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  • Heads down, bum up

    We hope everyone is getting a chance to poke around the bush and look for flowers, we have certainly been doing that when the sun is out. Keep sending me photos that you would like to share with other members, thanks, Beth.

    • Autumn Greenhoods (thanks Eleanor and Albi for this photo)
    • Inland Red-tip Greenhood (well done Nev for finding this little beauty, never found this one before)
    • Parson’s Bands (included a drawing I did for a book on flora of our Muckleford property)
    • Sprawling Bluebell (it took a lot of microscope work to identify this correctly as it’s dying now and is not the most common around here, the Tall Bluebell)
    Autumn Greenhood
    Inland red-tip Greenhood
    Parson’s Bands
    Parson’s Bands
    Sprawling Bluebell

  • Get ready to plant

    Landcare member, Dion, (Muckleford South) is using the time at home to get some plants in the ground. Call Frances at Newstead Natives or Ken at Neangar Nursery to see how they are trading during lock down.

  • Hares at Easter

    Neville, our Landcare President, found a nest of baby hares on his Muckleford property, the parents took off when he discovered the nest.

  • Community Planting Success

    In October last year we planted 432 plants on a property bordering the Muckleford Creek, to provide new vegetation connecting up to the riparian habitat. Six months on with so little rain, the plants are forging ahead and sticking their heads over the top of the guards. Well done Dan and Michael for keeping them alive.

     

  • Landcare Link-up

    Hello Muckleford Landcarers, Connecting Country is holding its annual Landcare Link-up this Saturday 29 February 2020, starting at 4pm until 7pm. You get to hear stories from other Landcare groups in the district about what they are doing. It’s at the Castlemaine Uniting Church Hall, please RSVP to Asha at Connecting Country.

  • Muckleford AGM Minutes

    Here are the results of the 2019 AGM, and the minutes: Muckleford Catchment Landcare AGM 2019 Minutes

    Neville Cooper, President
    David Griffiths, Vice President
    Beth Mellick, Secretary
    Eleanor Wright, Treasurer
    Albert Wright, Richard Mann, Chris Mackenzie, Michael Billington, Ordinary Committee Members

     

  • Muckleford Landcare Xmas Break Up and AGM

    Join us Thursday 12th December at 5.30pm for our end of year break up drinks, and official AGM. This is also the time we decide on our activities for 2020. We will be in the back garden at The Hub, in Templeton Street, Castlemaine (then building with the bikes attached to it).

  • Bike Ride this Sunday

    Meet at 11am on Sunday 10th November 2019 at the Muckleford train station for a ride to Maldon, lunch at the Kangaroo, and return. Get your bikes out of the shed, and ready to go! Please RSVP to Beth or call 0431 219  980.

  • The Annual Muckleford Landcare Bike Ride

    Get your  bikes out of the shed, dust them off, and give them a service, because the Muckleford Landcare annual bike ride is soon upon us.

    Join us on Sunday 10th November at 11am at the Muckleford train station for our ride to Maldon. We will have lunch at the Kangaroo Hotel, and then ride back to Muckleford station.

  • Successful Community Planting

    We had a great day on Saturday putting in plants along the Muckleford Creek. Thanks to our members for coming out and helping, and for the lunch provided by Michael and Dan. We put 432 plants in the ground with guards in about one and a half hours. Great going gang!

    making the guards
    planting and guarding in ripped rows
    a quick planting morning looks like this