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Friends of the Prom

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25.01.2022 Next Volunteering Day at the Prom: Sat 28th March! Pull Sea Spurge or Build Tree Guards. Or, if you're fit, strong and competent user of tools: go track clearing with Charlie (call him on 0400 967 054). Meet: Stockyard Campground 8:30am Sat 28 March. PLEASE REGISTER: In our Events section here or by calling Bill 0417 341 504. CANCELLED due to COVID-19

25.01.2022 Woohoo!! First volunteer weekend for 2020 at the Prom! See our Events section for our 2020 volunteering calendar and see you at the Prom :-)

24.01.2022 Wow!! Massive "THANK YOU!!" to the 41 volunteers who picked up, transported & sorted 161.45kg of rubbish from Squeaky, Norman, Picnic, Whiskey, Darby, Cotters & Hourigans beaches last Sat 29 Feb. Champions Thank you Rangers Chloe & Lauren Tangaroa Blue Parks Victoria

24.01.2022 The extended weekend Sea Spurge weeding hit is going well. With 4 yesterday and 7 today we have made good progress and weeded from the track south just passed the second blowout. With a team of 10 tomorrow most of Squeaky will be free of Spurge. We still only have 3 for Sunday, with 10 all of Squeaky could be free of Spurge for the first time in 10 years. Peter.

22.01.2022 Parks Vic have cancelled all Friends group activties due to COVID-19. We will advise if this there's any change, but for now all our activties cannot go ahead.

22.01.2022 A little reminder that this Tuesday is our next Dung Flinger catch-up at the Yanakie Isthmus If you’d like to come down and lend a hand please head over to ParkConnect to sign up. There’s only a couple of spots left and we’d love to see you. For more information about our poop-snooping and Grazer monitoring project, check out our website #FriendsOfTheProm #FOTP #WilsonsProm #WilsonsPromontoryNationalPark #WilsonsPromontory #ParksVic #ParksVictoria #GrazerMonitoring #DungFlinger #PoopSnoop #YanakieIsthmus #Conservation #Volunteering #TidalRiver

21.01.2022 Happy New Year to all of our friends near and far We’ve got a heap of plans for 2021 and just like our buddy here, we’re optimistic about what this year will bring. Keep an eye out over our social media pages to keep in the loop about our upcoming events and how to get involved. This big eyed beauty is a Pygmy Possum which we found on New Years Eve nesting in a tub of towels in the nursery at Tidal River. We hope your 2021 is just as comfortable and sweet ... #FriendsOfTheProm #FOTP #WilsonsPromontory #WilsonsPromontoryNationalPark #ParksVictoria #ParksVic #Conservation #Volunteer

19.01.2022 The Prom is open for camping once more with limits as expected. Trial River, Stockyard, Southern hike walks, open. Light station remains closed. The limits are toilets open but shared facilities such as showers, BBQ, Tidal River shop and café remain closed. We have ask Prom rangers for direction on how FOTP activities can re-start and what additional requirements we will need to follow. No reply as yet. We hope to run activities as soon as we are allowed to make the most of the current tree planting season, so keep watch. Numbers will be limited, and it is highly likely we will use ParkConnect as a means of controlling numbers. Quit a few have registered and joined our group in ParkConnect already which is very much appreciated. Once again, still waiting

19.01.2022 Would like to thank all the attended the Koala tree planting weekend. Despite COVID, ten volunteers attended and planted and guarded 149 trees. A great effort! Our next Squeaky Sea Spurge weekend sadly falls short of the Nov 8th Melb restriction, so can only be attended by out much appreciated Gippsland members. Would like to thank all that attended the Koala tree planting weekend. We hope to run a Squeaky Sea Spurge weekend between now and Peak season. Will post an update w...hen we have conformation and dates. As always, limited numbers and registering in ParkConnect essential. Peter See more

18.01.2022 Humbled and greatful, for what we have in this beautiful Park

17.01.2022 Yet more COVID restrictions for both Melb and country. A big thanks to our Gippsland members that planted out 425 seedlings around 34th avenue this last weekend. Unguarded, but of the spiky kind we hope the native and non-natives will ignore. We will be sending out a newsletter soon but can’t do much with ongoing COVID issues. We need to run an AGM as part of requirements for an incorporated organisation which will most likely be an online Zoom session. Will post a date and connection link ASAP. If you wish to play a more important role then think about joining the committee. Under more normal conditions committee members are allowed to attend the activities they help organise! Stay safe, on it goes, the Prom is not going anywhere even if humans are not. Peter

17.01.2022 We are heartbroken at the loss of Parks Victoria's Bill Slade and extend our deepest sympathy to Bill's family, friends and colleagues.

