Students, corporate and environmental volunteers and land management agencies joined forces recently in a bid eradicate two of the worst weeds on the coast. Year nine and 10 students from Lorne-Aireys Inlet P-12 and ANZ bank staff were amongst the group volunteers keen to protect Lorne’s iconic Queens Park. Queens Park is 25 hectares of [...]
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Queens Park blitz a group effort
Posted in Birds, Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Community, Conservation, Endangered animals, Environment, Environmental Education, Erosion, Fauna, Flora, Forum for Coastal Volunteers, GORCC, Indigenous plants, Infestation, Managing the coast, Native wildlife, students, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged healthy coast, protecting the coast, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, weeds, volunteers, collaboration, blog, birds, native vegetation, biodiversity, education, conservation, Coast Action/Coastcare, community, projects, environment, flora, fauna, environmental weeds on May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Beachgoers and dunes at risk
Posted in Uncategorized, Managing the coast, GORCC, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Environment, Dunes, Erosion, tagged healthy coast, protecting the coast, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, erosion, recreation, Torquay, conservation, environment, Surf Coast, sand dunes on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It might seem like fun but playing in sand dunes can not only destroy these areas but can be dangerous. Coastal conservationists are sending out the message- stay safe and keep out of the dunes! Great Ocean Road Coast Committee (GORCC) Coastal Projects Manager, Mike Bodsworth said running and jumping on dunes could be great fun but caused serious damage [...]
