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Adventures in Nature – Big Hill Walk
Another walk, another inexplicably sunny day. After seemingly endless rain and gloom, the SRCMN’s overseers once again called in a favour with the higher ups to make sure the weather was absolutely perfect for our third Adventures in Nature walk.
Read MoreHealthy Hectares – Soil Health
Soil health is a huge and complex field, making knowing where to begin difficult for those who are just starting out. As part of the Healthy Hectares program, we’ve created this video to help landholders get their foot in the door and start improving the health of their soils.
Read MoreFungal Adventure in the Strathbogie Forest
After an amazing string of good luck with events, the weather finally caught up to us and forced this fungal adventure indoors. Driving winds and constant rain made the prospect of 4 hours in the bush an uninviting proposal, event for the most intrepid of mycology enthusiasts. Instead, we were treated to comfy chairs, gas heating and hot tea at the Strathbogie Hall; a sacrifice everyone was seemingly willing to make.
Read MoreSoil health and hydrology of a Strathbogie Tableland farm landscape
Our expert speaker was Water Jehne’s, whose breadth and depth of knowledge drew a curious and thoughtful crowd from all over the state.
Read MoreWildlife Drone Surveying Workshop with Field Master Systems
Time & Date: 7:00 – 8:30pm, Friday the 24th of June 2022Location: Barjarg Rd, Strathbogie (click link for exact location)Cost: Free Come along and help the Field Master Systems (FMS) team search for wildlife in the Strathbogie forest. Using the latest drone mounted thermal camera technology, the FMS crew will be holding a night-time workshop showing the benefits of…
Read MoreAdventures in Nature – Tarcombe Ridge Walk
Our second Adventures in Nature walk showcased the dizzying heights and intense lows of the mysterious Tarcombe Valley. A mix of new and familiar faces was heartening to see. These walks are as much about exploring nature as they are about making new friends.Walkers met at the end of Donavans Rd before the now traditional…
Read MoreAdventures in Nature – Rocky Ned Falls, Strathbogie Forest
Sunday the 3rd of April 2022 saw our small band of intrepid walkers tackle perhaps the most challenging SRCMN walk to date. Made up of newcomers and SRCMN walking veterans, the group was especially fit and motivated, managing to simultaneously keep up a cracking pace and take in all of the natural beauty and diversity on offer.
Read More2021 AGM
Welcome to Helen McKernan, our new President This year’s AGM was a fantastic opportunity for the SRCMN committee and members of the public to get together in person after nearly 2 tough years of COVID. The hardship was not over yet though, as the gate lock at the Euroa Arboretum had decided to throw up…
Read MoreFungi Lunch and Slow Mushrooming with Alison Pouliot – Festival of Fungi 2021
Hosted in Euroa’s magnificent old flour mill by Northern Republic, the final event of the 2021 Festival of Fungi was a delight for the senses.
Read MoreHealthy Hectares – Land Class Fencing
Land Class Fencing allows you to assess your property’s unique characteristics and divide it up into areas of similar output and resilience. These areas are converted to paddocks, which can then be managed in the same way as other paddocks of the same class.
Read MoreFungi Workshop with Alison Pouliot – Festival of Fungi 2021
After the previous night’s Bioluminescence event in Euroa, it was time to delve deep into the strange and wonderful world of fungi.
Read MoreBioluminescence – Festival of Fungi ’21
The 2021 Festival of Fungi opening night. For the first time, Euroa’s storefronts, post office and red gums was set ablaze with fungi themed projections.
Read MoreRiparian Walk #3.6 – Seven Creeks, Strathbogie
After scouting this walk in February 2020, it felt like an eternity since we’d been to this part of the Seven Creeks. Our first ever riparian walk started at the most downstream publicly accessible stretch of the Sevens, so for our last walk, we thought we’d see what the top had to offer. Turn out…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #3.5 – Wallaby Gulley Nature Reserve, Upton Hill
The Wallaby Gulley Reserve isn’t on most people’s radar, but is a surprisingly accessible walk, albeit via dirt road.
Read MoreHealthy Hectares – Hillside Erosion
Hillside erosion is a tricky problem to tackle, but if you get in early, you can make a huge difference to your property. There’s no right way to stop erosion, every property is different, and solutions depend on multiple factors like: The severity of existing erosion The steepness of the hillside The amount of vegetation…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #3.4 – Bald Hill Creek, Strathbogie
Our Riparian Walks have been busy exploring the Strathbogie Shire’s best known waterways. For this walk, we wanted to go completely off the beaten path.