16.01.2022 FOTP have restarted activities for those that can attend in regional Victoria. Upcoming dates are: 8th Oct Tidal River nursery 13th Oct Grazer animal monitoring 17th Oct Tree planting to restore Koala habitat... Join in ParkConnect mandatory. Numbers limited to 10. Members still stuck in Melbourne are desperate to get down there when we can. For now, we need regional Victorians to carry on. See more

16.01.2022 Last Saturday our Gippsland team got back to Squeaky Beach weeding Sea Spurge, which has been regaining a foot hold in the dunes during the long COVID restrictions. Efforts were put into Marys patch and above the rocks at the North end of the beach. With Melbourne residence finally allowed to travel, we are working with Parks for a solid weekend of weeding and a team of 20 in the next few weeks.

16.01.2022 Sadly, the Prom is once again closed as of tonight. This also prevents FOTP activities. We have just sent out a newsletter which doesn't include the closure. We did get in a few limited activities and thank those living nearby for attending. Take time to read and also note the new working with children check WWCC requirements that will come into force start of next year. https://www.parks.vic.gov.au//safety-in-na/covid-19-update

16.01.2022 A sunny reminder that our volunteers meet every second Thursday at the Tidal River Nursery to propagate from native seeds and cuttings. The seedlings are used in restoration projects at #WilsonsPromontory Our next meet-up is this Thursday the 28th of January. If you’re interested in spending a couple of hours with us and learning about our native Flora, head over to ParkConnect for more information ... (Link below) #FOTP #FriendsOfTheProm #VicParks #ParksVictoria #WilsonsProm #WilsonsPromontory #TidalRiver #FloraandFauna #NativeNursery #billybutton

16.01.2022 ** Reminder ** 1st 2020 FOTP Working Bee coming up! Work on Saturday doing a beach clean and help Tangaroa Blue record items for their Australian Marine Debris project. MEET: 8:30am sharp, Stockyard Campground, Yanakie Entrance, Wilsons Prom NP

16.01.2022 Friends NOTICE: The southern section of Wilsons Promontory National Park, including all Overnight Hike Campsites, Wilsons Promontory Lightstation and Mt Oberon Summit, will be closed until Wednesday 14th April 2021 due to extensive damage as a result of recent flooding in the area. The Tidal River boat access ramp is also closed until further notice. Area Chief Ranger Brett Mitchell kindly sent us through some images of the weekends events.... "Some of the damage includes a six- to eight-metre drop-off at the end of the track at Little Oberon Bay where the sand has washed out," he said. "And [there is] damage to hundreds of metres of the Sealers Cove boardwalk. "Many access tracks are severely damaged and there is significant risk of falling trees, so we must keep these areas closed until they are safe for visitors. Parks Victoria #FriendsOfTheProm #FOTP #WilsonsPromontoryNationalPark #WilsonsPromontory #WilsonsProm #TidalRiver #ParksVictoria #ParksVic

14.01.2022 Four days of weeding from Thursday 19th have cleared most of the main Squeaky Beach dunes of Sea Spurge. The plants were spread out with one every half metre or so and got a little thicker at the South end. We caught most before they had flowered and only found a few in full growth and flowering. The dunes look quite different now compared with Picnic Bay where Spurge dominates the dunes (last photo). The fear of losing control over the weed during the long shut down hasn't happened, and we are well placed to keep Squeaky clear into the future. Thanks all who attended this four-day effort and the earlier Saturday two weeks before.

