Bellarine Landcare in Mannerim, Victoria, Australia | Community group

Bellarine Landcare

Locality: Mannerim, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 457 333 727

Address: Belchers Rd 3222 Mannerim, VIC, Australia

Website: http://bellarinelandcare.org.au/

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25.01.2022 Don't forget it's Sustainable House Weekend, and the home of two of our amazing Landcare volunteers, Jenny and Malcolm, from St Leonards is being featured. Great work, Jenny and Malcolm! :-)

24.01.2022 Edit: With apologies to all I was wrong! This is Malva arborea, Tree Mallow which is a weed :( Thanks to our knowledgeable community who help us to do our best. This plant causes problems to the birds breeding on Mud Island so it has to go! We will keep our eyes out for the actual (a bit smaller and pale pink) and perhaps we can stock it soon. Thx folks and sorry, Beth. We planted our first Australian Hollyhock seeds yesterday, hoping we can grow these! The bees were busy on this plant at Pt Henry

23.01.2022 We are sorry to announce that our prices will increase on April 1st this year. Tube stock will now be $2.50 and hycos $1.25, concession card holders and our volunteers can still purchase at $2 AND $1. The good news is we have one plant sale Sunday 28th at current pricing. Please note our nursery is open to the public Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9 til 3pm, our preference is to make a phone appt.

23.01.2022 More signs Spring is near. Indigofera australis to cheer your day

22.01.2022 We have a project of our own to preserve old trees. We would love to hear about your old trees

22.01.2022 Join the Spring Bioblitz Friday 25th September til Monday 28th September. Observations can be made within your backyard or during your walks at local parks and reserves. You can also join the iNaturalist Geelong Project https://greatsouthernbiobl.wixsite.com/website

22.01.2022 Fabulous information about our Ramsar bird life. We are lucky to have such a passionate hard working Ranger, we wish we had more!

21.01.2022 Sorry! WALK CANCELLED! WE are cancelling our walk in the lovely Ocean Grove Nature Reserve this evening (which was instead of our monthly meeting.) But hope you can make it for the next 'weed and walk & wildflower gawk' on the Rail Trail on Tuesday 24 Nov, or tune in to our Ramsar Wetlands webinars next Thursday 19 & Thursday 26 Nov to learn more about these special places.

21.01.2022 Time to tackle your gorse?

21.01.2022 "Restoring Native Grasslands" Chris Findlay from Flora Vic will be talking to us via Zoom on Wed 12 August at 7:30 pm If you would like to join us follow this link Zoom Meeting Time: Aug 12, 2020 07:30 PM Australia/Melbourne Join Zoom Meeting... https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84013714606 Meeting ID: 840 1371 4606 One tap mobile +61 3 7018 2005 Melbourne Meeting ID: 840 1371 4606 Theres also a native grassland interest group forming - if you are interested in finding out more please let us know!

21.01.2022 It's the count down to hear from Bob Swinburn & Alan Appelbe in Thursday's Ramsar Wetlands webinar ... two men managing their Lake Connewarre properties for the incredible migratory birds - such as this Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - one of the 20 international migratory bird visitors to our local Ramsar wetlands. The Sharp-tailed Sand piper is a summer migrant from Arctic Siberia & is found in large flocks on grassy edges of our wetlands feeding on aquatic insects and their larv...ae, as well as worms, molluscs, crustaceans. Thanks Bob and Dick for your truly inspiring work. To register go to Eventbrite and type in "Ramsar Wetlands" or Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ramsar-wetlands-the-treasure-a Thanks to the wonderful Annette Ruzicka Photography for the pics of Bob & Alan, & Lachlan Forbes for bird pic & the fab team of organisers and supporters & funders ... Bellarine Catchment Network Trust for Nature Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Geelong Landcare Network City of Greater Geelong Geelong Field Naturalists Club Save the Orange-bellied ParrotOrange-bellied Parrot Project BirdLife Australia Landcare Victoria See more

20.01.2022 BROOM! Todays work focused on removing Broom from the Reserve. This yellow flowering plant is native to Europe, Africa and parts of Asia and Africa. It tolerat...es and does well in poor soils and conditions and has aggressive seed dispersal. It has become a prolific and invasive weed in the Reserve. While removing the Broom we found a Pimelea growing and flowering, along with an indigenous ground cover commonly called the Common Flat Pea. This beautiful little plant produces its red and yellow pea flowers in Spring and is endemic to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. See more

