RACV Funding for the Port Fairy-Warrnambool Rail Trail

Basalt to Bay Landcare Network has been successfull in an application to RACV's Community Foundation.

Basalt to Bay lodged an application for $9,999 to begin Rail Trail Habitat Restoration at the area just opposite Glaxo on the Princess Highway in Port Fairy.


The funding will be used to eradicate weeds, plant some 5,000 seedlings and direct seed an area running paralell to the rail trail.

It is anticipated that a community planting day will be held in 2010 with local community volunteers, community groups and school children from Port Fairy Consolidated School and Saint Patricks Primary School. The Rail Trail Committee will erect signage to acknowledge the contribution that RACV has made.

This is a great start to restoring habitat along the rail trail. With some 20 km out of a possible 26 km availible for restoration, much work remains to be done. But this project will mark the first milestone.

RACV's committment makes it clear that they keen to support local environmental projects that make a lasting difference to rural communities. So thanks RACV, we look forward to attending the presentation and starting work on the project. Thanks to Peter Haydon, Manager of the RACV Community Foundation, for his encouragement in applying for the grant.