Read MoreFestival of Fungi – The Bioluminescence Project
Postponed due to COVID-19. Sign up to our newsletter for future announcements on this event.
Read MoreGlideways Project
The project aims to identify places being used by glider populations and to map the gaps in ‘glideways’ as a focus for future restoration, revegetation and nesting box projects.
Read MoreRocky Outcrops
Granite 2 Goulburn Rocky Outcrops and Paddock Trees Community and Volunteer Action Grant from DELWP 2019-2021 This project aims to link habitat around the foothills of the Strathbogie Ranges by connecting isolated rocky outcrops and scattered paddock trees to core blocks of remnant woodland. This project builds on the success of our recent ‘Our Catchments…
Read MoreStrathbogie Groundwater Project: 2019-2021
The community project will use a combination of fully automated monitoring and manual ‘bore-dipping’ equipment to measure seasonal changes in the depth of groundwater.
Read MoreBird Survey in the ‘Bogies
Here you can find the results of a bird survey of the Strathbogie Ranges. This was undertaken by Chris Tzaros in Autumn 2019.
Read MoreFestival of Fungi – Alison Pouliot: Russula Roulette – Workshop
Postponed due to COVID-19. Sign up to our newsletter for future announcements on this event.
Read MoreFestival of Fungi – Lunch with Alison Pouliot
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Read MoreFREE Fungi Presentation and Field Trip with Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher
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Read MoreStop Mynas Strathbogie – Workshop #2 2019
The SRCMN’s final event for the year heralded our third visit from Darebin Parklands Senior Ranger Peter Wiltshire. Since our first workshop, Peter has guided residents of the Strathbogie Shire. For his third visit, we moved out of the every beautiful Euroa Arboretum and into the backyards of Euroa. To put everything we had learned…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #3.3 – Mountain Hut Creek, Kelvin View
After a few “best of” walks, it was back to doing what we do best: finding and exploring new, obscure and beautiful riparian areas in the Strathbogie Ranges. This was our last walk of the year, and it was one of the most spectacular to date. A lot had changed in the month since the…
Read More2019 AGM
Conservation Group Plans For Next Decade of Work Strathbogie Ranges Conservation Management Network kicked off preparations for its 2020 to 2025 strategic plan when about 20 members gathered for the group’s Annual General Meeting in Ruffy on the weekend. Dr Jen Wilson, from the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, provided a review of recent projects…
Read MoreStop Mynas Strathbogie – Workshop #1
The Stop Mynas Strathbogie program was born from the success of last years Common (Indian) Myna workshop at the gorgeous Euroa Arboretum. We were luck enough to again have Peter Wiltshire, a Senior Ranger from the Darebin Parklands, talk with the group about the impact Common Mynas can have on native bird populations. He also…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #3.2 – Wombat Creek, Strathbogie
Continuing the trend of revisiting previously explored riparian areas, the Wombat Creek didn’t disappoint. The previous visit was in March and the scenery could not have been more different. Knee high grass, still wet from the previous night’s downpour instantly dampened all hopes of keeping dry feet intact. The walk pace was fairly leisurely, with…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #3.1 – Boatholes Creek to Mineral Springs, Ruffy
After a winter hibernation, the acclaimed SRCMN riparian walks are back and better than ever, with this new series of six walks. The format this time is slightly different, with new routes mixed with old favorites from previous walks. The first walk to kick off the new series and new season was the fan favorite…
Read MoreRewilding with minibeasts – Tamara Morgan
Abstract from the Under the Microscope Research Day 2019. Latrobe University. Ecosystem restoration is essential in returning degraded habitat and biodiversity to its former state. Current methods focus on limited components of ecosystems, often overlooking invertebrates, which are critical to ecosystem functioning. Macrodetritivores play a key role in decomposition, a vital ecosystem process affecting soil nutrient…
Read MoreStrathbogie Ranges Geology
An abstract created for the 2019 Under the Microscope Research Day by Neil Phillips.
Read MoreTree Storey – Strathbogie Citizen Science Project
The Strathbogie Forest is an island habitat for forest-dependent fauna. Though it faces a number of challenges (feral species, fragmentation, climate change) it represents critical habitat for numerous species in the Strathbogie Ranges.
Read MoreBogies and Beyond
The Bogies and Beyond Project was created by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority to answer a single question: How can we measure the effects of climate change withing the Strathbogie Ranges?
