Fire Recovery
New Discovery in The Cathedral Ranges
This is the gorgeous little White Footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) that’s recently been found in the Cathedral Ranges (since the fires) and the first-ever record of this species in that district.* Though it’s known to occur in the catchments of the Big, Acheron & Yea Rivers, these animals are small, rarely seen and easily confused…
Read MoreGrocon Recycling for Recovery Meeting…at Marmalades in Yea
The team squirrelling away on Grocon applications. Grocon have kindly donated more than $1million to the Landcare fire recovery efforts across the State – the UGLN bids will total $499,000 for weeds, trees, nesting boxes, fence removal & installation, pest animals, volunteer coordination and community support and education. Phew.
Read MoreANZ in blizzard conditions…..brrrrr
25th June 2010 ANZ staff put up with bitterly cold conditions whilst pulling out burnt fence lines in regrowth at Kinglake. We know they’ll ensure their fingers thaw out before they start work. ‘Fat thumbs’ may not be welcome in the accounts department, but they are easily tolerated when tree planting and there’s no chance…
Read MoreHawthorn Rotary + Sausages & Wine = 300 seedlings planted!
10th of JulyTree planting at Lisa, Ron, Archie and Ella’s with 11 members of Hawthorn Rotary enjoying Lisa’s yummy sausages and wine at the end of the day. It was so cold that David had to borrow Lucia’s pink beanie to keep his ears warm. 300 seedlings were planted to screen water tank and to…
Read More10 NAB Fencers without Boundaries
Upper Goulburn Landcare’s fence re-building work is going from strength to strength. Today we removed 700m of old fence and finished up by 2pm. The weather held off until about 3pm and I caught up with Alan Stafford at Kinglake West about another fencing job. You might recognize a few of the NAB blokes in…
Read MoreANZ Teamwork at Kinglake
Monday 12 July was a good day in Kinglake West for planting. This ANZ team worked with Chris Coburn to put in 220 plants at Fenech’s. Bernadine took a day off work to be with the team and was very grateful for their assistance.Sites around the house weren’t ready to plant, so Bernadine will do…
Read MoreSuccessful ANZ & Landcare & Treeproject partnership continues.
July 2nd 2010Heather and Steve Joblin were assisted in repairing their large revegetation project which was burnt by the fires in Strath Creek. 300 trees were added to the steep hill sides.Volunteer workers included 8 ANZ bankers from Southbank in the city , Timothy from Treeproject plus Justus and Janet Hagen from Landcare. The chatter…
Read MoreEven the bus driver joined in!
Something completely Different.Wood Splitting & StackingPost and Rail Fence MakingPotting Up & other nursery workTree planting along the boundary 32 NAB volunteers travelled to the Toolangi Garden Restoration Centre to help Jack and Narrie with their innovative community project. Fallen burnt trees were being milled to make framing timber and fencing for rebuilding. Waste logs…
Read MoreWashed Out
Unfortunately, all the tree planting events on Friday 25th June were canceled. Janet looks very sad as she unpacks the trailer before going inside to spend the day by the fire. It rain all day with 63mm falling in many parts of the ranges. Teams from GE and ANZ were dissappointed. The ANZ team were…
Read MoreTree Planting in Antarctica
Well that is what it felt like! A team of 11 ANZ volunteers from the Docklands Human Resources department braved gale-force winds and temperatures below 5 degrees to plant 300 trees in Kinglake on Tuesday 29th July . I think we did see the occasional snow flake fall around lunch time. Our fingers froze and…
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