Friends of Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Community organisation

Friends of Baluk Willam Nature Conservation Reserve

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 412 333 008

Address: Courtney’s Rd, Belgrave South 3160 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://Fobw.rnr.id.au

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25.01.2022 More vibrant fungi, Boletus sp., at Baluk Willam in March

24.01.2022 Veined helmet orchid (Corybas diemenicus) in flower at Baluk Willam

24.01.2022 An enamel spider at Baluk Willam - note its deformed or injured leg

21.01.2022 A quiet time for flowers at Baluk Willam in February, but the fungi have started early!

21.01.2022 Friends of Baluk Willam clearing the track from the car park on Saturday- great work!

21.01.2022 Common heath, a winter flower, just starting at Baluk Willam

20.01.2022 More fungal diversity at Baluk Willam in late Autumn

19.01.2022 A striking crane fly at Baluk Willam this February

15.01.2022 Now that we can get out and volunteer again, Friends of Baluk Willam will be meeting next Saturday 28th November at the carpark at the corner of Orchid Rd and Courtney's Rd, Belgrave South, at 9am. We'll be starting the morning with an orchid and flower walk of around an hour to be lead by Kerryn Robinson from the Australasian Native Orchid Society. Kerryn is an artist who really knows her plants. After that we'll move up to Denham's Rd to do some weeding. We'll be scanning t...he bush for pittosporum seedlings that have come up with the rain. We'll also keep our eyes open for boneseed, asparagus and ivy. Pittosporum and boneseed are mostly small and are pulled by hand so garden gloves are good. Asparagus and ivy need to be dug up, so some sort of digger and sack will be useful. If you don't know these plants we'll find some examples to show you. This activity involves moving through the bush off-track. It can be scrubby and scratchy. Closed shoes, long sleeved shirt and long pants will be best. Don't forget your hat, water and sunscreen. Whew, no masks! If it's hot or you've had enough you can leave at any time, otherwise we'll wind up at midday. If you have a hi-vis vest they are great to help us keep in sight in the bush. There will be a few spares. Please sign up at Park Connect as this will be in line with the Parks Vic request for record keeping for covid safety.

14.01.2022 Abundant moisture is keeping fungi active at Baluk Willam

13.01.2022 Friends of Baluk Willam taking part in rabbit and pest plant monitoring during this month’s working bee, every 4th Saturday from 9 to 12

12.01.2022 Friends of Baluk Willam learning the skills of Habitat Hectare Scoring with Parks Vic Ranger James Tibbetts recently - measuring the health of the bush so that we can take better care of it

12.01.2022 Due to Covid, Parks Vic has cancelled all volunteer activities for now so we won't be meeting this Saturday at Baluk Willam. I hope we can meet in October!

11.01.2022 This weekend's excursion to Baluk William

10.01.2022 Dodder laurel (Cassytha sp.) starting to flower at Baluk Willam

08.01.2022 The rest of the orchids from Saturday walk in the Baluk Willam reserve South Belgrave, thanks To Natalie Froud, Rodger Parker, Marty White, Meliza Smith and a big thanks to Mushie Moto's sharp eyes in finding the tongue orchids. 20/06/2020

08.01.2022 Beautiful diversity of fungi forms and colours at Baluk Willam

08.01.2022 Beautiful day out at Baluk Willam today with Bushwalking Buddies, thank you Heather for organising. Lots of fungi still out, coral finger fungi and many others I don’t know the names. Whole colonies of Pterostylis, Green Noddinghoods, Nutans and Cobra orchids.

04.01.2022 Friends of Baluk Willam will be meeting this Saturday 27th June at Baluk Willam carpark, Courtney's Rd, Belgrave South at 9am. Our new Parks Vic ranger, James Tibbetts, will be there. James has real enthusiasm for Baluk Willam and its diverse plant communities. He'll lead an activity to teach us about Habitat Hectare Scoring (HHS).This is a quick fire/rapid monitoring method that scores the overall status of an Ecological Vegetation Class. We can all gain some insight as to ...how the reserve is tracking environmentally. This should flag areas we need to focus more attention on. It will be a great way to hone our observations of the health of the bush. There will be time to look at flowers and fungi as we go. Please sign on at Park Connect, the volunteer hub of Parks Victoria. This is the way Parks Vic keeps count of volunteer hours, makes sure we are insured, and records emergency contact details. If there is time, we'll do some weeding as well. We have some group tools, but if you have your own digger and gloves please bring them. We'll need to keep in mind social distancing guidelines. We'll wind up at midday.

01.01.2022 Handsome Bluetongue seen recently at Baluk Willam

01.01.2022 One of the several highlights of the trip I had this last weekend was seeing 4 different species of Helmet Orchids in the one reserve at South Belgrave, thanks ...to Natalie Froud for making it possible, a special thanks to Rodger Parker and Marty White who seemed to have the location of these species pinned pretty well and made it possible to see them all, also thanks to Meliza Smith and Mushie Moto for your excellent company and repartee See more

01.01.2022 Diverse fungi at Baluk Willam in May

01.01.2022 The tiny wraparound spider - one or two millimeters across- photo by Reiner Richter

01.01.2022 Fringed helmet orchid (Corybas fimbriatus) in flower at Baluk Willam recently

01.01.2022 The striking markings on the underwing of the Ringed Xenica - photo Reiner Richter