UGLN Nest Box Project
As usual November and December has been a busy time for our nest box project installing nest boxes with the Scouts and high school students. Yea HS students at Limestone With the help of teacher Ken Aitken and the Yea High School Junior Landcare Group we installed 24 boxes that the students built on properties…
Read MoreVisitors from Japan
The UGLN recently hosted seven Japanese Environmental Policy students who were spending ten days visiting Victoria. Accompanied by Prof. Toshio Kuwako from Tokyo Technological University, Prof. Mick Seigal and Dr Kazuki Kagohashi, the students enjoyed visiting several different environmental sites. One of those sites was the Yea Wetlands. Given a tour of the Wetlands by Facilitators Judy Watts and Chris…
Read MoreFarm Chemical Users Course – Flowerdale
Over the 12 and 13 October landowners from Flowerdale, Kinglake and the surrounding district attended a free Farm Chemical Users Course organised by Upper Goulburn Landcare Network (UGLN) with the assistance of the Flowerdale Community House and funded by VBAF. Participants at the recent farm chemical users course The recent course was held at the wonderful new…
Read MoreLorax Project 2013
Recently we have been busy with our Lorax Project along the Yea River and it’s tributaries. NAB volunteers at Murrindindi JBWere volunteers at Break O Day Reserve In late September a large team from NAB planted almost 700 plants at the Lawson property in Murrindindi and another team from JBWere helped plant and mulch over 225 plants at the Break…
Read MoreState Landcare Awards
Facilitators and Landholders from across the state travelled into the city to Government House to celebrate the State Landcare Awards. What a beautiful setting to celebrate in! The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network were represented on the day by two nominees, Tom and Olivia Lawson from Patringa Livestock and The Merton Landcare Group. Paringa won…
Read MoreLandcare Is..? Photography Competition
An afternoon of celebration at Mannafest Cafe, High St Yea was a lovely way to end the phography competition. Over 20 entries were received throughout the previous week from locals and from further afield. It was quite obvious that Landcare means many different things to different people. A strong focus was on local fauna with…
Read MoreMarysville Tree Planting
Our Lorax Project has been busy in the Marysville area lately.Recently with the help of students from Kilberry Valley Primary School we planted many trees and tall shrubs at Camp Marysville to provide shade and shelter. Students from Kilberry Valley Primary School We also created a bush tucker garden using shrubs and smaller native herbs and lilies.The…
Read MoreAlexandra Cubs Nest Box Project
We recently had night with the Alexandra Cub-Scouts building nest boxes for small native mammals including Sugar Gliders, Brush-tailed Phascogales and Agile Antechinus. Alexandra Cubs with Cub leader Jude. The Cubs did a great job and built 12 nest boxes which we will install on trees in the nearby McKenzie Reserve in Spring. Alexandra Cubs…
Read MoreCelebrating Landcare Week
Landcare Week Photo Competition To celebrate Landcare Week from 2nd – 8th of September, The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network will be holding a photo competition. The theme of the competition is “Landcare Is….?” What does landcare mean to you? Landcare is many things, it is people, places, farming, flora, fauna, social connections. There are two…
Read MoreNational Tree Day – A Great Success!!!
Sunday the 28th July was National Tree Day. The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network Groups held three separate events on the day, all with great success! Kinglake Landcare Group held a planting day at Koala Browse Project. Strath Creek Landcare Group held a planting day at a property on King Parrot Creek Rd, Strath Creek as…
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