Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare Group

 

The Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare Group was formed in November 2013 in response to community concern regarding the health of the creek and its surrounding catchment area.  Sheepwash Creek Catchment Landcare is dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of the extensive biodiversity contained within the creek catchment area and its surrounds.

The group encourages the local community to practice good land stewardship and to work with us to preserve and restore the nature and beauty of Sheepwash Creek Catchment by active participation, education and liaison with relevant stakeholders.

In the next twenty years, our group would like to see the creek providing a continuous Indigenous biolink across the landscape. We encourage the local community to seek a balance between productive agriculture and optimising biodiversity for future generations through participation and education.

New members and enquiries are welcome. Please contact Secretary, Michelle de la Coeur:
mdelacoeur@gmail.com
To join online simply click on the ‘Get Involved’ button to the right of this page or download and return the Sheepwash Creek Membership Brochure.

Events

Sheepwash Creek Landcare working bee

23 March @ 9:30 am - 23 March @ 11:30 am

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 […]

Develop an Integrated and Coordinated Pest Animal Program

23 March @ 10:00 am - 23 March @ 12:00 pm

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, […]

Friend or Foe? Weed Lookalikes Workshop

30 March @ 10:00 am - 30 March @ 12:00 pm

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? […]

Sheepwash Creek Landcare working bee

13 April @ 9:30 am - 13 April @ 11:30 am

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 […]

Arthurs Seat State Park Working Bee with Sheepwash Creek

4 May @ 9:30 am - 4 May @ 11:30 am

Join us for a morning of weeding at Arthurs Seat State Park, followed by a delicious morning tea. For more information and to RSVP please email Michelle at mdelacoeur@gmail. (Meeting […]

How to Fund & Promote Your Pest Control Project

21 June @ 9:00 am - 21 June @ 3:00 pm

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 […]

Arthurs Seat State Park working bee with Sheepwash Creek Landcare

10 August @ 9:30 am - 10 August @ 11:30 am

Join us for a therapeutic Sunday morning of weeding in the beautiful Arthurs Seat State Park, followed by a satisfying morning tea. Location: We will be meeting at Eatons Cutting, […]

Sheepwash Creek Landcare working bee

14 September @ 9:30 am - 14 September @ 11:30 pm

Join us for a morning of weeding at Landcare members Marion’s property, followed by a delicious morning tea. Location: 650 Whitehill Road, Red Hill For more information, and to RSVP […]

Sheepwash Creek Landcare working bee

12 October @ 9:30 am - 12 October @ 11:30 am

Join us for a morning of weeding at Landcare members Marnie and Tony’s property, followed by a delicious morning tea. New members welcome. For more information, and to RSVP please […]

Lookout Hill working bee with Sheepwash Creek Landcare

9 November @ 9:30 am - 9 November @ 11:30 am

Join us for a therapeutic Sunday morning of weeding at Lookout Hill, followed by morning tea. Location: Meeting at the end of Eatons Cutting, Red Hill For more information, and […]

Projects

Arthurs Seat State Park Restoration Project

Removal of invasive and habitat changing weeds in the area south of OT Dam and east of OT dam up to Ross Trust land

Sheepwash Creek Catchment Biolink Project

Creation of habitat linkages in the Sheepwash Creek catchment area, completed in 2015

Green Army Projects

Completed between 2013 and 2014 in Arthurs Seat State Park and on private properties