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  • Muckleford Landcare Committee

    President is Neville Cooper, Secretary is Beth Mellick, Vice-President is David Griffiths, Treasurer is Eleanor Wright and the ordinary committee members are Albert Wright, Richard Mann, Chris McKenzie, Michael Billington, and Brona Murray.

    Please note that we have two community planting/guardings coming up over the summer holidays, but we are still waiting on the bamboo stakes to arrive (they are stuck at the wharves apparently). We look forward to see members at these plantings, or at our other events planned for 2022.

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  • Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group AGM

    Sunday 12th December, 3pm-4pm, Muckleford train station

    Stop by to say hello, vote in the committee, pick up some free guides, or buy the latest FOBIF book for only $10.

  • URGENT ACTION: Corellas are being killed

    You might have heard on the news that Bendigo Golf Club alerted local residents of their plans to ‘eradicate’ the corellas who live in the trees on the golf course, shooting has already begun.

    Corellas are native to Australia and are charismatic, social birds who mate for life and rely on tree hollows for their safe nesting sites. Little do they know that the trees they have found as homes in their ever-diminishing habitat are on a commercial golf course — and that this has placed them directly in the firing line.

    Please contact the golf course operations manager Liam Carney and politely but urgently request the business to stop the shooting immediately and seek a kinder and non-lethal outcome for wildlife who share the golf course grounds. CALL: 03 5448 4206 EMAIL: gom@bendigogolfclub.com.au

  • Bike ride cancelled

    Due to bad weather conditions, we have postponed the bike ride this Sunday, stay tuned for a new date…

  • Count down to the bike ride…

    This Sunday is the Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group’s annual bike ride. You can bring friends and family, and you can ride at your own pace. Meet at the Muckleford train station at 11am, we will ride to Maldon and have a picnic in front of the information building. The Maldon market will be happening where we can buy food (or bring your own). And after eating, we will ride home.

    Sunday 14th November, 11am-2(ish)

  • Annual bike ride in two weeks time!

    We missed out on the bike ride last year because of covid. But this year we are definitely getting the bikes out and pumping up the tyres. Meet at the Muckleford train station, and we will do our group ride to Maldon. We will end up at the grassed area in front of the Visitor Information Centre in Maldon (next to the market) for a picnic. We can’t meet in the pub this year because it all has to be pre-booked. And then we’ll ride back!

    Sunday 14th November, 11am, meet at Muckleford train station.

  • The end of the Bassett Creek project, stage 2

    Muckleford Catchment Landcare Group members, Eleanor and Albi, have taken the final set of photos as part of the Photopoint monitoring for the Bassett Creek planting. Have a look at how much the trees have grown by clicking on the files below.

    Here are the three years of photos:

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    Photo Points 2019Download
    Photo Points 2021Download

  • Leave the roadsides alone!

    “The roadside which is bare of anything but the natural grasses, herbs and a sporadic shrub or two is much more interesting and refreshing than any artificial planting reflecting the suburban road or city street…” (Edna Walling, 1952)

    Here is some advice for new and existing landowners in Muckleford – if you move to the bush, if you live in the bush, then leave the bush alone. The roadside vegetation is a valuable part of the ecosystem and contains precious and sometimes endangered plant species. If you remove this vegetation, you will open up the ground to weeds and grass that you will constantly have to maintain. Rather than planting exotics, consider enhancing the existing vegetation with some small flowering native shrubs and herbs.

    Here is what you shouldn’t do!!

  • Planting Peas on our properties

    Native Peas are beautiful shrubs and ground covers to consider planting more of – we can add them into garden beds for a spot of native colour.

    We’ve put together a list of the rarer species that we need to try and bring back from the brink of extinction, as well as a list of other species that grow in the Muckleford/Walmer area.

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    Put in your order for next year from Francis at Newstead Natives https://newsteadnatives.wordpress.com

    For a comprehensive guide to peas in our area, buy the book “Native Peas of the Mount Alexander Region” from Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests for $10 ($3 postage) https://www.fobif.org.au

  • Landcare in the Castlemaine region

    Muckleford Landcare featured in this short video of Landcare in our area…