Read MoreStop Mynas Strathbogie
The Stop Mynas Strathbogie project was launched in 2019 as a part of the Bogies and Beyond Tree Storey project.
Read MoreUnder the Microscope 2019
On a stunning Euroa Winter’s day, 90 curious minds converged on the Euroa Football Club to learn about scientific research being conducted within the Strathbogie Ranges/Shire. An amazing lineup of speakers and fairly rapid timeline ensured that the audience was kept entertained while hearing the most important parts of what the speakers had to convey.…
Read MoreRiparian Walks
In late 2018, the Strathbogie Ranges CMN held the first of a series of riparian walks. The aim of these walks is to become better acquainted with our local waterways, and record some of their standout features along the way.
Read MoreRiparian Walk #5 – Hughes Creek, Tarcombe
With forecasts rapidly changing in the leadup to the walk, we weren’t sure what to expect from this unexpectedly fine Sunday morning. But as luck had it, the rain held off and made way for perfect walking conditions on the final walk in this series. An experienced gang of 7 rallied at the picnic ground…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #4 – County Creek, Ruffy
It was a wintry but clear morning in Ruffy, where 21 nature enthusiasts met to tackle the County Creek gorges. Starting again at the Ruffy CFA shed before driving down to the starting point where the County Creek intersects the Longwood-Ruffy Rd, the tradition of the first part of the walk being the hardest was…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #3 – Hughes Creek to Tarcombe
Despite the drizzle, 25 stoic walkers braved the weather to peruse this beautiful section of the Hughes Creek. Meeting at the Ruffy CFA shed, walkers piled into vehicles to the start point at Donovans Rd. The traditional pre-walk photo was taken before setting off down into the gorge. Rain from the chilly, saturnine night before…
Read MoreChildren’s Artwork
A recurring theme across our events has been engaging with school children to create artworks based around the themes of our events. The SRCMN acknowledges the significant contribution of Euroa Primary School teacher Pauline Fraser in the production of most of these beautiful artworks which were made during class time. The school has collaborated with…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #2 – Wombat Creek
Our first walk for 2019 started with a bang, with 27 keen walkers setting out to explore the hidden gem that is Wombat Creek. With walkers from all over the state converging on Fergusons Rd, the cool, albeit dry conditions, were perfect for rambling down the creek. With the creek constantly rearing its head and…
Read MoreIndian Myna Day
Sightings of Indian (Common) Mynas have recently increased within the Strathbogie Shire, with residents reporting birds not only in towns and along roads, but in farmland, kilometers from the closest towns. Indian Mynas are extremely adaptable, aggressive and intelligent birds that not only compete for nest locations with native species, but actively attack and destroy…
Read MoreRoadside Vegetation Survey Presentation and Bus Trip
In 2018, the Strathbogie Shire commissioned Tim and Janet to undertake an unprecedentedly comprehensive survey of the Shire’s roadside vegetation health and diversity. What they found was a surprisingly diverse chain of ecosystems right next to our roadsides, something we take for granted every day. After delivering their recommendations to the council, the SRCMN knew…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #1 – Strathbogie to Polly McQuinns
Our first walk in this new series of 5 walks took place on a beautiful spring morning. A chilly breeze soon gave way to perfect conditions, where 17 keen trekkers set out to conquer the Smiths Bridge to Polly McQuinns adventure. Knee high grass mixed with wombat holes, blackberrys, fence crossings and snakes made for…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #6 – Emu Waterholes Creek
The last, and by far the coldest of our riparian walks began on a dead still and very frosty Ruffy morning. Nonetheless the turnout was great with every walker set to make the most of the perfect winters morning. The Emu Waterholes Creek walk was the easiest in the series, and ambling along the gentle…
Read MoreFungimap – How to use a fungi app with Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher
The final event in the 2018 Fungi Festival saw a grey but relatively mild winters morning after a day of heavy rain; perfect fungi hunting weather. With a quick introductory talk on how to use the iNaturalist app from Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher, attendees loaded up their phones and set off hunting. The Euroa Arboretum proved…
Read MoreFungimap – Fungi of the Goulburn Broken with Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher
The second last event in 2018’s Fungi Festival drew a crowd of both locals and dedicated fungi enthusiasts out of their homes on a chilly Friday night. Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher offered an introduction to the not-for-profit citizen science organisation called Fungimap, who work to increase fungi knowledge and conservation, as well as bring people with…
