News & Views

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GULLG HISTORY 1996-2025

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GLENLYON ANNUAL RAINFALL

November 2025 - 98 mm

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News Updates

Landcare Victoria

North Central CMA

Glenlyon Wetland Sub-Committee 'Expression of Interest'

Register your interest at

glenlyonlandcare@outlook.com

Saturday, 13th December

Glenlyon Recreation Reserve

All Welcome

Special visit from Santa at 7.30 pm

BYO everything

(food, utensils, drinks, seating, etc.) 

Electric BBQ available

November 2025

Dear Members,

Farewell To Our Life Members

In what has been a difficult month for GULLG, we have seen the passing of both of our life members in Bob Kennedy and John Cable. In recent weeks there have been memorials for both men that have celebrated their lives and achievements. Check out the October GDN for a tribute to Bob and one upcoming in December for John. The GULLG committee have acknowledged the importance of honouring the contributions of both members and will be working on a few special projects to do this. More on this another time.

Thursday Volunteer Group

I would like to acknowledge the great work done by our group of volunteers that meet semi-regularly on a Thursday morning. Not only is the Biolink walking track looking great, they have done an amazing job cleaning up around GULLG's new home at the Reserve. Whilst we are on the GULLG shed, the current plan is to complete a bit of maintenance on the shed itself to ensure this is properly secure before we officially move in. Hopefully this should be in the next few months.

Kangaroo Creek Planting

Back in October, GULLG ran a special tree planting event along Kangaroo Creek, just off to the right as you head to Wheatsheaf. In what turned out to be a raindrenched morning, volunteers planted almost 90 trees using a variety of methods to protect these from cattle and kangaroos. We will watch in interest to see how these progress and take learnings for our future planting days.

November Hands On Day

On Sunday, 23rd November, in beautiful weather, GULLG held one of our quarterly hand on days down at the Glenlyon Recreation Reserve. Key activities completed were the collection of numerous plant guards from along the Biolink (that are now stored next to the GULLG shed for future use), extensive weeding and some replanting at the pollinator garden, and some additional planting of Candlebark Eucalypts along the Biolink. This was a well attended event capped off with our usual BBQ, that included sausages donated by Albert Street Butchery in Daylesford.

Glenlyon Wetland Sub-Committee 'Expression of Interest'

To progress planning to transform the Glenlyon Swamp, the GULLG committee are establishing a sub-committee of interested members. The purpose of this sub-committee is to take on actions that assist with moving this project forward and report into the GULLG committee from a governance perspective. We are thus looking for interested members who would like to be involved in this opportunity. Please reach out to advise of your interest. It would be great to have a first meeting before the end of the year.

End of Year Celebration

To celebrate all of the hard work of members over the past year, GULLG is inviting members to come along to the Glenlyon Annual Community BBQ - at the Reserve, from 6pm Saturday 13th December (see flyer above)

Regards, Justin Rowe

Adam Rowe, Rod Sewell, Justin Rowe, Evan Fleischer, Julie Coyle, Evan Davis, Colin Metcalfe

At the GULLG AGM held on Sunday, 21st September 2025, the following were elected as Office Bearers and Committee Members for 2025-26.

President - Justin Rowe

Vice Pres - Rod Sewell

Secretary - Julie Coyle

Treasurer - Adam Rowe

Member - Ian Fleischer

Member - Colin Metcalfe

Member - Evan Davis

Feral deer are having a devastating impact on nature, farmers, foresters, gardeners and are a danger to road users.

Feral deer are emerging as one of Australia’s most serious environmental and agricultural threats. Victoria has four species of deer running wild and possibly the largest feral deer population in Australia, estimated to be over a million animals. The feral deer population is expanding rapidly, invading new areas and increasingly harming the environment and the economy.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

www.vdccn.org.au

A small band of GULLG members meet near the Reserve pavilion each Thursday at 9.30 am for a 2-hour working bee – followed by a coffee and chat at the General Store.

We are the Thursday Morning Group.

Our work is focused on the maintenance of the Biolink walking track - from Dysart Street through to the track entrance on Daylesford-Malmsbury Road.

The work includes mowing and brush-cutting along the track to preserve a comfortable path width for walkers (and their pets), removing fallen branches, burning off, spraying blackberry & gorse, and pulling broom – together with various one-off projects.

The morning of 19th Dec 2024 was a one-off project – with the installation of a drainage pipe and an improved walkway around 100 meters from the pavilion bridge. This area has been a perennial wet spot committing walkers to wade through a waterway across the path.

The group is led by past GULLG Committee member Ian Fleischer and current members include Ian, Colin M, Colin P, Mick, Allan, John, Keith, Evan and Ken. It’s an informal group with attendance based on ‘if you can make it’.

So, if you are passing by on a Thursday morning don’t hesitate to say hello. 

At the GULLG stall at the New Year's Day Mixed Sports Day event, many new residents asked about appropriate plants for their gardens. It just so happened that Jill Teschendorff was at the event which reminded us of her beautiful and factual book

GROW WILD - Gardening to sustain wildlife in the Hepburn Shire.

Also, see Hepburn Shire 'Indigenous plants for landscaping'

& 'Threatened flora and fauna in Hepburn Shire

Birdly is BirdLife Australia’s new bird ID app. It combines the strengths of traditional field guides with the power of AI technology. 

BirdLife Australia says Birdly is Australia’s first bird identification guide specifically designed and built as an app only. It uses cutting-edge AI technology for bird image (700+ species) and sound recognition (60+ species) as well as 200 videos and 200 3D images. 

Download the Birdly app from the Google Play store or Apple’s App Store.

SOURCE: NCCMA February Chat

Have you seen the nesting boxes installed along the Biolink by GULLGs President Rod Sewell?

The VGT community grant funding program supports communities in reducing gorse in their local area by offering financial support of up to $1,500 to landowners who are prepared to undertake gorse management projects.

VGT Grants can only be accessed through community groups - GULLG submits an annual application on behalf of multiple landholders. More information can be found on the VGT website, or you can ask us for more details.

If you have a gorse control project that you are planning, you could be eligible for grant funding assistance. 

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Any landholders interested in funding for gorse control projects should send an email to glenlyonlandcare@outlook.com and we will organise a time to discuss this with you.