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 »
New direction for conservation
Posted in Beaches, Birds, Cat Curfew, Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Community, Conservation, Endangered animals, Environment, Environmental Education, Fauna, Feral cats, Flora, Forum for Coastal Volunteers, Foxes, GORCC, Indigenous plants, Managing the coast, Native wildlife, The way forward?, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged biodiversity, birds, blog, coast, collaboration, communication and engagement, community, conservation, education, environment, environmental weeds, fauna, flora, forum, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, native vegetation, passion, projects, protecting the coast, volunteers, weeds on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Otway Community Conservation Group recently held a workshop to address future directions and potential projects for the management, protection and enhancement of biodiversity in the Otway region. OCCN facilitator Luke Hynes was encouraged by the outcomes of the workshop and feedback given by all representatives. “Suggested project areas included further networking between groups, improving [...]
Don’t be a butt with your cigarette!
Posted in Beaches, Birds, Clean up Australia Day, Coast, Community, Conservation, Endangered animals, Environment, Environmental Education, Fauna, GORCC, Illegal rubbish dumping, Litter, Managing the coast, Marine debris, Marine environment, Native wildlife, Oceans, Rubbish, Schools, students, Surf Coast, Uncategorized, Volunteers, tagged beach, birds, blog, coast, community, conservation, education, environment, fauna, GORCC, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, litter, protecting the coast, rubbish, Surf Coast, Torquay, tourism, volunteers on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How many times have you sat on the beach and found yourself surrounded by cigarette butts? Cigarette butts continue to be the main source of rubbish found on our Surf Coast – a disappointing result considering the Surf Coast Shire was the first municipality to ban smoking on its beaches. In 2008, cigarette butts made up 30 per [...]
Input sought on Otways biodiversity
Posted in Managing the coast, GORCC, Coastal biodiversity, Weeds and native vegetation, Forum for Coastal Volunteers, Volunteers, Community, Community, Coast, Indigenous plants, Environment, Environmental Education, Native wildlife, Flora, Conservation, tagged biodiversity, blog, coast, Coast Action/Coastcare, collaboration, communication and engagement, conservation, environment, environmental weeds, flora, GORCC, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, native vegetation, passion, projects, protecting the coast, Surf Coast, volunteers, weeds on April 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Do you have some more free time during your Easter Holidays? Why not come along to the upcoming planning workshop for the Otway Community Conservation Network (OCCN) later this month? After a successful first year, the OCCN is inviting the community to have their input at a new workshop about the future protection of biodiversity in the Otway region. The OCCN are coordinating [...]
Cleanup helps conserve the coast
Posted in Beaches, Clean up Australia Day, Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Environment, Environmental Education, Flora, GORCC, Illegal rubbish dumping, Jan Juc, Litter, Marine environment, Rubbish, Volunteers, tagged blog, caring for the coast, Clean Up Australia Day, cleaning, community, education, environment, GORCC, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, Jan Juc, litter, protecting the coast, rubbish, Surf Coast on March 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Clean Up Australia (CUA ) Day volunteers generously dedicated their Sunday morning to cleaning up the Jan Juc Foreshore area. CUA Day was held on Sunday 4 March and the Great Ocean Road Coast Commitee (GORCC) registered the Jan Juc forshore area as an official cleanup site. Eleven people volunteered including several members of Jan Juc Coast Action(JJCA) a local volunteer [...]
Predatory pests targeted in Juc
Posted in GORCC, Managing the coast, Volunteers, tagged beach, blog, coast, Coast Action/Coastcare, education, environmental weeds, fauna, flora, fox control, foxes, Going Green Column, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, hooded plover, invasive animals, Jan Juc, Jan Juc Coast Action, native vegetation, OCC, Otway Coast Committee, pest control, predatory pests, protecting the coast, soft jaw trap, threat, Torquay, volunteers on July 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Jan Juc Coast Action group is embarking on a fox control program in an effort to protect the local environment from the predatory pests. Jan Juc Coast Action chairperson Luke Hynes said foxes were highly destructive to both flora and fauna. “Foxes not only prey on native animals, but increase the spread of invasive weeds [...]
Indigenous gardens come to life
Posted in Coastal biodiversity, Fauna, GORCC, Indigenous plants, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged biodiversity, blog, Bright Copper Butterfly, coastal climates, conservation, echidna, education, endangered, environmental weeds, fauna, flora, garden, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, habitats, Jan Juc, native vegetation, orchids, Paralucia aurifera, passion, Rufous Bristle Bird, Torquay, weeds, wildflowers, wildlife on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The recent discovery of a rare butterfly in a Jan Juc Garden demonstrates how indigenous flora has the power to bring Surf Coast gardens to life. Jan Juc residents Ian and Roma Edwards were delighted to discover their indigenous garden was home to a rare Bright Copper Butterfly (Paralucia aurifera). Click Here to see the [...]
