Merricks Coolart Landcare - Working Bee Buckleys Reserve
2024-06-15 09:00 - 11:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Buckley Nature Conservation Reserve, 129 Balnarring Road, Balnarring, Victoria, 3926, Australia
Please bring sturdy shoes, gloves, and your favourite gardening tools.

Working bees run 9–11am with morning tea afterward

Merricks-Coolart Landcare Planting Day - Balnarring to the Bay Biolink
2024-08-17 08:30 - 12:00 | Saltbush, 122 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring, Vic, 3926, Australia
Our final planting day for the season is this weekend!

We’re almost at our 5000 plant goal for this season! Join us on Saturday 17th August to wrap up the great work of the last 5 months by the planting the final 1000 trees and shrubs at our Balnarring to the Bay Biolink project this weekend.

Register for your planting Day Pass here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/982921694247

Saturday 17th August, 9am–12pma
Saltbush (Presentation Family Centre)
122 Balnarring Beach Road Balnarring, VIC 3926

* At the sign for Saltbush, follow the long driveway until you reach the carpark. From there, there is a 600m walk (or MCC Landcare buggy ride to the planting site.

The plan for the day:

8:30 am – 9:00 am: Sign in and walk to the planting site (~600m)
9:00 am – 9:20 am: Briefing and planting demonstration**
9:20 am – 12:00 pm: Planting lots and lots of trees

– Morning tea break included

** Note: We will begin the demo at 9:00am sharp, however please allow at least 15 minutes for the walk from the carpark to the planting site (~600m).

Please bring: gloves, sturdy footwear, long pants, and a long-sleeved (sun-smart) shirt. Also, bring friends and drinking water!

Tree planting involves digging, bending and walking on uneven ground so you will need good physical fitness and mobility.

Saltbush Open Day: Walk, talk and BBQ
2024-10-19 10:00 - 14:00 | Saltbush, 122 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring, Vic, 3926, Australia
This Saturday is Saltbush Balnarring Beach‘s family-friendly open day where we’ll be hosting a walk** of the Balnarring to the Bay Biolink revegetation project! Come for a walk, stay for a BBQ sausage

The walk will depart at 12 noon and will be ~45mins. Bring some sturdy footwear and fresh legs as it’s a 10 minute walk through beautiful surrounds to get to the planting site

Date – Saturday October 19th
Time – 10am–2pm
Address – 122 Balnarring Beach Road, Balnarring Beach

See you this weekend!

**We originally planned for two walks but have combined them into one to not draw people away from the festivities for too long

Merricks Coolart Landcare present "Conservation Leaders for the New Generation" and AGM
2024-11-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Uniting Church Hall, Balnarring, 10 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring, Victoria, 3926, Australia
Merricks Coolart Landcare Group is inviting the community to a Q&A on “Conservation Leaders for the New Generation”. Guest speaker Sam Lundburg, co-founder of Co-Exist Melbourne will lead a discussion on the next generation becoming the new stewards of our environment!
This year we’ve made a big push into bringing younger volunteers into our conservation projects, including students from Balnarring Pre-School, Balnarring Primary, Western Port Secondary, and a large contingent of Melbournians at a joint planting session at our Biolink 1 project with Co-Exist Melbourne. This Q&A will highlight how our young environmentalists are tackling conservation head-on now and into the future.
Everyone is welcome!
– Q&A: Conservation Leaders for the New Generation
– with Sam Lundberg, Co-Exist Melbourne
– Saturday 23rd November, from 1pm
– Uniting Church Hall, Balnarring Beach Road
A brief annual general meeting will kick off proceedings with updates on the year’s progress and targets for the future.
Hope to see you there!
Registrations via email or by the Facebook Event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1303594374324084

How to Control Rabbits on your Property
2025-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Carranya, 356 Baldrys Road, Main Ridge, VIC, 3928, Australia
Rabbits are a direct threat to indigenous vegetation and seriously disadvantage native animals due to competition for food and habitat. They cause soil instability and land degradation, threatening the environment, undermining structural assets and contributing to losses in agriculture.
Come and learn how to effectively control rabbits on your property using best practice methodology.
Guest speakers and onsite demonstrations by:

Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network (integrated and coordinated pest control)
Timberscope (baiting and Fumigation or rabbit warrens)

You will learn about the tools available to reduce rabbit numbers and how to avoid off-target damage to wildlife.
Presented by the Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network as part of the ‘Partnering Against Pests on the Peninsula – a Landcare approach’ project.
Please wear suitable clothing for the weather and conditions, including hat, sunscreen and sturdy closed footwear.
There will be coffee and morning tea provided.
Cost: Free
Registrations: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/how-to-control-rabbits-on-your-property-tickets-1110952832829?aff=oddtdtcreator

Partnering to tackle Pests on the Peninsula – a Landcare approach is supported by the Victorian Government through the Partnerships Against Pests program.

Womin Djeka
2025-03-01 10:00 - 16:00 | Emu Plains, 54 Coolart Road, Balnarring, VIC, 3926, Australia
Come and meet us at the Landcare Stall at the 2025 Womin Djeka Festival. You will find us in the Caring for Country section, with lots of other groups doing fantastic work for our local environment.

