Local Lorne community group LorneCare is a true demonstration of dedication to Lorne’s environment. The group works tirelessly throughout the year to maintain the town’s picturesque surroundings and this year will celebrate their ten year anniversary. The achievement will be marked with a celebration in remembrance their first working bee held in April 2001. The [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Community Group Born To Make a Difference
Posted in Coastal biodiversity, GORCC, Litter, Managing the coast, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged biodiversity, environment, environmental weeds, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, litter, Lorne, protecting the coast, volunteers on January 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Protein Science Conference Gets Behind Foreshore Rehabilitation
Posted in Climate change, Coastal biodiversity, GORCC, Managing the coast, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged beach, Climate change, coast, committee of management, community, conservation, education, environmental weeds, Erskine River, funding, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, indigenous plants, Junior Landcare Victorian Youth Environment Conference, Lorne, Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, native vegetation, projects, protecting the coast, revegetation, volunteers, weeds on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
North Lorne is returned to its former glory thanks to Protein Society support. The mouth of the Erskine River on the Lorne Foreshore has been revitalized by the Great Ocean Road Coast Committee (GORCC) thanks to financial support received from the annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function. The conference runs over five days [...]
Protecting Our Endangered Locals
Posted in GORCC, Uncategorized, Volunteers, tagged beach, birds, blog, coast, coastal birds, endangered, extinct, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, hooded plovers, migratory, nesting, plovers, Point Addis, Point Impossible, protected species, red-capped plovers, red-necked stints, volunteers on January 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Three very special bird species are calling the Surf Coast home and need your help to survive. Birds Australia volunteers work tirelessly every year to protect and monitor endangered coastal birds, nesting along the coastline. They have the challenging task of protecting the birds from the many threats they face. Three coastal birds [...]
