Author: EJ

Join the Landcare crew this Sunday – 8th October at 11am to ride the bike track from Muckleford to Maldon and back. We hope to have lunch at a pub in Maldon before riding back. A support vehicle will be available.

We will meet on the corner of Sawmill Road and Prison Farm Road – follow Sawmill Road along until you get to the part where the bike track joins it and this is where we’ll leave our cars and start the ride. You get there either from the McKenzie Hill end, or from the Muckleford-Castlemaine Road.

Any problems, call Beth on 0431 219 980

Sunday 24th September 9.30am, 78 Cruits Lane, Muckleford, for a walk and talk on landscape restoration techniques. There will be free plants and free brochures available. See you there. Any queries, phone Beth on 0431 219 980.

Workshop on Sunday 24th September 2017 – Meet at 78 Cruits Lane, Muckleford at 9.30am. We will have a look at some landscape restoration techniques on this property and discuss methods that landholders can use on their own places. Come equipped with any questions you might have as an expert contractor will be available to answer them. You don’t need to RSVP, but you can call Beth on 0431219980 with any workshop queries. We aim to finish by 11.30am.

Join the Friends of Muckleford Forest this Saturday 12 August 4.30-8.30pm to explore stories of fire in our landscape. The event includes visiting a spot in the nearby forest, for readings and to listen to the language of the forest.

Back at the Newstead Railway Arts Hub, Tivey Street, Newstead, with hearty soup in hand, there will be sharing stories and creating some new stories too. Please RSVP to Chris on 5476 2457. https://mucklefordforest.wordpress.com

This journey through place, story, memory, myth and experience is a special event offered by the Talking Fire group as part of Newstead’s Words in Winter. Bring a story to share, torch, folding chair, dress warmly and wear sensible shoes. Car pooling is available to and from the Newstead Hub.

Please note the change of date for the landscape restoration workshop – it has been moved to 23rd September 2017. We will be going to a landholder’s property and looking at techniques that have been used to slow down water moving across the landscape, and the way it has changed the rate of erosion on the creek (amongst other things). More details to follow.

 

Here is the on-line resource that helps support the Indigenous Plants of Castlemaine guide. The on-line guide lists all the native plants in our area, with photographs and descriptions.

Bookmark this site for the upcoming Spring – https://castlemaineflora.org.au

We are hoping to work with Connecting Country to submit an application for funding through Round 3 of the 20 Million Trees Program. The project would include plants, guards, site prep and works crew.

We need one or two landholders who have enough land to plant at least 1,000 trees. Please let me know if you are interested by Monday. bethmellick@gmail.com

We had 22 people at our dam workshop. Many thanks to David Griffith, Landcare member, who came and spoke about dams in our landscapes and on our properties.

Join us at 69 Creaseys Road to remove the rest of the tree guards from our last planting. 10am start, and hopefully we’ll get them all removed in time to get home for lunch!