MP Landcare

MP Farmer Discussion Group - Accounting for Nature
2021-02-27 10:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Barragunda Farm, 113 Cape Schanck Road, Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia
The Mornington Peninsula Farmers Discussion Group is hosting an information session this weekend, Sun 27th Februatry in Cape Schanck. Presenters will cover topics including methods for assessing soil and vegetation on farms and how this may attract future opportunities for incentive and trading schemes.
Accounting for Nature flier- Cape Schanck

Friends of Flinders Coastline 'Establishing Native Grasslands'
2021-02-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Mushroom Reef Carpark, Flinders Ocean Beach Entry Rd, Flinders, Victoria, 3929, Australia
Join with the Friends of Flinders Coastline for a walk and talk plus working bee to explore the topic ‘Establishing Native Grasslands’.
Meeting at Mushroom Reef car park, Flinders Ocean Beach.
Enquiries: maincreek@mplandcare.org.au

Koala Conservation Day - Arthurs Seat State Park
2021-02-21 09:00 - 14:00 | Seabrook Avenue, Seabrook Avenue, Rosebud, VIC, 3939, Australia
Spend the morning with us and help improve koala habitat in the beautiful Arthurs Seat State Park, Rosebud. This is a great opportunity to learn about our environment and to spot local wildlife, including koalas, while helping us to remove invasive weeds.
Important Information: It is important you wear long pants and closed shoes as we will be walking through bush areas. Please bring sunscreen, a hat, gardening gloves, water and snacks. We have a good chance of spotting wildlife in this area so don’t forget your camera! We will provide all tools and hand sanitiser. Please follow state government COVID restrictions.
Please park at the end of Seabrook Ave, Rosebud at the entrance to Arthurs Seat State Park. We will meet at the park entrance gate. Alternative parking is at the end of Marion Rd, Rosebud. You can walk into the park from there through a gate and then immediately turn right and walk downhill past the last property on Marion Rd until you get to Seabrook Ave.
You must register your attendance here via Eventbrite. Please only register if you are definitely attending as space is limited.

Balcombe and Moorooduc Landcare Group CoM Meeting
2021-02-16 17:00 | TBA
Balcombe and Moorooduc Landcare group’s Committee of Management meet quarterly to discuss group objectives and event planning. New members welcome.
RSVP: Secretary Susan Churchill: bmlgcommittee@gmail.com

World Wetlands Day Celebration 2021
2021-01-31 07:00 - 16:00 | Boneo Park, 312 Boneo Road, Boneo, VIC, 3939, Australia
World Wetlands Day is fast approaching, and will be celebrated once again at Boneo Park, 312 Boneo Road, Boneo on Sunday 31st January 2021.
The theme for this year is ‘Wetlands and Water’ and the event marks the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar treaty and 40th anniversary of Western Port being declared a Ramsar site.
The Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network will be in attendance with a dedicated Landcare marquee and display, and of course it wouldn’t be World Wetlands Day without a famous Landcare Puppet show.
This is a free event, all wecome! Due to Covid requirements, registration will be required for entry.
Please see Event Flyer for full itinerary.

Buckleys Reserve Working Bee
2021-01-30 09:00 - 12:00 | Buckley Nature Conservation Reserve, 129 Balnarring Road, Balnarring, Victoria, 3926, Australia
Come along on Saturday and lend a hand to help preserve Buckley Nature Conservation Reserve in Balnarring. Buckleys is a beautiful patch of remnant bushland and home to some rare and threatened plants and animals.
Merricks-Coolart Catchment Landcare Group Working Bee – Buckleys Reserve 9am Saturday 30th January 2021. Target species pittosporum. pulling small ones and cutting and painting others.

