PARK WATCH June 2017 | It has been a poor breeding season for threatened hooded plovers in the Belfast Coastal Reserve, reports Chris Smyth. Local community monitoring of one beach […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 7 June 2017 | The Victorian Government made the wrong legal call when it approved the licensing of commercial horse training at Belfast Coastal Reserve, according to new […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 27 April 2017 | Moyne Shire Council’s indefinite ban on commercial horse training at Killarney Beach near Port Fairy is a great win for vulnerable hooded plovers and […]...

The Andrews Government has kicked a number of goals for the environment, but dropped the ball when it favoured the race horsing industry over protecting Hooded Plovers at Belfast Coastal Reserve....

Belfast Coastal Reserve near Warrnambool is the second most important breeding site on Victoria's coastline for the tiny Hooded Plover, listed as Vulnerable in Victoria and nationally....

MEDIA RELEASE 15 November 2018 | BirdLife Australia and the Victorian National Parks Association are appalled at the State Government’s decision to allow commercial horse training to continue...

MEDIA RELEASE 14 October 2016 | A fragile coastal reserve in South West Victoria is being torn up and invaded by racehorse trainers who are using conservation areas as ‘race […]...

MEDIA RELEASE 26 August 2016 | A beautiful stretch of coastal reserve between Port Fairy and Warrnambool could be lost to farming if the local council fails to rezone the […]...

Every great city has a great park; the Moolap Coastal Park could be Geelong’s. And now is the time to create it: the Cheetham Saltworks and Alcoa’s Point Henry aluminium […]...

An invasion of commercially trained horses, off-leash dogs, pests and weeds and illegal camping are some of the problems facing the Belfast Coastal Reserve. But managers can’t deal with these...