Red Hill Show
2025-03-08 10:00 - 16:00 | Red Hill Recreation Reserve, 184 Arthurs Seat Road, Arthurs Seat, VIC, 3937, Australia
Come along and meet the 2024 Victorian Landcare Award winner, Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network, at the 2025 Red Hill Show.
We will have lots of helpful information to assist landholders in their own conservation efforts, including informative brochures and weed displays.
Come and learn about the projects we are running this year, which include the Partnerships Against Pest Project and the Meet Your Bushland Initiative.
Our friendly volunteers will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.
We will be hosting a stall in the environment section along with other environmental groups including the Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation group and the Westernport Biosphere Foundation.

How to Develop a Weed Management Plan
2025-03-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Balnarring Community Hall, 3035 Frankston-Flinders Road, Balnarring, Victoria, Australia
Without an effective plan of attack, the task of controlling weeds can seem overwhelming. This workshop provides a practical approach to help landholders determine what’s achievable, where to start, and how to develop an ongoing strategy for managing environmental weeds on their property.
The outcomes of environmental weed management can be substantially improved by approaching the task with a plan. A well thought-out plan that takes a strategic approach can make weed management tasks easier, more achievable and can result in significant savings of time, effort and money.
Delivered by EcoSkills, this workshop will help you to gain the knowledge and skills to create a well thought out Weed Management Plan for your property, from setting goals, priorities to timing, methodology, and monitoring for adaptive management.
Presented by the Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network as part of the ‘Partnering Against Pests on the Peninsula – a Landcare approach’ project.
Please wear suitable clothing for the weather and conditions, including hat, sunscreen and sturdy closed footwear.
There will be coffee and morning tea provided.
Cost: Free
Partnering to tackle Pests on the Peninsula – a Landcare approach is supported by the Victorian Government through the Partnerships Against Pests program.
Register for your free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/how-to-develop-a-well-thought-out-weed-management-plan-tickets-1112135409949?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Bradley Method of Sensitive Weed Control
2025-03-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Crib Point Community Hall, 7 Park Road, Crib Point
Joan and Eileen Bradley developed a series of weed control and native vegetation recovery techniques know as the ‘Bradley method’. It involves methodically clearing small areas in and around healthy native vegetation so that each area is re-colonised by the regeneration of native plants, replacing the weeds. The process showed that, once native vegetation was re-established, continuing weed control was needed infrequently.
The essence of these principles guides modern bush regeneration today, taking into account modern techniques and the need for appropriate ecological disturbance to trigger regeneration.
During this practical workshop delivered by EcoSkils, you will learn the story and sensitive weeding techniques of the ‘eccentric’ Bradley sisters, the early pioneers of bush regeneration and a movement that radicalised the battle against one of the greatest and oldest enemies of the Australian bush: invasive weeds.
Please wear suitable clothing for the weather and conditions, including hat, sunscreen, long sleeves with colar, gardening gloves, and sturdy closed footwear.
There will be coffee and morning tea provided.
Cost: Free
Registrations: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-bradley-method-of-sensitive-weed-control-tickets-1112168549069?aff=oddtdtcreator
Partnering to tackle Pests on the Peninsula – a Landcare approach is supported by the Victorian Government through the Partnerships Against Pests program.

Develop an Integrated and Coordinated Pest Animal Program
2025-03-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Mechanics Hall, 19 Mechanics Road, Red Hill, VIC
Invasive pest animals are a big problem impacting on biodiversity and catchment assets and farm productivity on the Mornington Peninsula. Whether its introduced predators such as foxes or feral cats, or introduced herbivivores such as rabbits or deer, it is important to have a strategic approach to pest management.
The strategic approach promotes coordinated action that aims to reduce the damage caused by pests to an acceptable level in order to achieve a desired outcome (e.g. improved agricultural production or to conserve biodiversity).
Learn about the key principles that form the basis of the strategic approach in order to plan and carry out pest animal management:

What is a pest?
Is eradication possible?
A whole of system approach
Planning and Monitoring

Through this process of defining what the pest problem is and working out what outcome stakeholders want as a result of doing pest management, you will have the skills to implement an effective plan of action to manage pest animal damage.
Cost: Free – coffee and morning tea provided.
Bookings essential: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/develop-a-coordinated-and-integrated-pest-animal-project-tickets-1112277504959?aff=oddtdtcreator
Partnering to tackle Pests on the Peninsula – a Landcare approach is supported by the Victorian Government through the Partnerships Against Pests program.

