This public symposium will explore options and issues for securing the future of Victoria's native forests. We will convene scientists, land managers and First Nations expertise to explore and discuss perspectives informed by scholarship, cultural practices and ecological values. These researchers, policy makers and knowledge holders will address bushfire prevention, recovering threatened species, sustaining human […]
Help us learn more about sea slugs! If you snap a photo of sea slug anywhere on the Victorian coast between Friday 27 October and Sunday 5 November, please submit your images to the Sea Slug Census project for Oct-Nov on iNaturalist. Oct-Nov iNaturalist project You can also come along to our Point Danger (Torquay) […]
Join us as we search for sea slugs at Ricketts Point, Beaumaris. This event takes rockpooling to the next level! You will see amazing stuff, like hermit crabs, brittle stars and sea spiders. During this event you will learn how to look for sea slugs, get some tips on photographing them and hopefully find some! […]
This public symposium will explore options and issues for securing the future of Victoria's native forests. We will convene scientists, land managers and First Nations expertise to explore and discuss perspectives informed by scholarship, cultural practices and ecological values. These researchers, policy makers and knowledge holders will address bushfire prevention, recovering threatened species, sustaining human […]
This walk is fully booked. This 11.5km circuit walk will take us through the best of the Surf Coast scenery, from Ironbark Forest to the sweeping coastline and views over Bass Strait. We'll enjoy some beach walking, bushwalking and of course make time for lunch, taking in the fresh sea air. We'll be walking on […]
Join us as we search for sea slugs at Point Danger, Torquay. This event takes rockpooling to the next level! You will see amazing stuff, like hermit crabs, brittle stars and sea spiders. During this event you will learn how to look for sea slugs, get some tips on photographing them and hopefully find some! […]
Join us as we search for sea slugs at Point Danger, Torquay. This event takes rockpooling to the next level! You will see amazing stuff, like hermit crabs, brittle stars and sea spiders. During this event you will learn how to look for sea slugs, get some tips on photographing them and hopefully find some! […]
Truganina Park on the coastal edge of Hobsons Bay has some preserved remnant grassland/sedgeland, along with very successful bush restoration projects on what were previously heavily disturbed sites. It has interesting nature-friendly recreation development, scenic views, and interesting plants, geology, and birds. Gordon Lescinsky will be your guide. Meet at the 100 Steps car park, […]
See Melbourne's smallest grassland, home to endangered species, right in the middle of Watergardens Shopping Centre car park! Keep going to Pioneer Park Grassland on land that was once police stables – there's plenty of endangered species here too. Then we go to Sydenham Park on the edge of the mighty Maribyrnong River, with its […]
Allison Menzies will give us the buzz on pollination in our grasslands – from forester moths to flower wasps, small black beetles to leafcutter bees. Her current Latrobe Uni Masters project is looking at invertebrate pollinators of five key floral plants at Illabarook Grassland Flora Reserve. Her talk with be followed by our usual monthly […]