13.01.2022 Parks Vic are reviewing Park closures since the 14th Sep announcements covering regional Vic. If Parks open up the Prom soon, we may still have a chance at planting out our Swap Gums on Sep 26th. As before, the limit would be ten that live in the Gilsland area and not living in Melbourne which is still in stage 4 shutdown. We can’t promise anything at this stage as we need Parks Vic and our Prom rangers to have time to organise equipment and other issues. Our AGM is this Tuesday. Email invites have been sent to all financial members. If you did not receive the email, and are a financial member, then email me on [email protected] Peter, FOTP

13.01.2022 Next weekend fotp will be running a four day activity weeding Sea Spurge at Squeaky beach from Thursday to Sunday. We are limited to 10 per day but there are still places. Thursday 6, Friday 4, Saturday 2, Sunday 8. Booking via parkconnect essential.

11.01.2022 Parks Vic has been working hard to meet the Government's requirements to allow FOTP to re-start its volunteer activities. We met with rangers last week to work out what we need to do to make this possible. We have included all details in our June newsletter, which was emailed today. The main changes are, complying with limits on numbers (currently 20), pre-registering for activities in ParkConnect, following distancing rules and hand hygiene practices. For now, we will not be posting events on fb as we need to track who and how many attend our activties. This will be managed on ParkConnect. Please read through the June newsletter carefully.

11.01.2022 A few weeks ago while checking in on the Koala habitat Swamp Gums, Harry spotted this guy and took his/her (didn't ask) photo. No exchange of words, all seemed OK, just wanted to maintain social distancing. And so we left.

11.01.2022 Still waiting on Parks. We're hoping to plant out our Swap gums that are over growing their pots sometime this season. Will need a few small groups of less than five to build the guards before hand. No idea what's happening to the Sea Spurge at Squeaky. Suspect all good for Sea Spurge and nothing else. PV did say they they had a go at it but it realy needs a team of 20 or more to cover the dunes. Gov seems to indicate a possible maybe access to Parks soon but it's Parks Vic that need to make the call. Still waiting... We may need to inforce registration in ParkConnect for our activties given curent health reasons. I'd ask all members to think about registering in ParkConnect and joining our group"Friends of the prom" It's not all that dificuft and could do away with lengthy sign in times each activity.

11.01.2022 Our beautiful volunteers turned out on Tuesday for our Grazer monitoring event at the Yanakie Isthmus and we couldn’t be more appreciative. The wet weather wasn’t dampening the spirits of the Dung Flingers, who pushed through lunch to finish collecting the most recent samples. We make no secret of it- we love Poop Snooping at Friends of the Prom See you in another 6 weeks guys!... : Michelle Darling Parks Victoria The University of Melbourne #FriendsOfTheProm #FOTP #WilsonsProm #WilsonsPromontoryNationalPark #WilsonsPromontory #ParksVic #ParksVictoria #Conservation #Volunteering #TidalRiver #DungFlingers #PoopSnooping #YanakieIsthmus #GrazerMonitoring #melbourneuniversity

10.01.2022 Are you ready to Purge? Our next working bee has been locked in to ‘Purge the Spurge’ on February 3rd. We’re working to restore the habitat of the threatened Hooded Plover by removing the invasive weed Sea Spurge from Squeaky Beach. Parks Victoria have also kindly offered free camping at stockyard flats for volunteers. For more information and to sign up please check out the Park Connect website and send us a message to reserve your camping spot. Places are limited so get in quick and be a Friend of the Prom #friendsoftheprom #FOTP #WilsonsPromontory #ParksVictoria #ParksVic #SeaSpurge #SqueakyBeach #Conservation #Volunteering

10.01.2022 So far, 2021 has been full of projects and plans for us here at Friends of the Prom and we think there is one project that our online friends can help us with We think it might be time to update our logo and we’d love your input. We have a few submissions from our members in our back pocket but we’d love to open the opportunity to you, our mates on the internet. ... With such an iconic landscape and beautiful wildlife, the ideas for design are endless. So if you fancy yourself a creative person or a whiz with graphic design and love the idea of volunteering a logo for a good cause, please send us a message via our Facebook or Instagram by May 14th. In a few weeks we’ll narrow down the options and ask your help to pick a winner. Thank you everyone for your continued support, you’re amazing #FriendsOfTheProm #VicParks #FOTP #ParksVictoria #WilsonsProm #WilsonsPromontoryNationalPark #WilsonsPromontory #TidalRiver #FloraandFauna #NativeNursery #NewLogo #Conservation #Volunteering

