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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Nice natives move in
Posted in Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Fauna, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged fauna; native fauna; volunteers; conservation; revegetation; biodiversity; coast;, healthy coast, Jan Juc, native vegetation, passion, protecting the coast on July 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Investigations into mysterious track marks in vegetation areas of Jan Juc have revealed that the native Swamp Rat (Rattus lutreolus) is calling the area home. Jan Juc Coast Action chairperson Luke Hynes said the group’s hard work to restore the area was resulting in native species moving into the habitat. “We laid a number of [...]
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 [...]
Protecting spectacular Point Addis
Posted in Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Community, Cultural heritage, Managing the coast, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged healthy coast, protecting the coast, weeds, volunteers, Crown land, collaboration, coast, passion, beach, native vegetation, biodiversity, cultural heritage, conservation, community, community groups, fauna, Point Addis, habitat, Surf Coast on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Stand at Point Addis and look east to Port Phillip Heads in the distance. Gaze west along the coast to the Split Point lighthouse at Aireys Inlet. Look across the southern ocean and glimpse gannets diving or swallows swooping past the cliff face. Spectacular Point Addis and the Ironbark Basin are fairly new additions to [...]
Volunteers Restore Coastal Heathland
Posted in Coastal biodiversity, Cultural heritage, Managing the coast, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged Anglesea, beach, coast, Coast Action/Coastcare, collaboration, community, conservation, environment, fauna, flora, healthy coast, indigenous plants, passion, projects, protecting the coast, restoration, volunteers, weeds on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most would agree the coastal environment along the Great Ocean Road is arguably one of the most beautiful natural locations in the world. The region is bursting with spectacular sights of dramatic cliffs, huge surf, and pristine beaches all delicately highlighted by one of Australia’s largest collections of indigenous flora and fauna. Part of the [...]
Lessons to be remembered and carried forward
Posted in Forum for Coastal Volunteers, The way forward?, tagged coast, Coast Action/Coastcare, coast carers, collaboration, communication and engagement, connections, conservation, education, forum, lessons, passion, projects, protecting the coast, volunteers on November 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The forum provided an opportunity to share stories and, through these, to learn from each other’s experiences as coast carers. While each story was different, a number of common lessons emerged during the telling that could be applied to just about everyone’s story. These are the key points that we want to share, remember and [...]
