Looking for something special for your kids to participate in over the Christmas holidays ? Many local ‘green’ parents send their teenagers to Camp Icthus on the Gippsland Lakes. For references talk to the Hagens, Townsends, Barlows, Arnolds, Ayres , Hames & Starkeys. Visit website to download an application form www.campicthus.org.au Camp Icthus – Facebook […]
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Justus and Janet donated one days work and bags of seed to repair a burnt SRCMN Rocky Outcrop Project site in Creightons Creek. Weed growth after the fire has been startling, patterson’s curse is dominating the landscape once more. It is hoped that the direct seeded native plants will smoother the exotic species when they
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A review of the current condition of direct seeded revegetation sites across the Goulburn Broken Catchment sown from 2004 to 2010 has just been completed. This monitoring project was funded by GBCMA and delivered by the SRCMN. The aim of the review was to identify the most successful practises and use them to ensure greater
Stories From Country was a cultural story telling event auspiced by the SRCMN. It was held on the banks of the Sevens Creek at Euroa on the morning of November 11, 2013. More than 50 students from Euroa and Longwood Primary Schools took part. Taungurung Elder Uncle Larry Walsh, Isobel Morphy Walsh and Wamba Wamba
The Bush Tucker Field day was a great success with 91 people (80 adults and 11 small children) attending the morning session with Dr Beth Gott.This is a spooky coincidence because Beth is 91 years old. Many indigenous people travelled long distances to be present.Melbourne , Gippsland, Wangaratta, Mansfield and Shepparton. Beth Gott delivered an
The new SheilaInc Gallery in Binney Street, Euroa was humming with excitement on the opening night of the Lepidoptera Art Exhibition. Artists and patrons of the arts crowded into the gallery to enjoy the works . Kate Auty , Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability , opened the exhibition and awarded the prize for the piece that best portrayed the
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Strathbogie Ranges CMN treasurer, Justus Hagen welcomes Debbie Holmes to the team. Debbie is coordinating the delivery of our Communities for Nature grant called ‘Wetlands to Woodlands’ in the Swanpool area. Another well known landcare identity , Deb Hill is helping to deliver the project in the Warrenbyne area. Bert Lobert is managing the project . Debbie and
An entertaining and engaging address to an attentive group of farmers and landholders was delivered on Sat Sept 24 by arborist Dr Greg Moore on the subject of trees and climate change. Dr Moore cited examples of how a changing climate will have both positive and negative impacts on rural communities. Climate change will be
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