Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare - Working Bee
2024-03-10 09:30 - 11:30 (Australia/Melbourne)
Date: Sunday 10th March
Venue: 650 White Hill Rd, Red Hill
Time: 9:30-11:30
Catch up afterwards: You are most welcome to come back to Michelle and Mark’s house for a catch up afterwards.
For our new members: Welcome 😊
What to bring/wear: water bottle, sunscreen, hat, long sleeves, long pants, closed toe shoes. Anything else you would like – your own gloves, secateurs etc. however we have equipment for you – secateurs, hand saws, electric saws, gloves, etc
Looking forward to meeting you. Any questions, don’t hesitate to ask Michelle: 0419579277

Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare Group - Working Bee
2024-04-14 09:30 - 11:30
Place: 100 Shergolds Lane, Dromana. There is room in the driveway to park. Please close the gate.
What to wear: long sleeves and pants, closed shoes, hat, mask, gloves
Bring: Some food or drink to share afterwards. A spray pack.
Please reply to let me know if you are coming so we know numbers for the day: Michelle de la Coeur at mdelacoeur@gmail.com
If there is rain forecast then we won’t be able to spray so our back up plan is to come to our house and work down in the Arthurs Seat State Park. We will let you know the day before on the 13th April if we are changing venues.

Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare Group - Working Bee
2024-05-05 09:30 - 11:30
Our last working bee, before we break for the winter, will be next Sunday.
We are going to visit the area where we first started working 11 years ago. It’s in the Arthurs Seat State Park
Date: 5th May 2024
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Place: Meet at Mark and Michelle’s 451 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill 3937.
Please drive in through the gate and park on the grass or down the driveway. There is also some room on the front nature strip. We will walk from our house, across the road and down the hill into the state park. Please be careful as it’s on an 80km/h road on a blind corner.
We would also like to show you a section on our property that we fenced off during covid lockdown in 2020. We have photos from that time to show you the difference only a few years can make.
For details or to register please contact Michelle de la Coeur at mdelacoeur@gmail.com

Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare - Working Bee
2024-09-15 09:30 - 11:30
For details please contact Michelle de la Coeur at mdelacoeur@gmail.com
Working bee will be at a private property (Merredith’s) meeting at 490 Arthurs Seat Rd (driveway next to the bus shelter).

Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare - Property Tour and AGM
2024-10-13 09:30 - 11:30 | Carranya, 356 Baldrys Road, Main Ridge, VIC, 3928, Australia
For details please contact Michelle de la Coeur at mdelacoeur@gmail.com
Tour of MP Landcare Network President, Greg Holland’s property on Baldrys Rd Main Ridge, followed by our AGM.

Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare - Working Bee Arthurs Seat State Park & AGM
2024-11-10 09:30 - 12:30
Our final working bee for 2024 will be at the AS State Park followed by our AGM.
10th Nov – Arthurs Seat State Park below Meredith’s place (not the tanks)
9:30-11:30
490 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill.
Drive in the driveway next to the bus shelter.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iWzUvf9nWU8nFYAq6
Please let me know if you are coming as we’ll need to close the gate.
AGM
11:30 over a cuppa and something to eat
451 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill3937
Please contact Michelle for a copy of the Sheepwash Creek 2023 AGM minutes and our agenda for 2024 AGM
If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for any of the following positions please let me know.

President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary

Looking forward to seeing you all.
For details or to RSVP please contact Michelle de la Coeur at mdelacoeur@gmail.com

Arthurs Seat State Park - working bee with Sheepwash Creek Landcare
2025-02-09 09:30 - 11:30
Join us for a morning of weeding in the Arthurs Seat State Park followed by morning tea.
Date: Sunday 9th February
Time: 9:30-11:30 plus you’re welcome back to Michelle de la Coeur’s house for something to eat and drink afterward. Bring something to share if you like.
Place: 451 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill
We’ll be working in the Arthurs Seat State Park opposite 451 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill. Please drive in through the gate and park down the drive or on the lawn
For more information or to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail.com

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.

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.

Sheepwash Creek Landcare working bee
2025-03-23 09:30 - 11:30 | 30 Holmes Road, 30 Holmes Road, Red Hill, VIC, 3937, Australia
Join us for a morning of weeding at Landcare members John and Janet’s property, followed by a delicious morning tea.
For more information, and to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail.com

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

Sheepwash Creek Landcare working bee
2025-04-13 09:30 - 11:30
Join us for a morning of weeding at Landcare members Sharyn & Peter’s property, followed by a delicious morning tea.
For more information, and to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail.com
Address: 760 Whitehill Road, Red Hill

Arthurs Seat State Park Working Bee with Sheepwash Creek
2025-05-04 09:30 - 11:30
This will be our last landcare working bee before we break for the winter.
Usually we aim for the second Sunday of the month but the following Sunday is Mother’s Day so we brought it forward.
We will be working in Holmes Road Reserve. We haven’t worked in this section of the State Park before, however we had contractors working there a few years ago.
The Reserve is opposite John and Janet’s property and they have kindly offered for us to park our cars on their property and to have morning tea at their house. Thank you Janet and John.
May the 4th (Otherwise known as Star Wars Day) 9:30-11:30
Arthurs Seat State Park – Holmes Rd
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aCvMBcDoUdm8mmRQ9
May the 4th be with you.
For more information and to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail.

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

Arthurs Seat State Park working bee with Sheepwash Creek Landcare
2025-08-10 09:30 - 11:30
Join us for a therapeutic Sunday morning of weeding in the beautiful Arthurs Seat State Park, followed by a satisfying morning tea.
New members are most welcome.
For more information, and to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail.com
Please let us know if you are coming so we know who to expect on the day.
Note there has been a change to the location for this event.
New location:
The old quarry road off Arthurs Seat Rd. There is room for some cars here. Or park in the carpark at the painted tanks and walk down along the wide track beside the road. https://maps.app.goo.gl/W38uoyb5YUuiEYDK7
Red Cross: meeting place; Blue Line: walking track alongside Arthurs Seat Rd from the painted water tank carpark.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ring
Mark 0403819579 or Michelle 0419579277

Sheepwash Creek Landcare working bee
2025-09-14 09:30 - 23:30 | Arthurs Seat State Park
Join us for a morning of weeding at Arthurs Seat State Park, followed by a delicious morning tea.
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eb8cpqZzwQ2ggy286
For more information, and to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail.com

Sheepwash Creek working bee in Arthurs Seat State Park
2025-10-12 09:30 - 11:30
Join us for a morning of weeding in Arthurs Seat State Park, followed by a delicious morning tea.
New members welcome.
Meeting location: Old dirt road to the back of the quarry where we’ve worked for the past two working bees. We’ve made a huge impact but there’s a more to do https://maps.app.goo.gl/o27ZfcfJPG8U9BDe6

For more information, and to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail.com

Sheepwash Creek Landcare Working Bee & AGM
2025-11-09 09:30 - 11:30
Date: 9th November 2025
Location: John and Janet’s property. 30 Holmes Rd, Red Hill 3937
Drive down Eatons Cutting from the RH School. Turn right onto Holmes Rd. Look out for our landcare signs.
It will be wonderful to see the progress from our clearing weeds over the last few years and planting natives.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WxBouYEDVWJwKjiM9
Time: 9:30-11:30
Afterwards: Please bring something to share. We will run our AGM while we enjoy a well deserved snack and something to drink. This will be our last working bee for the year and a lovely way to celebrate our achievements.
Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers.
For more information, and to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail.com
