Posts Tagged ‘wildlife’
Attracting Wildlife to Your Backyard
Posted in Events by samgreen on October 26th, 2011
| 9 November , 2011 | ||
| 12:30 pm | to | 1:30 pm |
Endangered: Regent Honeyeater. Photo by marj k via flickr CC
How we garden makes a big difference to the health of our local environment – water conservation, growing our own chemical free food and creating wildlife habitat all help keep our environment healthy.
In this session you will learn how you and your community can create food, water, shelter and nesting sites for birds, bees, frogs, butterflies and other wildlife in your garden and local neighbourhood.
Date: Wednesday 9 November 2011, 12.30-1.30pm
Location: Reception Room, Maribyrnong Council Offices, cnr Hyde & Napier Sts Footscray
To register please visit ww.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/lunchbox or contact Council’s Sustainability Officer on 03 9688 0357 for more information.
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The 14th Mullum Mullum Festival
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on September 7th, 2011
| 10 September , 2011 | ||
| 11 September , 2011 | ||
| 17 September , 2011 | ||
| 18 September , 2011 |
The 14th Mullum Mullum Festival 10 -11 September and 17 -18 September
Starting off with a bike ride on Saturday 10 September, the festival will be officially opened on Sunday 11th September by Luke Chamberlain, Victorian Forest Campaigner for The Wilderness Society, at Yarran Dheran Reserve, North Mitcham.
The opening day will provide a variety of events from the local Aboriginal community and other performers as well as a BBQ supplied by the Healesville Aboriginal Arts coop. There will be organic cordial from the Good Brew Cart and walks and talks for both adults and children.
The Festival will continue on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September at a variety of sites in the Mullum Mullum Valley, and will include environmental, sustainability and climate change walks and talks and presentations at Currawong Bush Park, Warrandyte.
The program can be found at http://mullummullumfestival.org.au/
For hard copies of the program – contact decortis@bigpond.net.au or 9719 7661 or download and print from here
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A Wildlife Experience in St Kilda
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on July 22nd, 2011
| 30 July , 2011 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
A Wildlife Experience in St Kilda (for parents and kids) on Saturday 30 July
Aimed at kids, together with their parents, this workshop is designed to stimulate interest in native animals and birds. It also provides kids and their parents with a project that they can tackle together at home i.e. constructing a nesting box and then attracting owls, birds, etc. to their home, school or neighbourhood. Gio, a local 14 year old boy, is a keen naturalist and has built and deployed nesting boxes all over St Kilda and even as far afield as Phillip Island (where the hospital there has attracted a barn owl into one of his boxes). Marian is a PhD student specializing in a local bird, the tawny frogmouth.
2.30 pm : Gio, (14), will teach parents and their kids how to make a nesting box to attract birds and animals.
3.30 pm: Marian Weaving will explain how to do wildlife surveys.
4.30 pm: A walk around the St Kilda Botanic Gardens with Gio & Marian to observe wildlife and to illustrate the best way to conduct a wildlife survey.
Date: Saturday 30 July; Cost: $20 per family
Bookings essential – phone 9534 0670.
For more information, contact Bede Doherty (GM at Port Phillip EcoCentre)
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