Forest to Foreshore in Kallista, Victoria, Australia | Local business
Forest to Foreshore
Locality: Kallista, Victoria, Australia
Phone: +61 439 966 172
Address: PO Box 149 3791 Kallista, VIC, Australia
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21.01.2022 WARNING: SARCASM and ANGER This is where we work. It's our workplace. This is Perrins Creek that runs between Kallista and Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges. So many other places literally everywhere suffer the same fate. Imagine someone came in and trashed your office, dumped their personal rubbish or building waste in the middle of your warehouse or depot. You continue to try to work around it until it's cleaned up. Because of where it is dumped, it's very difficult to fully ...'clean it up'. Imagine if it happened again and again and again in your workplace. Not withstanding the negative environmental impacts, the unsightly nature of it and the cost of clean up to tax/rate payers, it becomes an Occupational Health and Safety Issue. Imagine your workplace was consistently made unsafe by someones selfish behaviour You can blame expensive tip fees, but that doesn't cut it. We've caught people red handed, dumping building waste they've no doubt charged the client for removal. Green waste dumping is rife, a genuine source of new weed invasions into the bush. Over time, we've come to the realisation that there is a healthy supply of scumbags. Domestic household waste..... so par for the course. Dumped Asbestos....... old news. Used condoms, syringes, bongs....... come on now that's been done to death. Working the top of Mt Corhanwarrabul (peak next to Mt Dandenong) a couple of weeks ago, the crew were greeted by the usual fresh McDonald's rubbish. Broken bottles and take away coffee cups litter the beautiful look out. Wait a second, what's this...... aaahhhhh of course, a human faeces in a McDonald's thick shake cup. Now that's creative. Scumbags. Yes scumbags. Pics sourced from fellow good folk who share the same anger and frustration.
18.01.2022 Evidence that we are taking physical distancing and isolation seriously. No Brenna, you can’t come out!
16.01.2022 Big Wolfie carrying her babies. She was an amazing spider! Built an interesting entrance to her burrow, constructed of well placed and organised twigs and sticks spanning out on a angle below the mouth of the burrow. Difficult to show the detail in a pic. Definitely a master builder! From the big to the small. Tiny Greenhoods - Pterostylis parviflora dotted the landscape. Northern Western Port Nature Conservation Reserve
15.01.2022 Up up and away today in our spiritual home, the Mountain Ash forests of the Dandenongs.
13.01.2022 Now you see it, now you don’t. Now you see it, now you don’t .
13.01.2022 Rainy days, marine ply that didn’t work out as intended on another project, a big box of screws, a few tools and a book. Our maiden voyage into the world of nest box construction. It certainly won’t be our last! Was so much fun. Master builder Gabriel Hattingh finally got to fulfill his dream to build and complete a tiny house. . Asha Billing and sister Brenna worked the paint shop. They came up a treat. Hope the Sugar Gliders and Microbats are happy!?
12.01.2022 A good news story. We've been able to use separate boats and kayaks to maintain physical distancing and site access in order to keep our project going in Northern Western Port Nature Conservation Reserve. We are always treated to interesting sightings and discoveries in this amazing part of the world. Two colonies of the listed vulnerable Southern Toadlet noted. We got a great look at one of these tiny frogs, that grow to no more than around 30mm and can live for a good 10 y...ears, potentially more in ideal habitat and conditions! Great pic Ash! Whilst we've seen many digs in an area where we have been working on Coast Tea tree removal, we finally picked up a few scratchy Southern Brown Bandicoot pics on one of our remote monitoring cameras. We were worried that the Coast Tea tree removal might negatively impact these listed endangered Bandicoots, but apparently not. Given the way we purposefully stacked the material, it seems from the activity noted, we've actually improved habitat potential which is great! Structure not only form very important to these guys. That right RBGC crew!?
12.01.2022 Staring back to home on the horizon...... from our island home
12.01.2022 Let's lighten the mood. Perrins Creek, Dandenong Ranges. The ever cheeky, curious and resourceful Eastern Yellow Robin. If Santa was a bird, these guys would definitely be his little helpers. Soooo much character. Very busy in the forests and gardens of the hills at the moment.
11.01.2022 After an ecological assessment by Graeme Lorimer, obtaining grant funding, taking the mowers off and creating exclusion zones, all undertaken by Maroondah City Council, we will be the first bush crew to begin ecological works on a new site in Croydon. It’s going to be very exciting to watch this reserve unfold over the coming months and years. There are many gems, some definitely yet to be discovered! 3 absolutely stunning remnant specimen trees of Candlebark, Yellow box and Silver-leaved Stringybark. Much thanks to Craig, Daniel and Bec - Maroondah City Council, for giving us the opportunity to be involved.
06.01.2022 We've always really enjoyed working with passionate private property owners who are aiming to improve the environmental values on their land. This can come in many forms, including ecologically minded weed control, revegetation or professional advice on bushland management and ecological restoration on any given property. Sometimes the 'where to begin' can feel overwhelming but it's important to remain positive and understand in many situations, it's the tortoise, not the ha...re that wins the race. Many of our smaller scale projects have been made possible through either Melbourne Water's Streamside Frontage Management Program and/or increasingly through privately funded works. If undertaking a project of this nature has been something you or someone you may know has been considering, then we may be able to help! Feel free to get in touch and we can chat about how we may be able to assist.
06.01.2022 A few pics from around the hills. Having some really amazing days out there!
06.01.2022 Let’s call it Sambar Deer social distancing. Back in to the stunning Sherbrooke Forest assisting the Sherbrooke Lyrebird Survey Group. It’s a shame to have to intervene in this way, but it would be even more of a shame to loose iconic and precious forest species on our watch. Wire mesh tree guards to protect Southern Sassafras from ring barking by Sambar Deer. Exclusion fencing around one of the only known patches of Silky Fan fern left in Sherbrooke to mitigate browsing and trampling. A privilege to work on this project.
