Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project Update 17 December 2019
December 18, 2019
Most of you will have heard that CPB contractors will be undertaking the $115.2 million upgrade and realignment of the South Gippsland Highway through the Black Spur Wetland area. Already some fencing of an adjoining property has commenced and we will be seeing other activit...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 16 October 2019
October 31, 2019
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of these lands and waters.Yay!!! …for all the Landcare warriors who are quietly and effectively controlling weeds - including woody weeds like Willows, Sweet Pittosporum and Tree Tobacco ! Melissa and Luke appreciated the excellen...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 15 August 2019
September 4, 2019
We are proud to acknowledge the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people as the traditional owners of these lands and waters.On Sunday we joined the throngs of people on the rail trail taking in the dynamic spectacle of our Tarwin River in flood – an extensive waterscape within the lan...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 14
June 12, 2019
Rain came and the wetlands refilled just 2 days after 24 Friends of Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria visited the Black Spur as part of a South Gippsland Discovery Tour. Our landcare group executive hosted the morning activities and Luke described the work he and Mel...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 13
April 14, 2019
It’s very humbling to contemplate the hundreds of generations of people who have lived and travelled through the Black Spur. Time adds another dimension to this place. The Bunurong, with archaeologists, have generously shared insights into this history with NTV Landca...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 12
February 14, 2019
One of the really rewarding things about revegetation (or protecting remnant vegetation) is the way that the plants keep working for us ever after – growing bigger, sequestering green house gases, safe guarding water quality, enriching and stabilising soils, providing food...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 11
December 11, 2018
" In 40 years I have never seen a euc seedling under a (Sweet Pittosporum) canopy. If it is not controlled we lose the eucalypt forests." Professor Roslyn Gleadow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University.Following on from our Citizen Science workshop, Nerrena ...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 10
October 1, 2018
Recently I was delighted to see a platypus from the middle bridge over the Tarwin River. Did you know that the river provides water for Meeniyan and Dumbalk? During winter, water is also pumped from the Tarwin River to replenish Leongatha’s water supply.So it’s great to ...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 9
August 17, 2018
We are blessed with at least two important public wildlife corridors in Nerrena/Tarwin Valley – the Tarwin River and the Great Southern Rail Trail (GSRT). The fact that they intersect between Koonwarra and Meeniyan gives this area additional significance.I’ve met with th...
Black Spur Creek Wetlands Project (BSCW) - Update 8
June 22, 2018
Car accidents happen very frequently along this section of the South Gippsland Highway and we are shocked and saddened by the recent fatality.Our June Landcare AGM was well attended. Thanks also to those who sent in proxies. Office bearers are Sue Miles President, Jill Vella...
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