Greetings Christmas Hills Landcarers,
This newsletter is to update you with news and events related to Christmas Hills Landcare.
Included in this newsletter:
1. Next Christmas Hills Landcare event
2. CHills Lounge – Good Friday, 6th April
3. Nillumbik Landcare Facilitator – part-time position – applications close Tuesday, 10th April
4. Join a Park Ranger for a day, Kinglake National Park – Tuesdays, 10th April, 17th April, 24th April, 1st May
5. “Our fire-affected waterways”– information session, St Andrews – Sunday, 15th April
6. Recent plantings maintenance day, Kinglake National Park – Saturday, 28th April
7. Edendale plant sale
1. Next Christmas Hills Landcare event
The second Christmas Hills Landcare event for 2012 will be a weeding day to help one of our members with weed control on their property. The day will include some basic weed identification, demonstration of some weed control techniques, and access to the Christmas Hills Landcare Tool Trailer so you can practice these techniques at the same time as helping out a neighbour.
The event is planned for late April, but a date has yet to be locked in. More details will be circulated once they have been confirmed, so stay tuned.
2. CHills Lounge – Good Friday, 6th April
The CHills Lounge (Christmas Hills Community Happy Hour) is on again from 5:30pm onwards this (Good) Friday 6th April at the Christmas Hills North Fire Brigade Station on the corner of Ridge and Muir Roads. Fish will be on the menu, and there will be a raffle. On top of all that, CHills is a great way to meet and socialise with your neighbours. CHills is held on the first Friday of every month.
3. Nillumbik Landcare Facilitator – part-time position – applications close Tuesday, 10th April
The Nillumbik Natural Environment Recovery Working Group (NERWG) has received a share of the Victorian Government’s Victorian Local Landcare Facilitator Initiative funding. This funding will be used to employ a part time Nillumbik Landcare Facilitator to provide local Landcare support up to June 2015.
This position will focus on facilitating the transition of the NERWG into a Nillumbik-wide network of Landcare groups who are focused on sustainable land and biodiversity management on privately-owned, rural land in the shire.
It is expected that the new Nillumbik Landcare Network will be overseen by a Steering Committee with representation from the range of Landcare groups that currently operate in the non-urban parts of Nillumbik. This position will be hosted by Nillumbik Shire Council, and will focus on the delivery of a plan developed under the direction of the Nillumbik Landcare Network Steering Committee.
Applications for this temporary, part-time (0.6 EFT) position (to June 2015; $66,469 - $72,188 (pro-rata) + super) are currently open, with a closing date of 4pm, Tuesday, 10th April.
More details, including the Position Description are available at: http://www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/Your_Council/Work_at_Nillumbik_Shire_Council/Current_vacancies
4. Join a Park Ranger for a day, Kinglake National Park – Tuesdays, 10th April, 17th April, 24th April, 1st May
Parks Victoria is looking for four volunteers who would like to join a Park Ranger for a day and help out in the Kinglake National Park. Activities will include installing artificial habitat for the Common Dunnart and tree maintenance at the Watsons Creek Habitat Link, while enjoying the surrounding beauty of the Kinglake National Park.
Dates: Tuesday 10 April, Tuesday 17 April, Tuesday 24 April, Tuesday 1 May 2012
Time: 10.00 am – 3.00pm
Cost: Free – Lunch will be provided
Venue: Various locations throughout Kinglake National Park
Bookings: Places are limited to only four people, so be quick to register. To register your interest, please contact Natalie Brida at the Kinglake National Park office on 5786 3002.
5. “Our fire-affected waterways”– information session, St Andrews – Sunday, 15th April
The Nillumbik Natural Environment Recovery Working Group in collaboration with the Port Phillip and Westernport CMA is holding a community information session focused on how our local waterways are recovering from the 2009 bushfires.
The session includes:
When: 10am to 3pm, Sunday, 15th April
Where: St Andrews Hall, corner of Kangaroo Ground-St. Andrews and Heidelberg-Kinglake Roads (Melway 394 F11)
Your RSVP is important for catering purposes
You can RSVP online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2FKSZRQ, or by notifying Sue Aldred (9005 8048 or 0409 409 288) or Emmanuelle Brunet (emmanuelle.brunet@ppwcma.vic.gov.au or 0429 530 499)
Please wear sturdy shoes and dress for the prevailing weather, as the day includes a field visit to a creek site.
6. Recent plantings maintenance day, Kinglake National Park – Saturday, 28th April
Parks Victoria is looking for volunteers or groups of volunteers to participate in maintenance of seedlings that were planted in 2010-11 at the Watsons Creek Habitat Link. This project continues to convert former farmland to improved habitat for native fauna, creating a link between the severely fire affected Kinglake National Park and the unburnt Warrandyte-Kinglake Nature Conservation Reserve.
Date: Saturday 28 April 2012
Time: 12.00 noon – 3.00pm
Cost: Free - BYO lunch
Venue: End of Marshalls Road, St Andrews
Bookings: To register please contact Natalie Brida at the Kinglake National Park office on 5786 3002.
7. Edendale plant sale
The Edendale Farm Indigenous Nursery has some of last season’s tubestock on sale at $20.00 for a tray of 50 tubes. The species available are:
Edendale Farm is located at 30 Gastons Road, Eltham and the Indigenous Plant Nursery is open every day (except Christmas Day) from 9:30am to 4:30pm.
For more information about selection and purchasing plants contact edendale@nillumbik.vic.gov.au or phone 9433 3703.