20.01.2022 Hi followers of the Recreating the Country blog, This article continues with the series connecting with nature one plant at a time - going wild in isolation. As promised there are more to come on paddock trees though this wattle has to be one of the finest paddock trees you could plant. Can you guess its name? Count your blessings if you have some in the back paddock providing shelter and environmental services or perhaps theyre growing in a street near you... Click here to see if you have guessed correctly. https://www.recreatingthecountry.com.au/blog Looking forward to all your comments and questions Kind regards Steve Stephen Murphy Sustainable Biorich Landscapes https://www.recreatingthecountry.com.au/

19.01.2022 Some stunning wildflower pics from Chris Findlays collection ... Chris is talking to us Wednesday12 Aug, 7:30 pm via zoom on restoring native grasslands. Check out the post pinned at the top of our Facebook page for details!

19.01.2022 Buttercups are another sign of spring. Nature seems to be full of yellow at the moment

18.01.2022 Plant sale this Sunday 25th, 10am to 1pm, Bellarine Secondary College Landcare Nursery, Belchers Rd Drysdale. All local indigenous plants, $2. Please remember that we will be practising social distancing, so there may be a short wait time. BYO box or bring back our trays and pots please.

18.01.2022 What is your favourite wattle? I love Golden Wattle, Acacia pycnantha. Those big flowers, and the tree has a lovely form in my eyes. The flowers and seeds are so imports to our animals, and the bark holds losts of insects for our wildlife. Plant them and get that bushland feel.

17.01.2022 To all our wonderful customers, members and volunteers, Hope you are well! Due to the increase in COVID cases in our region we are keeping everyone safe in the following ways ... Also to let you know we wont be having a last Sunday of the month plant sale this month. Thanks for your understanding.

16.01.2022 Private landholders are doing awesome work to protect Lake Connewarre's shore line! I was moved to tears as Alan Appelbe shared his 20 year journey regenerating his land for the clip to be aired in 'Ramsar Wetlands: The Treasure on our Doorstep #2'. His commitment to biodiversity on his land & providing habitat for the native fauna is inspiring. We invite everyone to join us to see Alan's story and more in the webinar series - Thurs 19 Nov, 7pm & Thurs 26 Nov, 7 pm. To regi...ster go to register go to Eventbrite and search "Ramsar Wetlands" or follow this link https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ramsar-wetlands-webinar-1-t Trust for Nature Bellarine Catchment Network Annette Ruzicka Photography Corangamite Catchment Management Authority BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Recovery Hub See more

16.01.2022 Congratulations Cogg Environment team! They have done an amazing job restoring the vegetation in Kingston downs reserve Ocean Grove. The weeds that were filtering down the tracks have almost disappeared.

15.01.2022 Meet Minuria leptophylla! We were really excited to find this little daisy surviving on the cliff face at Curlewis. Though very rare locally, it seems to love the nursery which will help us along the way to making it not so rare!

12.01.2022 This spring, we want to know which pandemic petal you are [or perhaps youre a combination of a few?] : Jess Harwood Art and Illustration

12.01.2022 Many plants on our Peninsula were used traditionally for their edible leaves. They translate well to our table in salads, stir fries, pestos, soups, 'kale' chips etc. Using them reminds us of the rich heritage of traditional owners and it conserves local plants. Enjoy Naidoc week. Ask us about edibles when you visit

12.01.2022 Wouldn't it be a great Christmas to have them back on the Bellarine!

12.01.2022 Are you involved in citizen science activities and are over 50? Would you like to be part of this study? :)

11.01.2022 Plant sale this Sunday 29th, 10am to 1pm, Bellarine Secondary College Landcare Nursery, Belchers Rd Drysdale. All local indigenous plants, $2. Please remember that we will be practising social distancing, so there may be a short wait time. BYO box, bucket or bring back our trays and pots please.