10.01.2022 We're excited!!! Millie Ross and the crew from Gardening Australia have just filmed our Nursery's input into Parks Victoria's Restoration of Coastal Grassy Woodland project on the Yanakie Isthmus here at the Prom. Going to air in about 10 weeks time. Here is FOTP's legend Mary Walker chatting to Millie Ross with Max Parnell, Millie Howell, Olga Wilkonson and Linda Hansen

10.01.2022 Saturdays weeding effect. Got within 30 metres of the end of the beach. Thanks Val for the photos.

09.01.2022 From three weeks to today Squeaky beach is clear of Sea Spurge from the most northern point to almost the Southern end of the dunes. Great effort to all that put time into this effort. At present Squeaky is the most clear of Sea Spurge it has been in 10 years. We hope to hit it again late March and extend our reach to Picnic Bay.

08.01.2022 Wilsons Prom was re-opened Wednesday morning, but restrictions still apply. See the Parks web site for details https://www.parks.vic.gov.au//wilsons-promontory-national- . We ran our online AGM last Tuesday and thank all members for logging in (about 25 attended). Also thank Bethany and Tracy from CoastCare for moderating and ran the MSTeams online software. The committee has two new members Karin who is taking up the secretary role and James as an ordinary member. We thank Mark for his time over the past few years who filled the president role for three and now vacating the committee. Bill remains president. Hopefully, we will be able to re-start limited activities soon. Will post an update when we do.

07.01.2022 Amazing News!! Because of all the work from our volunteers and professional weed suppression by Envirogain Hooded Plovers are back attempting to nest on the flat at Squeaky Beach!! Thank you everyone xx Coastcare Victoria Parks Victoria BirdLife Australia

06.01.2022 Beautiful young Wilsons Prom Wombat in tip top condition, munching grass, as she should

05.01.2022 Are you into indigenous plants? Our Nursery Group's 2020 dates are here. Contact Mary 0408 530638

04.01.2022 FOTP had hoped to run a weekend activity this weekend July 4th planting out much needed seedings around Tidal River. Deteriorating conditions in Melb have forced Park rangers to cancel this weekend activity. We will continue and try for future events but have to operate within Parks Vic guidelines. Prom Park rangers did all they could to make this happen and only recent conditions in Melb have forced this cancellation. Please note you need to register in ParkConnect for all future activities as we will need restrict numbers for the foreseeable future. We will give preference to financial members. Updates and newsletters are on our web site https://friendsoftheprom.org.au/

02.01.2022 Here at Friends of the Prom we’re Plover Lovers At the shore bird survey last November, FOTP members Val, Gerry, Brooke and Jane spotted a Hooded Plover nest at Norman Bay. Three chicks have now hatched and are keeping their parents busy. Marine ranger Tess Hoinville fenced off the area and has been closely monitoring the family over the summer. These chicks are a lesson in camouflage. If you’d like to help us protect these beautiful but threatened birds, come down to our ...sea spurge clean up at Squeaky Beach on Feb 3rd. Hooded Plovers can’t see their babies through the invasive weed- so it’s got to go! : Tess Hoinville of Parks Victoria #FriendsOfTheProm #FOTP #WilsonsProm #WilsonsPromontoryNationalPark #ParksVic #ParksVictoria #hoodedploversofinstagram #HoodedPlover #birdsofaustralia

01.01.2022 After last weeks rain we’re happy to announce that our Tidal River Native Nursery is open and growing again this Thursday morning For all of our new Friends, our volunteers meet every fortnight at the Tidal River Nursery to propagate from native seeds and cuttings collected from the park. The seedlings are used in restoration projects throughout #WilsonsPromontory by Parks Victoria and #FriendsOfTheProm Our next meet-up is Thursday the 8th of April and we’d love to see yo...u there. If you’re interested in spending a couple of hours with us, learning about our native Flora and helping us preserve our beautiful Prom, please head over to ParkConnect or contact our green-queen Mary at [email protected] #FriendsOfTheProm #VicParks #FOTP #ParksVictoria #WilsonsProm #WilsonsPromontoryNationalPark #WilsonsPromontory #TidalRiver #FloraandFauna #NativeNursery