The Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group Committee
invites members to join them on the train to Maldon for the solstice bonfire
Saturday 21st June

As part of the Maldon Winter Festival (Let there be Light) we will take the steam train from Castlemaine to Maldon and attend the bonfire, returning to Castlemaine via a stop at the Muckleford station.

Join us on the train – you can buy your tickets here: https://www.vgr.com.au/maldon-winter-solstice

We will be doing our annual nest box monitoring on the Walmer South Nature Conservation Reserve (on the Muckleford-Walmer Road).

If you would like to help check the nest boxes, please join us as we split into two teams and tackle just under 40 boxes per team. It takes around 2-3 hours.

SUNDAY 4TH MAY 2025, 10am. Please RSVP to Beth Mellick if you would like to come. Dress in suitable gear for the bush, sturdy shoes, hat, bring your own water etc.

Connecting Country and DJAARA are inviting you on a cultural walk to learn about cultural land management. It’s Friday 16th May 2025, 10am to 2pm. You can find more information here:

and you can book here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1375025

Landcare AGM and Xmas party at the Botanic Gardens on Thursday 5th December, 5.30pm-7pm, food and drinks provided, RSVP to mucklefordlandcare@gmail.com

Muckleford Neighbourhood Celebration at the Muckleford Community Centre on Saturday 7th December, from 4pm, bring food to share, RSVP to mucklefordhall@gmail.com

NCCMA funding for tree planting in Central Victoria, if you are interested in habitat restoration activities similar to our corridor project, and recent roadside connectivity project, expressions of interest are open – https://www.nccma.vic.gov.au/climate-change/grow-towards-zero/

It’s here again, the annual Muckleford Landcare Bike Ride! We ride from the Muckleford train station to Maldon along the bike trail, have lunch at the Maldon Hotel, and return.

Sunday 17th November, 11am

Everyone is welcome, you can ride at your own pace, or ride in a group. Make sure you’ve done your bike maintenance, and meet us at the station promptly at 11am.

RSVP numbers to Beth so I can make a reservation at the Hotel.

Here is a terrific opportunity to attend a seed collection workshop run by Seeding Victoria and Connecting Country on Saturday 9th November in Castlemaine. Learn about: how to collect seed, techniques, permits, extraction and storage.

See sheet below for booking directly with the link.

With the ending of native forest logging, what sustainable options exist for working with wood, that most renewable of natural resources? Unlike steel or concrete, trees grow!

Ballarat Region Treegrowers Timber Trip 2024
19/20 October

Curated by Newstead fine woodworker, Lachie Park (in association with the Moorabool Landcare Network), the trip will take you on a ‘small is beautiful’ journey from First Nations ‘forest gardening’ in Leonard’s Hill to small scale sawmilling, framing and woodworking in Newstead and Bendigo.

If you’re interested in working sustainably with wood and want to access local people and resources, this could be a trip worth taking. See flyer for link to full itinerary and how you can register via Humanitix – https://events.humanitix.com/ballarat-region-treegrowers-timber-trip-2024

For more information, contact the host, Lachlan Park via email

The Muckleford Landcare Committee will be undertaking necessary repairs on some of our nest boxes, and members are welcome to join us.

Sunday 6th October, 10am to 12 noon
Walmer South Nature Reserve
(Muckleford Walmer Road)

If any members (or people you know) want bees, you are welcome to come and take them at this time as well.

There’s no need to RSVP as the committee will be there anyway, and we will have tools. Any questions though can be sent to Beth via this email.

Thanks to all our members who came on Sunday to remove the old stakes and guards from the 3,000 plants in the 2022 habitat corridor, and to the owners for providing us with a terrific spread for lunch.

It would be really great to put more corridors around Muckleford, so please let me know if you are interested by emailing Beth here

Hey there, can’t wait to see our awesome members on Muckleford School Road tomorrow, Sunday 8th September. The event starts at 11am and ends at 1pm, with a scrumptious lunch. We will be tidying up some stakes and guards and checking out how much our plants have grown. Hopefully there will be some sun!