Activity: MASSIVE planting at Lewis Swamp south! Description: Please come along today to help us restore this wetland area adjacent to the trail. As a prior alignment of the creek, this low-lying area has some beautiful mini-billabongs and shallow wetlands. In fact, the creek itself is also a wetland (and we’ll focus on the creek banks …
The Friends of Campbells Creek invites all members to our 2024 Annual General Meeting on Wednesday August 21 at the Five Flags Hotel in Campbells Creek. We'll be gathering at 6 p.m. for a social meal prior to the meeting, and invite you to join us for the meal, the meeting or both. The AGM itself …
Activity: 2024’s creekside planting at Lewis Swamp south. Description: Please come along today to help us restore this creekside and wetland area adjacent to the trail. With our help, this area is recovering as a “Creekline Grassy Woodland” type of vegetation, listed as an endangered community in Victoria (on page 5 in that URL’s document). Because …
Activity: 2024’s truly final creekside planting at Lewis Swamp south. Description: Last month, we didn’t quite manage to plant all the seedlings destined for this creekside and wetland area adjacent to the trail. On Sunday, we hope to finish the job! Thanks to funding from the North Central CMA, this area is now free of Crack …
All welcome. The location is here, in the building at the Southwest corner of the school's grounds. if you cannot attend in person, here is a link to join via video for the first hour and here is another for the second hour. (Click on the timeslot in the calendar and when the details pop-up, …
Activity: Tackling a ’new’ species threatening our patch. Description: Globally the threat of invasive weeds, animals, fungi, etc., is estimated to contribute to ~ 60% of all extinctions. In our patch of Country, the public land along the creek is under attack from many invasive species. Recently, South African Orchid, known scientifically as Disa bracteata, started to …
This Sunday, come help us celebrate another year of our landcare good works with several activities followed by lunch. The weather forecast is perfect: a dry, mostly sunny day with a top temperature of 21°C. We’ll be helping manage the Winters Flat part of Campbells Creek between Butterworth St and Elliot St in Castlemaine. Located …
Activity: improving potential habitat for Eltham Copper Butterfly. Description: Connecting Country has funded us to improve the suitability of some of ‘our territory’ for the nationally endangered Eltham Copper Butterfly. You can read more about it on the Connecting Country web page. You’ll see that one of the butterfly’s essential requirements is the Sweet Bursaria plant …
February 2025 working bee for Eltham Copper Butterfly Read More »
Our regular clean of the creek and surrounds. Meet next to the fluoro-green footbridge at Winters Flat for an 8:00 a.m. start. Wear sturdy footwear, hat and if you have some, gloves. Bring your own drinking water. We'll finish with morning tea (provided). Hope to see you there.
Activity: Propagating tussock grasses. Description: Today we’ll be propagating a few thousand more tussock grasses for use in our revegetation along the creek. Growing our own saves us about $7,000.00 in purchase costs. You’ll have some fun and learn how easy (and inexpensive!) it is to grow these plants from seed. Where: Up the back of …
Activity: improving potential habitat for Eltham Copper Butterfly. Description: Connecting Country has funded us to improve the suitability of some of ‘our territory’ for the nationally endangered Eltham Copper Butterfly (ECB). You can read more about it on the Connecting Country web page. You’ll see that one of the butterfly’s essential requirements is the Sweet Bursaria …
April 2025 Working bee for Eltham Copper Butterfly Read More »
Activity: Planting for platypus! Description: This is our first scheduled working bee dedicated to the new $200,000 Commonwelath funded project which aims to improve habitat quality for the platypus population that lives in Campbells Creek. Today we’ll work near the bridge and new trail to continue the planting effort started by neighbours last week. As …
