Corangamite Lakes Area Newsletter
Below is an index of past newsletters. Click on the link to read that edition.
Click here for the full list of newsletters.
July 2020: (This will upload a .PDF file)
Who lives in Mount Emu Creek? DNA water test results
Effect of muddy water in the creeks.
Project to understand our groundwater systems.
Continuing to improve stubble management.
How efficient is your crop nitrogen?
July 2020
April 2019
- Upcoming local events - April/May 2019
March 2019
- March 2019 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
Oct 2018
- Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter October 2018
- September 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
Peter Gell talks on the climate here over the last 40,000 years
"20 Million trees project" at Tom and Kate Calvert's place
"Farmers for Climate Action" organization.
August 2018
- August 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter July 2018
June 2018
June 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
Attracting birds onto farms, and the benefits.
Coming visit to Pink Lakes at Pura Pura.
05/16/2018 - May 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
May 2018
Below is an index of past newsletters. Click on the link to read that edition.
Click here for the full list of newsletters.
July 2020: (This will upload a .PDF file)
Who lives in Mount Emu Creek? DNA water test results
Effect of muddy water in the creeks.
Project to understand our groundwater systems.
Continuing to improve stubble management.
How efficient is your crop nitrogen?
July 2020
- 3 part Webinar series on platypus, fish, sugar gliders and nesting boxes
- Nominations closing for Corangamite Landcare Volunteer Recognition program
- The Occasional Counselor webinar
- Building farm resilience online newsletter
- Citizen science opportunities with platypus and frogs
- Feb 2020 - Free bus tours, Rural women's lunch, platypus survey plus more
- - Rural Women's Network lunch at Mount Elephant
- Volunteer platypus survey at Darlington
- Geelong Nature Forum 'Where the Rivers Run'
- Lismore/Derrinallum Community Clean up Day
- Friends of the Forgotten Woodlands bus tour
- Guided local geology tour - Nov 2019 - Wildflower and Christmas BBQ
- Notice of these coming events
- Oct 2019 - Wildflowers and birds - Up coming LLPG events October 2019
- Sept 2019 - Corangamite Lakes Landcare Sept 2019 Newsletter
- eDNA - A New Way to Find Out What’s in the Water.
- Are You Interested In Revegetation Plantings In 2020?
- Birds on Farms Speakers
- 2019/20 LLPG Committee
- Cundare Duverney Landcare Group Recognised at Victorian Landcare Awards
- August 2019 - August 2019 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- Lismore Land Protection Group AGM
- Mount Elephant tree planting dates and AGM
- Are We Bordering On The 6th Mass Extinction Event?
- From the ground up: Regenerative Agriculture Conference
April 2019
- Upcoming local events - April/May 2019
- Explore the world of fungi - three events at Camperdown
- Native grassland seed collection at Woorndoo
- SFS Improving soil health through liming and cover cropping - at Batesford lime quarry
- Environmentally friendly farming at Tiverton, Dundonnell
- Banksia Forum - Dunkeld
- Native Bees, Wasps and Ants
March 2019
- March 2019 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- Its’ Not Only The Bees That Are Disappearing
- Showcasing 30 years of Landcare across our area
- Breaking Down the Stubble Myth
- Revegetation Plantings, Summer Rain and Weeds
Oct 2018
- Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter October 2018
- If It’s Not An El Nino, Then Why Has It Been So Dry?
- Serrated Tussock Gets Closer
- Expressions Of Interest NOW OPEN - Swamps, Lakes, Grasslands And Stony Rises in Glenelg Hopkins CMA
- New Members onto LLPG Committee
- September 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
Peter Gell talks on the climate here over the last 40,000 years
"20 Million trees project" at Tom and Kate Calvert's place
"Farmers for Climate Action" organization.
August 2018
- August 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- Local Lakes Reveal A Story Of Past Climate
- Free On Farm Energy Advice
- Capitalising On Good Fortunes In Sheep
- Victorian Landcare Grant To Help Fill The Gap
- Pleasant Surprise For Plantings Despite A Dry Summer
Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter July 2018
- Benefits of the Early Settlers Foresight
- Focus on Frogs
- More Action for Mt Emu Creek and Mt Elephant
- LLPG Annual General Meeting
- National Landcare Conference
June 2018
June 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
Attracting birds onto farms, and the benefits.
Coming visit to Pink Lakes at Pura Pura.
05/16/2018 - May 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
May 2018
- Is the Weather Weird or a Taste of the Future?
