare Group’s Patrick Kavanagh for introducing us to two significant Newstead sites. Also thanks to the Newstead Mens’ Shed who manned the Rotunda park BBQ for us.
To find out more about the session, including a view of the day from participant Deb Wardle, go to the corresponding page in the Education Program, where you will also find resources and images from the day. For more information, contact janet@connectingcountry.org.au or 5472 1594.
This was the last session of the 2014 series. Thanks to all who contributed, either in planning, participating, presenting, assisting and hosting. We will be running the program, in a similar format, again next year.
A new wildlife freeway – Treeway – in Muckleford
Posted on 8 December, 2009 by Connecting Country
An innovative biolink project in Creasys Road, Muckleford was celebrated on Saturday by members of the Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group. The project involves the planting of some 6300 trees and bushes in a 2.3 ha strip along Creasys Road and Turners Lane, together with a linking section to Chinamans Creek.
Planting was undertaken by members of Muckleford Landcare in September and October after extensive site preparation, including collapsing of rabbit warrens and deep ripping by Yeomans plow. The majority of planting has been undertaken on private land which has now been fenced off to protect the new vegetation from grazing and pests. Three landholders along Creasys Road agreed to set aside portions of their land for this project.
Further information about the activities of the Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group can be found at http://northcentral.landcarevic.net.au/muckleford-catchment or by contacting the Secretary Paul Hampton, on 5474 2189.
L – R: David Griffiths (Project Officer) , Sue Slaytor (Project Manager & participating landowner), David Whillas (participating landowner) and Cr Christine Henderson.
Connecting Country is changing
Posted on 23 June, 2009 by Connecting Country
Connecting Country’s Public Meeting
At Buda 42 Hunter Street Castlemaine
Open at 7 o’clock for a 7.30 start.
We invite you to be part of working with a local project to represent all groups involved in the management of a healthy, resilient and productive natural environment.
The public meeting on Monday 29th June is for the Connecting Country project to become incorporated.
As part of this process the beginnings of a formalised structure is being proposed to support the organisation:
- membership entitlement is automatic for all landcare/environmental/friends groups in the region (a registration form to be completed with contact details);
- nominations are being called for a management committee that will consist of 8 volunteer representatives from the region’s landcare community to be elected by the membership;
- the management committee will meet monthly and will be responsible for the for the strategic direction and performance of the organisation ;
- it will be advised and supported by a reference group, open to all CC members, and made up of representatives of landcare community groups, special interest groups and agencies and which will meet quarterly;
- the committee will also be advised on an as needs basis by an advisory panel made up of technical experts .
Join us for supper and drinks after the meeting
For a nomination and/or membership form please contact Julia Brown on 0431 720 876 or email info@connectingcountry.org.au
Golden Point Landcare Meeting
Posted on 20 March, 2009 by Connecting Country
The meeting will be a workshop to use the Connecting Country web mapper
Day Out at Little Lake Boort
Posted on 16 March, 2009 by Connecting Country
North Central CMA is organising a great day out at Little Lake Boort for all landcarers across the region, to thank you all for your hard work and contributions to caring for our environment.
The theme of this year’s Landcare forum is ‘Landcare – Imagining the Future’. It will be a day of fun, laughter, interesting speakers, indigenous activities and entertainment, as well as information and ideas to inspire future projects. We will also be launching our booklet ‘Celebrating our Most Significant Change Stories of Landcare in the North Central Region’. Continue Reading »