Friend or Foe? Weed Lookalikes Workshop
2025-03-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Flinders Civic Hall, 56 Cook Street, Flinders, Victoria, 3929, Australia
Do you know how to tell a European Blackberry apart from a Native Raspberry? Would you know a rare Muttonwood tree if you came across one while weeding Sweet Pittosporum? Do you know your Sallow Wattle from your Blackwood?
Many of our indigenous plant species are often mistaken as weeds? Plant identification skills are an important skill to ensure our precious biodiversity is not inadvertently lost during weed control efforts.
If you would like to find out more about common lookalike species to confidently identify plant pests and indigenous species commonly mistaken as weeds, you are warmly invited to participate in this informative and interactive workshop where you will learn about:
• Features, tips and tricks to help identify plant species
• A selection of native plants commonly mistaken for weeds
• Serious weeds & what to look out for
• Where to get ongoing support in your plant identification
There will be coffee and morning tea provided.
Cost: Free
Partnering to tackle Pests on the Peninsula – a Landcare approach is supported by the Victorian Government through the Partnerships Against Pests program.
Registrations: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/friend-or-foe-weed-lookalikes-workshop-tickets-1112179120689?aff=oddtdtcreator

Postponed (TBA) - How to Fund & Promote Your Pest Control Project
2025-06-21 09:00 - 15:00 | Flinders Civic Hall, 56 Cook Street, Flinders, Victoria, 3929, Australia
Invasive species like rabbits, foxes, deer, feral cats, and environmental weeds are taking a toll on our local ecosystems and biodiversity, threatening the very landscapes that make the Mornington Peninsula so special. With our collective effort, we can make a real difference.
This workshop is a chance to learn how you can ensure our community unites to take action—whether as a volunteer, a landholder, or an advocate. Join us on the front lines of conservation for this bespoke workshop to support The Mornington
Peninsula Landcare Network, its member groups and volunteers to explore how they might engage, attract participation and fund pest plant and animal projects on the Mornington Peninsula.
The workshop will cover the following elements:

Engaging Communities in Pest Plant and Animal Projects to foster community excitement and involvement in pest plant and animal projects.
Marketing for Maximum Reach learning how we can make sure our pest plant and animal projects stand out.
Securing Funding for Impact, going Beyond Traditional Approaches to secure funding for environmental projects

Each session will be interactive, giving participant the tools, ideas, and confidence to spark meaningful change and sustain momentum in their projects.
Join the Forever Agenda for an inspiring and practical day of insights, strategy, and community!
Register for your free ticket at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/how-to-fund-and-promote-your-pest-animal-project-for-maximum-reach-tickets-1139330200299?aff=oddtdtcreator

Merricks Coolart Catchment and MP Koala Landcare planting day at Saltbush in Balnarring
2025-07-19 09:00 - 12:30 | Saltbush, 122 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring, Vic, 3926, Australia
Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group needs volunteers to help with their big revegetation project in Balnarring. Volunteer planting days happen every month until September, with a goal of 7000+ native species in the ground for 2025. No experience needed, there’ll be a planting demo on the day.
Register for your free planting pass at the MCC Landcare Eventbrite link: Planting Day collab with mpkoalas.org.au – Sat 19 July Tickets, Sat 19/07/2025 at 9:00 am | Eventbrite

Merricks Coolart Catchment and MP Koala Landcare planting day at Saltbush in Balnarring
2025-07-20 09:00 - 12:30 | Saltbush, 122 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring, Vic, 3926, Australia
Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group needs volunteers to help with their big revegetation project in Balnarring. Volunteer planting days happen every month until September, with a goal of 7000+ native species in the ground for 2025. No experience needed, there’ll be a planting demo on the day.
Register for your free planting pass at the MCC Landcare Eventbrite link: Planting Day collab with mpkoalas.org.au – Sun 20 July Tickets, Sun 20/07/2025 at 9:00 am | Eventbrite

Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare planting day at Saltbush in Balnarring
2025-08-16 09:00 - 12:30 | Saltbush, 122 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring, Vic, 3926, Australia
Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group needs volunteers to help with their big revegetation project in Balnarring. Volunteer planting days happen every month until September, with a goal of 7000+ native species in the ground for 2025. No experience needed, there’ll be a planting demo on the day.
Register for your free planting pass at the MCC Landcare Eventbrite link: Balnarring to the Bay Planting Day – Sat 16 August Tickets, Sat 16/08/2025 at 9:00 am | Eventbrite

Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare planting day at Saltbush in Balnarring
2025-08-17 09:00 - 12:30 | Saltbush, 122 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring, Vic, 3926, Australia
Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group needs volunteers to help with their big revegetation project in Balnarring. Volunteer planting days happen every month until September, with a goal of 7000+ native species in the ground for 2025. No experience needed, there’ll be a planting demo on the day.
Register for your free planting pass at the MCC Landcare Eventbrite link: Planting Day collab with Co-Exist Melb – Sun 17 August Tickets, Sun 17/08/2025 at 9:00 am | Eventbrite

Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare planting day at Saltbush in Balnarring
2025-09-20 09:00 - 12:30 | Saltbush, 122 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring, Vic, 3926, Australia
Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group needs volunteers to help with their big revegetation project in Balnarring. Volunteer planting days happen every month until September, with a goal of 7000+ native species in the ground for 2025. No experience needed, there’ll be a planting demo on the day.
Register for your free planting pass at the MCC Landcare Eventbrite link: Planting Day collab with mpkoalas.org.au – Sat 20 September Tickets, Sat 20/09/2025 at 9:00 am | Eventbrite
