Hi members,
Thank you for your effort on the 7th & 28th April to prepare and plant the Pollinator Garden.
A crew of 8 volunteers assisted on the 28th with the planting of 70 plants – each with guards watered and mulched. There is ample space for more plants come spring. A register of plantings has been created to map where each plant is and track its progress.
The next planting session will be held in Spring - date TBA
Regards,
Justin Rowe
25th of February was another successful Sunday morning Working Bee
Dave Osborn from Stihl Shop Daylesford helped with his amazing all-terrain RasorBack - it goes anywhere and chews up almost anything.
A hard-working group of ten volunteers cleared the area at the top of the path from Morton Street in readiness for the installation of the new Pollinator Garden.
The Pollinator Garden will comprise a 15-metre-long garden bed on both sides of the path, commencing around 5 metres from the path entrance.
The Farmers Arms Hotel Daylesford holds a raffle each Friday evening to raise funds for community organisations.
The Hotel provides the Prizes (Meat Tray, Fruit Box etc) and runs the raffle.
GULLCG was the raffle beneficiary for February 2024.
TOTAL FUNDS RAISED
$1,449
Thank You to everyone involved at the
FARMERS ARMS
DAYLESFORD
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
For the 2nd year, GULLG had a stall at the New Year's Day Mixed Sports Day event at the Glenlyon Recreation Reserve.
A huge attendance enjoyed the stunning weather to watch the wood-chopping and other events including the iconic Mineral Water Drinking, Bullboar Sausage Eating & Gumboot Throwing contests alongside other events.
The GULLG stall was again popular with inquiries about gorse & blackberry management and plants for the garden.
Nine new members signed up - with most new residents to the Glenlyon area.
See the adjacent article on Grow Wild
Have you seen the nesting boxes installed along the Biolink by GULLGs President Rod Sewell?
GULLG are happy to announce that this year's Victorian Gorse Taskforce (VGT) grant application has been very successful – with 6 landowners receiving financial reimbursement to support gorse management works on their properties.
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 land owners 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.
The next VGT grant program will be open in mid-2024.
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.
On behalf of Jill & John and the GULLG Committee A BIG THANK YOU to all who attended the recent planting at Greenlion.
Eighteen friends and GULLG members enjoyed a beautiful sunny morning and managed to complete planting some 300 plants supplied through UCLN along the Loddon River bank and adjacent cliff areas.
Led by John Walter - President, Upper Campaspe Landcare Network (UCLN) - all volunteers quickly sprung into action creating holes, laying plants and adding guards.
John Walter and Evan Davis even managed to wade across a cold and flowing river to plant high up on the adjacent cliffs.
On completion, the group made their way back to the house and enjoyed a typical GULLG sausage sizzle.
Well done
An exciting indication of a pristine environment, and good to see - on 6th July, Ian Fliescher spotted a Water Rat crossing the Loddon River below the footbridge near the Pavilion.
The Australian water-rat, or rakali, is our largest native rodent - classified as a very attractive animal weighing up to 1.3 kilograms – as big as a medium-sized platypus.
See Draft Minutes of Meeting at www.glenlyonlandcare.org.au/downloads
President Adam Rowe reported on what was a resoundingly successful year:
Treasurer Justin Rowe reported on an improved bottom line and outlined the successful grants received over the past year.
2022-23
2023-24
With few members present the election of office-bearers and committee members became problematic. President Rowe, who had earlier advised that he would be standing down, declared all positions vacant and called for nominations. Nominations were advanced for the positions of Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and two committee members – leaving the elections short a president and two committee members.
The following were duly elected:
Following discussion on this sad outcome, Adam Rowe agreed to fill the role of President on a casual basis until October – a move gratefully received on behalf of all GULLG members. The Committee will continue the search for a President and two Committee Members.
To lessen the demands on committee members time and provide clear event dates for members it was advanced that the annual GULLG timetable comprise the following:
The meeting also approved equipment hire costings – see www.glenlyonlandcare.org.au/equipment
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