Arthurs Seat Hike
2021-01-23 09:30 - 12:00 | 451 Arthurs Seat Road, 451 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill, Victoria, 3937, Australia
With the holiday season upon us come on a hike through the Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare area, walking through Arthurs Seat State Park and past the OT Dam.
The hike will take 2 and a half hours and you’ll need good walking/hiking shoes. Hiking poles are not essential but a good idea. We have 7 spare hiking poles if anyone would like to borrow.
The hike is at a slow pace with lots of stops to take in our wonderful nature.
RSVP: sheepwashcreek@mplandcare.org.au
Meeting at 451 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill at 9.30am, Saturday 23rd January 2021

Main Creek Street Stall
2021-01-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Flinders General Store, 48 Cook Street, Flinders, Victoria, 3929, Australia
Main Creek Landcare will hold a stall outside the General Store in Cook Street, Flinders from 10am onwards
Come to meet your Landcare committee and other Landcarers there.
Bring your questions and ideas to share.

Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare Working Bee
2021-01-05 08:00 - 17:00 | VIC
Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare Group are are hosting their first working bee for the year on Sunday 14th February. Come along and help to restore important habitat for local wildlife.
Meeting Place: 451 Arthurs Seat Rd, Red Hill at 9.30am
New members and enquiries welcome: sheepwashcreek@mplandcare.org.au

Mornington Railway Reserve Working Bee - with Kylie Robertson from Seeds
2020-12-12 10:00 - 14:00 | Diamond Court Mornington, Diamond Court, Mornington, Victoria, 3931, Australia
Removing noxious weeds in significant remnant Plains Grassy Woodland.
Meet at Diamond Ct (300m north of Bungower Rd)
There is room for a few cars in Diamond Ct and overflow parking in the Bungower Rd service road (short walk up the railway line to Diamond Ct meeting place).
If you can come for some or all of that time please do. It is our last working bee for the year.
Tools that may be useful include saws, weeding knives, secateurs, loppers etc.
If you can’t pull, lop or dig weeds then you could be our official photographer, write an article, bring a cake, tell a joke or . . . .

Koala Community Information Session for Wild Koala Day
2020-05-03 14:00 - 15:30 | VIC
Exciting news! Given we are all confined to our homes these days we have decided to run a Community Information Session via Zoom – just in time for ‘Wild Koala Day’ on Sunday, 3 May 2020 @ 2pm.
Join us and learn what you can do to help our local koalas. This is a Zoom meeting for Mornington Peninsula residents and everyone else interested in koala and nature conservation.
Dr Desley Whisson and Dirk Jansen (President of MP Koala Conservation) will share what we know about koalas on the Mornington Peninsula followed by an online Q&A. We also have some exciting projects planned over the next 18 months (COVID-19 permitting).
Important – You have to register via Eventbrite to obtain the Zoom details either via our Facebook event on our page: Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation or directly via the Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/mornington-peninsula-koala-conservation-30087804578 We are expecting a big turnout via Zoom so please ensure you read the Zoom etiquette for this meeting.

SWaMP Landcare
2020-04-23 | VIC
Due to the public health risk of Covid-19, all SWaMP Landcare events have been postponed.

Red Hill Show Landcare Stall
2020-03-07 08:30 - 15:30 | Red Hill Recreation Reserve, 184 Arthurs Seat Road, Arthurs Seat, VIC, 3937, Australia
Join MP Landcare groups at the Red Hill Show! We’ve got lots of information for landholders and some great weed and indigenous plant displays.

Balnarring Beach to Somers Walk
2020-02-29 09:00 - 10:00 | Balnarring Beach – details upon registration, Balnarring Beach
Join your local Landcare Group for a stroll around some of the lovely reserves in our neighborhood. Learn more about the history of the area and the indigenous flora and fauna.
We suggest you wear sturdy shoes, long pants and shirt and hat. Please bring your own water bottle and if you wish to stay and chat after the walk byo cuppa (thermos), cake supplied.
Walks will take around an hour, they are not difficult but please consider the weather of the day. Friends are most welcome.
To register, contact: Libby LeRossignol on 0418 558 998 libbyleross@gmail.com

Mt Eliza Regional Park (Victory Reserve) weeding and local history walk
2020-02-23 10:00 - 14:00 | Victory place, Mt Eliza, Victory Place, Mt Eliza, VIC, 3930, Australia
Join our Landcare members and hear from a long-term volunteer and Shire representative talk about Mount Eliza Regional Park, its past present and future.
Post-talk, we’ll treat some woody weeds. Stay for a BBQ and a cuppa after the tour and working bee
Site Tour and Talk: 10.00 -11.00
Working Bee: 11.00 – 12.30
BBQ and Discussion: 12.30 – 14.00

