We have just revised our calendar for capacity building activities for the year. Please note the following new dates and locations :- Birds on farms workshop - Yambuk (Friday 11th June)
- Wetlands Workshop - Caramut (Friday 13th August)
- Direct Seeding Demonstration - Orford (Friday 8th October)
- Coastal Weed & Identification workshop - Warrnambool (Friday 15th October)
- Healing the Soil with Native Pastures - Location to be announced (Friday 22nd October).
Flyers will be sent out approximately 4-6 weeks prior to all events. If yoy are interested in attending, please contact myself Richard Hudson on 0458 268 119 or email richardb2b@gmail.com .
Basalt to Bay Landcare Network will be hosting a series of capacity building activities this year beginning with our Landcare Forum in March. Other activities planned for the year include :- Birds on Farms workshop (Yambuk 7-5-10 & Mortlake 21-5-10)
- Wetlands workshop (Caramut 13-8-10 & Allansford 27-8-10)
- Coastal weed identification and eradication workshop (Yambuk 10-9-10)
- Direct seeding demonstration (Orford 8-10-10)
- Direct seeding demonstration (Mortlake 14-10-10)
- Coastal weed identification and eradication workshop (Warrnambool 15-10-10)
- Healing the soil with native pastures (Location to be announced 22-10-10)
- Jemina sponsored coach tour of environmental projects in the Basalt to Bay region (date to be announced).
Flyers will be sent out nearer the time and further details will be posted here as each activity approaches. If you'd like to register interest in an upcoming event, send me Richard an email at richardb2b@gmail.com .
Well, things have been busy here at the network. We've almost completed our strategic plan for the next 6 years and will be having our final planning day in the next fortnight. The plan will be availible as a download on our website. Talking of which, Tim Umney of Umney Media has just completed our new website (www.basalttobay.org.au) and I hope to finalise content and have it up and running by the end of the month. Feel free to give us your feedback on what's good and what's not. I reckon Tim has done an awesome job on the site - so thanks Tim !
Thanks also to David Nichols from the Glenelg Hopkins CMA, for his ongoing support for the network and the $9,000 from the GHCMA to complete our strategic plan and website.I am also pleased to announce that we were succcessfull in recieving $3,308 from the Victorian Volunteer Small Grants scheme for our Revamping Landcare in Gunditjmarra Country project, which will assist towards the provision of Landcare based training activities later in the year. Thanks to the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development and the Minister for Community Development.
Basalt to Bay Landcare Network and Glenelg Hopkins CMA, will be co-hosting a series of activities later in the year, aimed at revamping interest in Landcare and supporting current 'Landcarers' in our region. Activities are set to include shelter belt tours, designing the landscape bbq's, direct seeding field days and 1 or 2 catchment tours looking a wide spectrum of environmental works in the B2B area. Thus far areas to be included in shelter belt tours and bbq's include the Moyne area (around Port fairy, Rosebrook, Toolong & Killarney), the Merri catcment area (Purnim, Warrnamboo & Dennington) and Mortlake area (Mortlake, Woorndoo, Caramut & surrounds)I hope to post further details in the next month or so, once we have confirmed some additional details. Publicity (inlcuding flyers) will be distributed about 6-7 weeks prior to each event.
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