Category: Projects

The annual Muckleford Landcare bike ride is happening Sunday 6th November. Meet at the Muckleford train station at 10.45am for an 11am SHARP leaving time. It might be a rough ride because the track will have water damage, but we will push through! We will hopefully end up at the Maldon Hotel for pizza in…

Join Muckleford Landcare on Sunday 23rd October, 10am-11.30am for a wildflower walk. We will meet and park on Sinclairs Lane (extension), and go for a ramble in a real wildflower hotspot. Wear your walking shoes and bring a friend! Directions: Come via Carpenters Lane, or Lewis Road, go to the end of Sinclairs Lane before…

Following our habitat corridor project, we’ve put together the costings so people can plan/budget to put in their own corridor.

Here is a copy of the article on our habitat corridor project that appeared in the latest North Central CMA newsletter – North Central Chat. Click here to access the full newsletter.

Click here to watch the little film about our Habitat Corridor project as supported by the Victorian Government through the 2021 Community and Volunteer Action Grants – Stream 2 Biodiversity On-ground Action and Stewardship.

Thanks to the Landcare crew that came out today for the annual nest box monitoring. We had two teams complete approximately 80 boxes in 2 hours using the pole cameras. Thanks to (L to R in photo) Beth, Michael, Pam, Brona, Bronwyn, Dave, Miles, Louie, Nev (and Ned running about somewhere). We recorded 24 sugar…

It’s going to be cold tomorrow (chance of rain) so rug up in your warmest outdoor gear for the annual Muckleford Landcare nest box monitoring – Sunday 29th May, 10am, Walmer South Nature Conservation Reserve, Walmer-Muckleford Road, near the old church.

We are due to undertake our annual nest box monitoring in the Walmer South Nature Conservation Reserve. SUNDAY 29TH MAY 2022, 10am. I know it’s going to rain, but we will just wear weatherproof clothing. We will divide into two teams and take on half the reserve per team, that way we’ll be finished in…

Another planting completed, and our final piece of work on the Bassett Creek. Thanks to the Spragg family for letting us have access to the creek front where we put in 500 plants to help connect up habitat, and strengthen the vegetation all along the creek line. Thanks also to Beth, Eleanor, Dave, Nioka, Andrew…

We have one more planting project to complete this season. Just like our habitat corridor project, we were severely delayed in planting due to the hold up with the bamboo stakes coming from China last year. But as the plants have already been grown for us, and we now have the stakes, we are going…