Wear comfy clothes and closed toe sturdy shoes and roll up your sleeves
and meet your fellow Landcare neighbours.
We invite you to stay after the working bee for light refreshments.
This event is free to members of Balcombe & Moorooduc Landcare and interested locals.
RSVP to Tony O’Connor: loctoc@bigpond.net.au, 0404 951 500

Walking tour - Coolart Reserve
2019-12-16 16:00 - 17:00 | VIC
Join your local Landcare Group for a stroll around some of the lovely reserves in our neighborhood. Learn more about the history of the area and the indigenous flora and fauna.

We suggest you wear sturdy shoes, long pants and shirt and hat. Please bring your own water bottle and if you wish to stay and chat after the walk byo cuppa (thermos), cake supplied.
Walks will take around an hour, they are not difficult but please consider the weather of the day. Friends are most welcome.
Meeting point will be provided upon registration.

Working bee at Balnarring Primary School
2019-12-11 13:30 - 15:00 | Balnarring Primary School, Civic Court, Balnarring, VIC, 3926, Australia
All welcome to assist Balnarring Primary School in the maintenance of their beautiful wetlands.
Meet outside the carpark in Civic Crt at 1:30pm
Please bring weeding and pruning tools and appropriate clothing (closed-toe shoes, long pants, hats, suncream).
For more information, email: Hannah hannahspaddock@gmail.com

Working Bee - Balnarring PS Balbirooroo.
2019-12-11 08:00 - 17:00 | VIC
Times TBC

Dunns Creek Landcare AGM
2019-11-24 17:00 - 19:30 | 232 Red Hill Road, Red Hill, 232 Red Hill Road, Red Hill, Victoria, Australia
The Dunns Creek Landcare Committee invites you to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2019.
Jeff and Jenny Smith of “Mont Rouge Estate” have generously provided their lovely vineyard Cellar Door and Tasting Room as the venue for our meeting on Sunday 24th November 2019, 5pm for a 5:30pm start.Enjoy a glass of wine and tapas during the meeting, and meet some of your neighbours in Mont Rouge’s cellar door.
RSVP and enquiries dunnscreeklandcare@gmail.com 0499 926 214
ALL WELCOME

Walking tour - Buckleys Reserve
2019-11-24 10:00 - 11:00 | VIC
Join your local Landcare Group for a stroll around some of the lovely reserves in our neighborhood. Learn more about the history of the area and the indigenous flora and fauna.

We suggest you wear sturdy shoes, long pants and shirt and hat. Please bring your own water bottle and if you wish to stay and chat after the walk BYO cuppa (thermos), cake supplied.
Walks will take around an hour, they are not difficult but please consider the weather of the day. Friends are most welcome.
Location provided upon registration.

Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare working bee Arthurs Seat
2019-11-24 09:30 - 11:30 | VIC
Hi everyone,
Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare working bee
When: Sunday 24th November. 9:30-11:30
Meet 490 Arthurs Seat Rd and walk down.
RSVP essential to mdelacoeur@gmail.com

Working Bee - Koala Reserve, Somers.
2019-11-23 10:00 - 13:00 | VIC

Grazing Management for Horse and Land Health
2019-10-19 13:00 - 17:00 | 80 Valley View Lane, Main Ridge VIC, 80 Valley View Lane, Main Ridge, VIC, 3928, Australia
Stephanie Orive, of Holistic Equine Grazing specialises in grazing management for horses and beef cattle.
In this four-hour interactive workshop, Stephanie will cover:
-How to grow MORE, horse safe grass
-Preventing laminitis and other pasture-related metabolic diseases
-Using animal management to control weeds (no herbicides!)
-Reducing worm and parasite burden
-Reducing feed and supplement costs
-Reducing farm labour such as poo picking, slashing, weeding
-Mud, dust and erosion control
Please register using Evenbrite and pay $40 pp online using your surname as a reference
MP Equine Landcare Group BSB: 633 000 Account No. 151 35 6722

Working bee Merricks North
2019-10-19 10:00 - 13:00 | VIC
Helping Michele on her property, planting out native grasses.
10am start to 1 ish.
Michele Sabto
m. +61 (0)402 459009

+61 (0)3 5989 7391
e.msabto@optusnet.com.au

7 Kentucky Rd
Merricks North

Tootgarook wetlands walk
2019-09-23 10:00 - 12:00 | VIC
Boneo Park,
312 Boneo Rd, Boneo.

