Category: Projects

Expressions of interest are being sought by Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group for anyone who wants to remove their external barbed wire fences.

Barbed wire fencing is dangerous for native fauna. Although we don’t have funding to replace the barbed wire with more wildlife friendly fencing, we can help you take down your old fences, especially for those landholders who don’t have stock.

Please click here to contact the Muckleford Catchment Secretary, Beth Mellick, to leave your details.

A little group of Landcare volunteers came out on the National Tree Day weekend to remove the tree guards from Mark’s property on Creaseys Road. This was the planting we did two years as part of the Chinaman’s Creek Project. Thanks to Landcare member, Helena, for letting us store the plant guards at her place.

Dave, Nev and Beth did some evaluation on the work of the Landmate crew, who took out some weeds along Bassett Creek as part of our NCCMA Bassett Creek Restoration Project – Stage 1. They did a pretty damn good job, covering about 1km.

 

Here are some photos of a planting that was done on the Chinaman Creek project just two years ago. Dave and Beth and Nev and Theo went out on Sunday to remove some tree guards and were all amazed at the forest before us.

We will have another session to remove the guards in about a month so stay tuned for the date to be sent out. It’s a great activity to bring your kids to, as they really help us along. We are about one third of the way through guard removal, so will hopefully see you at the next removal day.

 

 

Join us to remove guards from our last planting – this Sunday 25th June 2017, 10am. We will be at 69 Creaseys Road if you want to get out and about on a chilly morning with Landcare, or if you planted on that day in the Chinaman’s Creek project and want to see how the trees are doing. We are looking for somewhere to store the tree guards until our next planting, so let me know if you have space in a shed. Beth 0431219980

We will be working with Connecting Country and the Steiner School to plant some Bulokes this Friday. We’d love more Landcare members to join us at 8.45 until 1pm, lunch is provided, down at the Steiner School. Buloke Planting Day Information

Muckleford Landcare Events 2017

Bassett Creek Restoration Project
May (date to be confirmed with prison crew) 

Steiner School Buloke Planting with Connecting Country
Friday 9^th June
8.45am -1pm
Meet at Steiner School (lunch provided)

Dams to Wetlands Workshop
Sunday 23^rd July
9.30am -12 noon
Meet at the Muckleford Community Centre (morning tea provided)

Landscape Restoration Techniques Workshop
Sunday 20^th August
9.30am -11am
Meet at Muckleford Community Centre

Bike Ride
Sunday 8^th October
11am start
Meet at the beginning of Sawmill Road, McKenzie Hill (bring bike, water and money for pub lunch)

Mucklefest
Sunday 22^nd October (tbc)
Set up starts at 9am

Christmas Breakup
Thursday 7^th December (tbc)
5pm
Meet in The Hub garden, Templeton Street Castlemaine

We had a terrific native grass id workshop with Paul Foreman, as part of our community education program funded by the NCCMA. Look out next year for a workshop on seed collecting and propagating.

Here are the resources that Paul provided:

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Join Muckleford Landcare on Sunday 4th December, 10am – 12 midday, for a native grass and plant identification walk with expert local ecologist, Paul Foreman. Paul will take us on a ramble through the bush, stopping to show people how to identify native and exotic grasses, as well as other flora species.

Meet on the corner of Dalton Road and the Muckleford-Castlemaine Road, which is just up past the bacon factory.

Please book your spot with Beth on 0431 219 980 or bethmellick@gmail.com

This is the last of our workshops that were run as part of our community education program, as funded by the North Central CMA.