New Discovery in The Cathedral Ranges

This is the gorgeous little White Footed Dunnart (Sminthopsis leucopus) that's recently been found in the Cathedral Ranges (since the fires) and the first-ever record of this species in that district.* Though it's known to occur in the catchments of the Big, Acheron & Yea Rivers, these animals are small, rarely seen and easily confused with more common species (eg. Agile Antechinus, House Mouse), so every record is valuable. [Image copyright Museum of Victoria: http://museumvictoria.com.au/bioinformatics/mammals/images/comleuclive.htm]
*ID most likely Sminthopsis lecopus, though may be S. murina.

Grocon Recycling for Recovery Meeting...at Marmalades in Yea

The team squirrelling away on Grocon applications. Grocon have kindly donated more than $1million to the Landcare fire recovery efforts across the State - the UGLN bids will total $499,000 for weeds, trees, nesting boxes, fence removal & installation, pest animals, volunteer coordination and community support and education. Phew.

ANZ in blizzard conditions.....brrrrr

25th June 2010

ANZ staff put up with bitterly cold conditions whilst pulling out burnt fence lines in regrowth at Kinglake. We know they'll ensure their fingers thaw out before they start work.







'Fat thumbs' may not be welcome in the accounts department, but they are easily tolerated when tree planting and there's no chance of causing a financial meltdown!

Hawthorn Rotary + Sausages & Wine = 300 seedlings planted!

10th of July
Tree planting at Lisa, Ron, Archie and Ella's with 11 members of Hawthorn Rotary enjoying Lisa's yummy sausages and wine at the end of the day. It was so cold that David had to borrow Lucia's pink beanie to keep his ears warm. 300 seedlings were planted to screen water tank and to block the noise of the road. Bridget cooking lunch in the only place that was out of the wind.








Archie and Ella helping plant trees around their new house.

10 NAB Fencers without Boundaries

Upper Goulburn Landcare's fence re-building work is going from strength to strength.

Today we removed 700m of old fence and finished up by 2pm. The weather held off until about 3pm and I caught up with Alan Stafford at Kinglake West about another fencing job.

You might recognize a few of the NAB blokes in the photo from Trevor Young's at Heathcote Junction last month!

My dog Gemma had a good day too, plenty of pats and sausages. A couple of the crownies left in the Landcare trailer from Saturday went down well tonight as well.

Cheers, Chris.