11.01.2022 Want to learn about nature? City of Greater Geelong is running a second online Nature Stewards Course ...

10.01.2022 Our friends at Natured Kids are offering a free poster, celebrating Wattle Day (the first day of Spring) ...

10.01.2022 We grew 51 000 plants this year, not all of them trees

10.01.2022 Milkmaids or Burchardia umbellata are becoming rare locally. If you see them, well spotted! Look carefully as it likely you are seeing some of our rare remnant grasslands, you may see wallaby grasses, themeda and chocolate lilies (or wildflower meadows) If you want to learn more about saving and restoring these patches join us! Check out our website Bellarinelandcare.org.au

10.01.2022 The Royal Society of Victoria has Prof David Karoly lined up to share his climate change insights ... well worth watching.

09.01.2022 Reduce is one of the big three Well done to #tiptopbakery for introducing cardboard breadtags to their South Australian operations. Whilst these reduction st...rategies are coming in remember to continue to send all plastic breadtags to #aussiebreadtagsforwheelchairs so they can be recycled #transmutationrobe #robesouthaustralia #limestonecoast #reducereuserecycle #waronwasteau #breadtagbowls #breadtagboards See more

08.01.2022 Thanks to our friend, Stephen Murphy for another great read ... this time about Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) Hi followers of the Recreating the Country blog. While many of you are enduring a prolonged lockdown in Melbourne, Im continuing with the theme of connecting with nature one plant at a time - going wild in isolation.... The Black Wattle is a tree that many of us know and recognise. I had a love-hate relationship with it when I lived in country Victoria. I loved its beauty and its vigour. but I hated cutting it up for firewood, though as a firewood it was wonderful. Read this blog to become more acquainted with this amazing small tree for all of its uses, for us and wildlife. It will definitely gain your respect. Regards and stay well, Steve Stephen Murphy Sustainable Biorich Landscapes https://www.recreatingthecountry.com.au/

08.01.2022 Pussy Tails! Ptilotus spathulatus is locally very rare. These plants are from North Geelong, but there are records of them on our Peninsula. These are one of our grassland meadow species, threatened because they taste so good to sheep and rabbits. They are easily swamped by pasture grasses.

07.01.2022 You can’t beat hands-on experience! Working for Victoria teams are helping improve our natural environment around the Bellarine & learning heaps in the process . Here’s Lauren’s team removing the invasive garden escapee - Bluebell creeper from Marcus Hill bushland & collecting Flax lily seeds for the Nursery to propagate for reveg projects. Love your work team! @corangamitecma @cvaustralia #landcare #workingforvictoria

06.01.2022 Steve Murphy latest blog ... very relevant to the Bellarine where we are working with landholders to protect remnant paddock trees as part of a federal government Communities Environment Program grant. (Give us call if you would like to find out more!) Hi readers of the Recreating the Country blog, This week were starting a journey of discovery together. Writing about this topic has long been on my mind because it is such an important one.... So I started typing with some trepidation because I wanted to tell the story well and bring you with me. I wanted you to make a connection with what I feel is such an important yet fragile feature of our Australian landscapes. Its such a big topic that Im going to tackle it in three parts, so here is part 1. Paddock Trees - their beauty and their bounty Ill let you be the judge of whether Ive done this topic justice. You can add depth and colour to the story with your own very welcome comments. Kind regards, Steve Stephen Murphy Sustainable Biorich Landscapes https://www.recreatingthecountry.com.au/

06.01.2022 If you receive an unsolicited bag of seeds in the mail contact Australian Biosecurity. Thanks Marg for alerting us to this serious issue.

06.01.2022 It only takes 1 rabbit/ha to prevent the regeneration of native plants - and if you’ve got 2 rabbits they can breed up to 180 in 18 months. With such capacities we need to really understand rabbits & the best strategies for controlling their numbers for a healthy environment. Hear from the experts at our Rabbit Control Webinar Thursday 1 April, 7pm. Register - http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/147028928483 Thanks to @Victorianrabbitactionnetwork @trustfornature @corangamitecma @bellarinecatchmentnetwork @cityofgreatergeelong and Australian Government through Agriculture Victoria. #landcarevictoria #landcareaustralia #landcare

04.01.2022 Slender speedwell or Veronica gracilis is one of our little grassland herbs. Still present at Ocean Grove Nature reserve and at a few places along the railtrail, you can see why it is worth saving.

