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Sunday 18th September, 10am at the Muckleford Community Centre. Join us on a short bus trip to have a peek at the public reserves tucked away in Muckleford. Then we will be nest box checking with Miles Geldard at the Walmer South Conservation Reserve. Orchids and other wildflowers are in bloom so this will be a lovely half day to enjoy our native flora in its prime. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to bethmellick@gmail.com or text me on 0431 219 980.

Here are two dates for your diaries:

Muckleford Catchment Landcare “Public Reserves and Nest Box Checking Field trip” on 18th September, 10am at the community centre. We will do a short bus trip around the ‘secret’ public reserves in Muckleford, and end up at Walmer Conservation Reserve to check the nest boxes with expert, Miles Geldard. It will finish at midday with a BBQ lunch. Short and sharp and hopefully a bit of fun.

Connecting Country is holding a woodland birds workshop for the Muckleford area on 8th October, 9.30am at the community centre. We have the opportunity to brainstorm ideas for future projects around habitat protection for woodland birds in our area, followed by a bird walk with Tanya Loos and Geoff Park in the state forest.

 

Please join us for our AGM on Thursday 18th August, at 6pm at the Muckleford Community Centre, Walmer Muckleford Road, Muckleford.

Guest speaker will be Ken Willard from Neangar Nursery in Eaglehawk. Ken will talk about the revegetation industry from a nursery owner’s perspective.

Please come and renew your membership, or take out a new membership – you just need to fill out a form.

Supper will be provided.

New Landcare member, Adam, is having a planting day on his property this Saturday and all Landcare members are welcome to attend and help pop in a few plants. Adam and his friends and family will be there all day (25th June) to put in 2,000 plants. You can drop in anywhere between 11am and 5pm, corner Creasys and Woodbrook Roads. Please bring your own tools and gloves.

We had some preliminary discussion about kangaroo numbers at our last meeting – here are a couple of articles to read on the issue.
http://www.kangaroosatrisk.net/6-kangaroos—myths–legends.html

https://theconversation.com/factcheck-are-kangaroos-at-risk-37757

Here is a summary from Chris Johnston about the changes to the state government’s planned burns, highlighting a more strategic approach at first glance. There are three areas targeted in the Muckleford Forest – click here to read the summary. Well done to Chris for participating in the community consultations and having her voice heard. For more information on this issue, also visit Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests.

Please note that the next Muckleford Landcare meeting will be Thursday 2nd June, starting at 6.30, Ray Bradfield Room in Castlemaine. We will be discussing the upcoming history project, reptile monitoring with the Steiner School and Connecting Country, and other community education events. We may have guest speakers.

Muckleford Landcare member, Deanna Neville, invites you to the launch of her book A Camera and a Creek, photos and reflections of the Muckleford Creek. The launch will be held at the Muckleford Community Centre, on the Muckleford-Walmer Road in Muckleford on Saturday 9th April at 2pm.

Book at spot at the Feathered Five Festival which includes bird walks and talks, and not-to-be-missed activities for young and old. Click here for the Feathered Five Festival Poster 2016 or go to Connecting Country’s website for all the details.

Please join us Thursday 3rd December at 5pm for Christmas drinks to celebrate the end of the year. We will be in the garden at the rear of The Hub in Templeton Street, Castlemaine.

We will provide nibbles, and you could bring some drinks to share.