- Birds on Farms – volunteer bird watchers wanted
- Feralscan
- 04/13/2018 - Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter April 2018
- April 2018
- RAMSAR Lakes - Important Jewels In Our Backyard
- Platypus at Darlington
- Young Farmers Scholarship Program
- Bugs and Beetle Collection Day
- 03/07/2018 - March 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- March 2018
- Blue green closes local lakes (again)
- Protecting Habitat Along Mt Emu Creek
- Revegetation Plantings Growing at Leslie Manor
- VVP grants to help keep the information flowing .....
- ..... and a foot on weeds on Mt Elephant
- 02/16/2018 - Feb 2018 Corangamite Lakes Landcare newsletter
- Feb 2018
- Funding Secured for Revegetation Plantings for 2018 & 2019
- 2018 Revegetation Plantings – Last Call
- Will complacency allow weeds to beat us?
- Improving soil condition with stubbles
- Darlington platypus survey
- 12/07/2017 - Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- Dec 2017
- African Weed Orchid
- Mt Emu Creek Waterway Action Plan
- Managing stubble begins at harvest
- 2018 Daylesford/Hepburn Springs bus trip
- 11/02/2017 - 2017 Nov CLL newsletter
- Nov 2017
- Wetland and bird watching invitation
- LLPG Christmas BBQ
- Platypus thriving in Skipton
- What's in a wetland?
- Climate Change: Not just for future generations
- 10/26/2017 - Wetlands and bird watching - LLPG event
- 10/11/2017 - Oct 2017 newsletter
- Oct 2017
- 25 Years of Changing the Leslie Manor Landscape
- The Volcanic Plains In All Its Glory
- Benetas Vetch Field Walk at John Steeles
- Soil Condition & Stubble Incorporation Field Walk
- Volunteer Platypus survey; Mount Emu Creek, Skipton
- Friends of Teesdale Grassy Woodlands Inc Field Walk
- 09/13/2017 - 2017 Sept Corangamite lakes landcare newsletter
- Sept 2017
- ‘Night Stalk’ Spotlight Walk
Planning begins for the 2018 Landcare bus trip - Stay tuned for a volunteer platypus survey at Skipton!
Busy Bees Are Very Important To Us - 08/07/2017 - Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- Aug 2017
- Mid-Season Nitrogen Applications
- Wet Autumn, Dry(ish) Winter; What’s with the Season?
- Want to plant a few native trees and shrubs this year?
- Revegetation Sites For 2017 – Are You Ready?
- Last Call for Revegetation Plantings in 2018 & 2019
- Demonstrate your support for the LLPG
- 07/16/2017 - 'Protecting our unique platypus' guest speaker
- July 2017
- Jen Ellison from the Platypus Education Group will speak on these fascinating and elusive creatures, found locally in Mt Emu Creek around Skipton. The talk will cover the lifestyle and habitat of the platypus and how we can all help protect this Australian icon
- 07/13/2017 - July 2017 Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- July 2017
- Protecting Brolga Habitat at Pink Lake Pura
- Breaking Down the Stubble Myth
- Are You Interested in Revegetation Plantings in 2018 and 2019?
- What are the Benefits of 20 Year of Revegetation Plantings
- 06/08/2017 - 2017 June Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- June 2017
- Good People Doing Good Things
- Magnificent Birds of Prey
- Inadvertent Action Lead to Important Learnings
- Victorian Volcanic Plains Forum
- Elephant in the Room
- A Morning About The Brolga
- 05/12/2017 - Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter 2017 April
- May 2017
- Results of Yarra Pygmy Perch survey
- Dunnarts but No Dragons
- LARCEN C What is it and why should we be concerned about it?
- 04/20/2017 - Upcoming local events - April/May 2017
- April 2017
- Cundare Duverny AGM
- Stubble Incorporation to Improve Soil Condition
- New Calicivirus Released In March
- Birds Of Prey Presentation
- 03/06/2017 - 2017 Mar Corangamite Lakes Landcare Newsletter
- March 2017
- Yarra Pygmy Perch Survey Information Session
- New Calici Virus Release
- Restoring grasslands to Mt Elephant
- Bringing Back the Banksias
- Serrated Tussock Property Inspections
- Interested in Being a Waterwatch Monitor
- Landcare In Action - Photographic Show
- Innovation in the Otways Trip - 4 places left
- Stonework play session
- 02/06/2017 - Feb 2017 CLL Newsletter
- Feb 2017
- Shelterbelts - Lost land or a Gross Gain
- Put Poly Underground
- Looking Locally for the Yarra Pygmy Perch
- Want to be a Water Watcher
- Innovation in the Otways Bus trip
Dec 2016
- Local efforts recognised in 30th Anniversary Landcare Awards
- Invasive Plant Classifications
- What to do with stubbles
- Improving our knowledge and understanding of local soils