Fire Recovery
It rained all day but they volunteered to get wet
27/6/2010 This NAB team was pulling down a burnt fence on the Mt Slide Rd in Kinglake . It was an extremely wet day but this group insisted on volunteering for the bushfire recovery project. They worked with Chris & Bridget all morning before eventually giving in the good sense and calling it day at…
Read MoreSchool Holiday Stand In
28/9/2010- Catching up on a few past events.Chris , Cathy and Janet had family commitments during the school holdays , thank goodness we could call on Tim from Treeproject to stand in for us at this tree planting day in Mont View Street in Wandong . A team from the ANZ bank plant 300 seedling…
Read MoreGood deed by Scouts
Ron Ellis and Scouts from the Australian Scouting Fellowship and Heritage have grown 1000 correa’s and bottlebrush’s for our UGLN Lorax project. Ron is also the Environment Officer for the Clifford Park Scout Centre and organised for Bunnings to donate the potting mix and a local cafe donated all the milk cartons that were used…
Read MoreScouts Kinglake West Nest Box Project
The Kinglake Scouts recently checked the Rotary built nest boxes that they installed at a property on the King Parrot Creek in November 2009. Using the UGLN nest box inspection camera the Scouts checked nine nest boxes. One had what appeared to be a Sugar Glider nest but the rest were uninhabited. The Scouts GPS’d…
Read MoreFencing in Flowerdale
On a fine spring day 30 staff from NAB Financial Planning completed 2km of fencing at Paul Michael’s Flowerdale property. The NAB team were supervised by Mick Yarwood and some of the Shepparton fella’s from the Uniting Church’s fencing team. The property is nearly 1000 acres and very steep and rugged country and we spotted…
Read MorePowerful Performance by Origin Energy Team
26/10/2010 South Cathedral Farm Award Winning and Pet Friendly Luxury Bed and Breakfast Cottages The rebuilding process has really moved along at Megan & Marty’s place since we last visited with volunteers. The holiday cottages are up to painting stage and a bore drilling rig was working to provide a water supply to the new…
Read More1041 Eucalyptus Rd Glenburn – Photo’s
Warm Mud for EPA
20/10/20101041 Eucalyptus Road Glenburn.10 volunteers from the EPA . Chris & Janet from Landcare.Beautiful sunny , warm day.Before lunch planted native grasses around the new dam to stablize the soil and create habitat for birds & frogs.The EPA crew ( Caroline organised all this ) shared a sumptous picnic lunch on the back patio .…
Read MoreAlan Stafford – Paul Harris Fellowship Award
Fencers Without Boundaries. Alan Stafford was recently presented with the Paul Harris Fellowship Award by the Rotary Club of Yea.As a volunteer with the Uniting Church Alan has been coordinating the rebuilding of fences throughout the shires of Murrindindi and Mitchell since shortly after the 2009 Black Saturday fires.Since joining forces with the UGLN fire…
Read MoreLorax project winds down for 2010
The Lorax project is winding down now until next treeplanting season. Most of our seedlings have been distributed by Chris , Cathy & Janet .A waiting list for next years plant selection is being compiled .Plans to seed collect for growing next years plants are being made .Volunteers growers are being recruited. 13,200 seedlings were…
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