Read MoreFungi Festival Malaysian Feast and Intro Talk with Alison Pouliot
The first event in the 2018 SRCMN Fungi Festival lineup was huge, with over 70 fungi enthusiasts turning out for a short intro talk and Malaysian feast at the Strathbogie Memorial Hall. With the Hall near maximum capacity, everyone sat enthralled as the fervent Alison Pouliot delivered her introductory talk to the inquisitive crowd. Even…
Read MoreFungi Festival – Local Fungal Curiosities Workshop with Alison Pouliot
Following a highly entertaining workshop and Malaysian feast the previous night, the full day workshop with fungus expert Alison Pouliot captured the imagination of those who wanted to delve deeper into the bizarre world of fungus. Held at the Strathbogie Memorial Hall, attendees bore witness to a spectacular array of local, freshly harvested fungi. With…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #5 – Boatholes Creek Ruffy
The fifth walk in the series of six walks departed at 9am from the Boatholes Rd bridge in Ruffy. The walk started rather cold, with a small campfire warming walkers before they departed. The weather steadily improved throughout the day with optimal temperatures for 17 strong walkers. Even with more than a few creek crossing…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #4 – Hughes Creek Gorge
The fourth walk in the series of six walks departed at 9am from Hughes Creek Rd. Walkers were greeted with perfect walking conditions, with a mild but sunny day proving optimal for seeing the Hughes Creek Gorge at its best, while also staying nice and cool. Almost immediately, the shoes were off for the one…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #3 – Gerars Creek
The third walk in the series of six walks kicked off at 9am from the Ruoaks Link bridge and finished on the intersection of Peters Lane and Tames Rd (at the bridge). Severe weather warnings had been forecast, but by the start of the walk, the weather had held so it was decided to continue…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #2 – Brookleigh Rd to Strathbogie Township
The second walk in the series of six walks kicked off at 9am from the Brookleigh Rd bridge and finished at the Strathbogie CFA Shed. Despite the threat of heavy rain, 17 keen walker showed up to explore the upper Seven Creeks Reserve. With the thunder rolling in, the walk concluded with about 15 minutes…
Read MoreRiparian Walk #1 – Polly McQuinns to Gooram Falls
The first walk in the series of six walks started at the Polly McQuinns weir and finished at the Gooram Falls car park on the Merton side (number 2). There was a great turnout, with 28 walkers coming out to enjoy the perfect weather and beautiful scenery of the Seven Creeks Reserve. Amongst the group…
Read MoreStrathbogie Forest Moth Night
A balmy evening, without moonlight nor a hint of breeze, was the perfect backdrop for our second mothing night in the Strathbogie Forest. Twenty-six people joined moth expert Steve Williams on an evening of discovery, as we waited for these little magicians to appear from their hiding places. As daylight began to fade, they were…
Read MoreA Day with Dr James Fitzsimons
New and Part-Time Landholder Euroa Forum 2017
The Strathbogie Ranges CMN is excited to bring you this year’s introductory event for New and Part-Time Landholders. This is a great event for those who would like to learn more about the area, meet some locals and get their advice and expertise on a variety of topics affecting new landholders. If you haven’t attended…
Read MoreRevegetation Day – Ruffy
29/06/2017 On a sunny but bitterly cold Sunday in Ruffy, the SRCMN held a revegetation information event for local landholders. The aim of the day was to get the attendees thinking about flora on their land and covered topics such as: The advantages of revegetating cleared land The different species of seeds available How to…
Read More2016 Festival of Fungi – Alison Pouliot
Strathbogie Workshop peeks into the Fungi Kingdom Whether you love fungi (mycophilia) or fear it (mycophobia) people attending the first event of the month long Fungi Festival in the Strathbogie Ranges on Saturday learnt there was much to appreciate in the Fungi Kingdom. Australian – Swiss ecologist Alison Pouliot enthralled 55 attendees over the day…
Read More2016 Festival of Fungi – Puff Ball
Mushrooms kick up their heels after dark They came with mushrooms in their hair and mushrooms on their head. Some came as earthy beings and some wore their best dancing clothes. Local identity Shirley Saywell stole the show when she arrived as a mushroom – a puff ball. It was after all the Puff Ball. …
Read MoreBiolinks and Landscape Planning
Connecting native habitat across landscapes is a key goal in all biodiversity conservation projects and it’s no different in the Strathbogie Ranges region. Habitat corridors within the Ranges are important, as are connections between the Ranges and other parts of Victoria, particularly Central Victoria to the west and the Goulburn-Broken Plains to the north. The…
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