Most of us are familiar with the local birds who frequent our gardens and we can probably put a name to those visitor’s who fly in during summer and leave before winter begins. Well the story is the same in the sea. Living amongst the soft sponge gardens, seagrass meadows or swaying algal forests is [...]
Archive for March, 2011
The Surf Coast’s Hidden Wonderland
Posted in Climate change, Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Volunteers, tagged Anglesea, beach, biodiversity, bottlenose dolphins, Climate change, coast, Great Ocean Road, Great Victorian Fish Count, habitat, healthy coast, humback whales, Lorne, marine life, Museum Victoria, reef, reef fish, Reef Watch, sea, sea sweep, senator wrasse, sharks, Six-spined leatherjackets, southern right whales, volunteers on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An Underwater World In Decline
Posted in Climate change, Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, GORCC, Managing the coast, Uncategorized, Volunteers, tagged Australia, biodiversity, brown algae, carbon footprint, Climate change, coast, community, cool water, El Nino Southern Oscillation, ENSO, erosion, giant kelp, GORCC, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, kelp, macrocystis, protecting the coast, rocky reefs, Surf Coast, temperate reef, volunteers on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine you are in a forest and life is teeming around you. The forest canopy stretches metres above and as you look up into the filtered sunlight a myriad of lifeforms can be seen living in their sheltered forest home. No, it’s not a tropical rainforest; it’s an underwater world of Giant Kelps (Macrocystis). The [...]
Winning battles in the war on weeds
Posted in Coastal biodiversity, Community, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged Anglesea, chocolate lilies, coast tea-tree, coast wattle, coastal heathlands, common heath, common wedge-pea, conservation, ecological burns, environmental weeds, Great Ocean Road, indigenous plant species, native vegetation, native violets, projects, protecting the coast, silky guinea-flower, silver banksia, terrestrial orchids, twiggy daisy-bush, volunteers, weeds, wildflowers on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a war on weeds being staged at the Great Otway National Park and some dedicated environmental warriors have been winning significant battles. The Friends of Eastern Otways have been working tirelessly to protect and rehabilitate the internationally significant coastal heathlands at Anglesea – renowned for their wonderful flora and fauna biodiversity. The 1983 bushfires [...]
Saving your health and your environment
Posted in Coast, Community, GORCC, Litter, Managing the coast, Uncategorized, Volunteers, tagged beach, cigarette butts, Clean Up Australia, coast, community, GORCC, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, litter, Lorne, pollutant, projects, protecting the coast, recreation, smoking ban, Torquay, volunteers, wildlife on March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
While steps have been taken to reduce smoking on our beautiful beaches, we still need to work together to keep them smoke and cigarette butt free. The Surf Coast has some of the most beautiful beaches in Australia which attract millions of visitors each year. Surf Coast beaches provide an important social and recreational outlet [...]
Gazania! Have You Seen this Weed??
Posted in Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Fauna, GORCC, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged beach, Bellarine Peninsula, cliff vegetation, coast, Coast Action/Coastcare, coastal dune, conservation, drought tolerant, ecological, environmental weed, escapees, fauna, flora, Gazania, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, habitat, Jan Juc, native vegetation, Surf Coast, Treasure Flowers, vegetation, volunteers, weeds on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gazania or ‘Treasure Flowers’ are environmental weeds currently invading native vegetation along the Surf Coast. Although, these brightly coloured daisies seem attractive additions to gardens and nature strips, Gazania ‘escapees’ are causing serious problems to coastal flora and fauna. If left unmanaged, Gazania will continue to spread and smother coastal dune and cliff vegetation within [...]