Indigenous nursery workshop/tour, Bittern
2019-09-21 10:00 - 13:00 | VIC
Peninsula Bushworks Indigenous Nursery
16 Hunts Road Bittern
A great opportunity to learn about seed collection, propagation and choosing the right plants for the local areas.
10am cuppa, 10.30 start.
Finish with lunch.

Composting Workshop
2019-09-08 10:30 - 14:30 | 9 Century Drive, Mt Martha VIC Australia, 9 Century Drive, Mt Martha, VIC, Australia
Come and join Balcombe Moorooduc Landcare members to exchange learning with Soil Health specialist and seasoned composter Gerhard Grasser.
Learn about the new NPK of soil, composting and compost tea brewing. Using compost microbes, you can build soil carbon and soil health for improved farm and home garden outcomes. Understand and undertake a variety of composting techniques for rejuvenating your soil for improved productivity, quality and health of plants and animals.
$30 per person. Please bring cash or cheque on the day.

Cool burn & fire biodiversity talk
2019-08-11 13:30 - 16:00 | 5 Firth Rd, Morooduc VIC, 5 Firth Rd, Moorooduc, VIC, 3933
Balcombe & Moorooduc Landcare Group invites you to a Cool burn working bee & fire & biodiversity talk.
Come and join our Landcare members and hear from a CFA speaker about fire and its benefits for biodiversity. Learn about how to conduct a cool burn and the reasoning behind this ancient land management tool at a practical working bee in Moorooduc.
Come for the talk, working bee and stay for a cuppa afterwards.
Join B&ML Group members at or Treasurer Lee’s rural Moorooduc property and learn how cool burning promotes growth of indigenous species and controls invasive weeds with practical demonstrations and group participation. Listen to an experienced CFA member give a talk about how important fire can be to biodiversity. Wear comfy clothes and closed toe sturdy shoes and roll up your sleeves and meet your fellow Landcare neighbours.We invite you to stay after the working bee for light refreshments.
This event is free to members of Balcombe & Moorooduc Landcare and interested locals.
RSVP to this FB page or text me on 0429 806 888

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Help restore Koala habitat in Main Ridge
2019-08-04 09:30 - 12:30 | Macphersons Lane, Main Ridge, Cnr Baldrys & Macphersons Lane, Main Ridge, VIC, 3928, Australia
HELP WANTED!
WORKING BEE TO RESTORE KOALA HABITAT along MACPHERSONS LANE MAIN RIDGE
9.30 –12.30 SUNDAY 4 AUGUST
Enquiries:
Michelle Stacey on 0409 031 108 or email: admin@wildman.net.au Main Creek Catchment Landcare Group
ALL WELCOME
REMOVING TREE GUARDS, PLANTING & RUBBISH REMOVAL.
Wear strong boots, gloves, weather appropriate clothing.
Park on cnr Baldrys Road
& Macphersons Lane,
Main Ridge.
Melways Map 171, F1

Reptiles of Victoria Presentation
2019-08-02 19:00 - 20:30 | 90 besgrove Street, Rosebud, MP Shire offices, 90 Besgrove Street, Rosebud, VIC, 3939, Australia
Mornington Peninsula Shire in conjunction with Friends of Chinamans Creek invite you to:
An illustrated presentation by Peter Robertson.
Where: Mornington Peninsula Shire Office– 90 Besgrove Street, Rosebud
When: Friday 2nd August 2019
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: Gold coin
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/an-illustrated-presentation-by-peter-robertson-tickets63542546467
All profits raised will go towards the protection of the endangered Swamp Skink and conservation works
at the Boneo Primary School Wetlands Education Centre.
Norman Mckinlay
03 59885616
swampskink@gmail.com
Discounted copies of Peters “Reptiles of Victoria” will be available to purchase
Peter Robertson presentation_Fullpage
