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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…
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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…
Read MoreWhere did all these plants come from ?
Where did all the trees we have been planting come from ? Actually most of what we have been planting are not trees but are understorey plants . Shrubs , low bushes , ground covers , herbs and grasses. ( nothing too fire prone ) Our plants had been grown from locally collected seed by…
Read MoreBackyard Blitz in Wandong
September 27 & 29th 2010ANZ Finance Dept – 17 volunteersplus Janet & Chris.Todays project was to finish a garden make over for Mary-Anne & Chris Mount View Rd Wandong .The house was saved from the fire but their garden was devastated.We planted exotic shrubs in the newly landscaped front garden and native shrubs around the…
Read MoreA nice letter
Mr. Chris CobernFire Recovery Landcare CoordinatorUpper Goulburn Landcare NetworkShop 5/10 High StreetYea, Vic., 3717 Dear Chris, RE: FIRE RECOVERY PROJECTS We would like to express our appreciation and thanks to the Management and Staff of the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network for the assistance rendered to us since the ‘Black Saturday’ Bushfires. As you are aware,…
Read MoreKinross Chook Farm
Things got pretty muddy at Kinross Chook Farm at Flowerdale this September . Treeplanting days were postponed until the access trail dried out . So far 2 Volunteers groups have contributed their time to this wetland protection project . The owners of Kinross farm have decided to fence out a couple of beautifully big dams…
Read MoreFencers without Boundaries
These photos were taken at Extons Rd Kinglake. We rebuilt fences for Joe Exton and his neighbour Lou Calageri with the Uniting Church and 30 NAB vol’s.The volunteers also removed English broom, holy and blackberry from 2 acres and the roadside.The weather was cold and even some snow fell in the morning but fined up…
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