04.01.2022 A group of Geelong and Bellarine residents has created a short survey to hear your feedback about the progress of the City of Greater Geelong across a range of issues, especially in relation to Councils Clever and Creative Vision. The aim of the survey is to gather and present the communitys priorities and concerns to all candidates nominating for the upcoming Council elections in October. Results of the survey will be shared with everyone who completes the survey and then,... in October, a scorecard of all election candidates assessed against the communitys priorities as identified by the survey will be sent to you as well. Please have your say. This is a great way for your views to be shared with current Councillors and election candidates to show them what the community wants them to focus on. And it will be an important means to help assess which candidates will act on the communitys top priorities. Just click this link to complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TBL6F3Y For further information about this survey go to www.geelongcommunitysurvey.org.

04.01.2022 The oldest culture on earth has used plants as medicine for thousands of years. We hope in conserving our biodiversity we might help to find new medicines or at least preserve their story. These are some of the local traditional medicinal plants. Happy naidoc week

04.01.2022 Our talented team has managed to grow more Coast Boobialla than it ever has. Myoporum insulare is long flowering and has great flowers and berries for our wildlife. Its habit makes it a great shelter or screening plant. It is a fire suppresser.

04.01.2022 Happy National Tree Day and Landcare Week! Heres some great tree pics from around Australia but bet you could share a pics of your favourite local trees with us!? So get shutter happy and share below pics of the trees you LOVE!

03.01.2022 Coast boobialla or Myoporum insulare, is a wonderful hardy plant. It occurs along the coast and inland in Western Victoria. It is a fast growing hedge or screening plant. Fairly long flowering, it yields purple berries, in fact another common name is Native Juniper. Berries are bush tucker and excellent food for wildlife. Myoporum is a fire retarding plant. At our nursery we have skirt pruned a plant and it provides lovely shade.

03.01.2022 Please help to keep our flocks safe too

03.01.2022 Looking forward to hearing Ian Smith, PHD, at our next BLG monthly zoom Sept 9, 7:30pm, on farm trees and productivity. Hell share his research into a win-win for landholders and the environment when old paddock trees are protected and fallen timber are retained. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87157130170 Meeting ID: 871 5713 0170 One tap mobile... Meeting ID: 871 5713 0170 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd32DkFs3d See more

02.01.2022 Do you have old indigenous trees on your Bellarine property, or do know people who do? Wed love to work with you to protect these trees. Thanks to the Federal Government Communities Environment Program we can assist with fencing and supplementary planting. We hope to run a workshop with local ecologists and traditional owners highlighting the benefits of these trees for fauna, livestock and pest management. Contact our Facilitator, Sophie Small on 0457 333 727 or [email protected] for more information.

01.01.2022 Gazanias, the pretty (awful) weed ... We found a single Gazania plant over 2 km from the nearest infestation! Gazania are a perennial, wind-dispersed daisy from... southern Africa, now widespread across Victoria. Sadly many people think they are wildflowers. But they’re not. They are evil weeds which can travel and invade undisturbed bushland. Worse, we have found that if you dig out a flowering plant and leave it, there is still enough energy in the root system to get the flowers to seeding stage. Now if we find one in the bush and we can’t take the entire plant with us, we pull each flower head off individually, as well as pull the plant out by the roots. This is a weed that will always be trying to sneak onto Raakajlim, because our nearby roadsides are Gazania factories. https://www.malleeconservation.com.au/blog/gazania

01.01.2022 Ive never been so happy to get an average photo of a bird. I was lucky enough to briefly see these critically endangered Swift Parrots at Royal Park (Melbourne...) over the past couple of weeks. They breed in Tasmania and travel to mainland Australia for the cooler months. There is only about 1000 pairs of these birds left - they are threatened due to loss of habitat and predation from introduced species. They could possibly go extinct in about 10 years and current environmental laws are failing them. There is a need for stronger nature laws but the government is rushing new laws to make it easier to destroy vital habitat for our beautiful wildlife. Here are some links so you can try to help prevent the government from failing these (and many other) beautiful creatures: https://www.marineconservation.org.au//fix-environmental-/ https://www.acf.org.au/environment_laws_petition https://www.actforbirds.org/stopextinctions