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Park News – September, 2014
Spring Bird Count One for your diaries: our Spring Bird Count is planned for Saturday, 18th October starting at 07:30 sharp. We’ll send you a reminder closer to the date… If you can’t make our day, Blackburn Lake’s will … Continue reading
Working Bee – Sunday, September 28th 2014
Our September Community Working Bee, on Sunday, 28th September, 2014, will once again be in Furness Park, below Gardenia Street. Planned activities: The original plan was to focus on weeding – but we’ve received a very welcome donation of a couple of hundred tube-stock seedlings … Continue reading
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Park News – August, 2014
Projects Committee is currently seeking a State Government Communities for Nature grant for a project to revegetate two corridors (northern/southern – purple-shaded) along the creek over the coming twelve months shown below: We do hope we are successful because our last … Continue reading
Working Bee – Sunday, 24th August 2014 [updated 27/8]
Our latest Working Bee on Sunday, 24th August, 2014 mainly addressed weeds the in the park at the bottom of Gardenia Street. The primary target was Angled Onion weed – our notorious weed of the month in May. Unfortunately, numbers were down a little on … Continue reading
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Park News – July, 2014
Happy National Tree Day ! Our Working Bee on Sunday, 27th July 2014 was a major success. Further work planting up the land adjacent to 60 Main Street was undertaken. Not only was the weather ideal, Friends of the Creeklands, Committee and community … Continue reading
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Working Bee – Sunday, 27th July 2014 [updated 27/7]
Our Working Bee on Sunday, 27th July 2014 was a major success. Not only was the weather ideal, Friends of the Creeklands, committee and community members combined to achieve some fantastic results on National Tree Day: 13 people working with some Friends participating in morning … Continue reading
Park News – June, 2014
Malcolm Street Billabong Reinstatement Project We understand that Council funding for the Malcolm Street Billabong Reinstatement Project has been approved for the coming financial year! The following sketch plan shows the reinstated billabong conceptually: The billabong and associated ponds are … Continue reading
New Residential Zones in Whitehorse Approved [Updated 12/11/2015]
Update 12/11/2015 Whitehorse Planning Amendment C174 has been gazetted – taking effect from 12th November, 2015. Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the Neighbourhood Residential Zone have now been introduced into the Whitehorse Planning Scheme at last. This means … Continue reading
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Woody Weed Removals Completed
Removal of two (2) large Monterey Pine trees and one (1) Cypress tree located in Kalang Park approximately at the rear of 4A Haydn Street was completed this morning (18/6/2014) by Council. Work commenced on Monday, 16 June 2014 as planned. The … Continue reading
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Working Bee at the Frog Bog – Sunday, 29th June 2014 [updated 29/6]
Our second community Working Bee for the year was conducted on Sunday, 29th June 2014. The location was the “Frog Bog” – on the north side of the creek below Myrtle Grove – easiest access to review our work is from … Continue reading
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Park News – May, 2014
The Land Adjacent to 60 Main Street – Council Works Council has completed ripping, planting-out and mulching the old path area – this part of the park is now taking shape. The way is now clear for further planting at … Continue reading
60 Main Street Development – Applicant’s appeal rejected by VCAT [updated 5/12]
This page is obsolete – it covers the first application and appeal to VCAT which failed. For more information on the latest developments (ie the second application and appeal to VCAT), please click here. Update 5/12/2014: VCAT has begun to notify all … Continue reading
Working Bee – Sunday, 25th May, 2014 [Updated 25/5]
Our first community working bee for 2014 was conducted on Sunday, May 25th from 09:00-12:00. Despite the threat of bad weather predicted, a good turn-out of worker bees made fairly quick work of the planting-out needed. Location: Kalang Park in the Malcolm Street … Continue reading
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Blackburn Bushland News, April – September 2014
The April – September 2014 edition of the Blackburn Bushland News is now available. Our latest newsletter includes: Bird Surveys at both the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary and the Blackburn Creeklands. News snippets covering the Kalang Park Pavilion upgrade, path realignment at the Creeklands Main St entrance … Continue reading
Park News – April, 2014
Autumn Bird Survey The Autumn Bird Survey on Saturday, 26th April was the usual success thanks to participation from Friends, our expert group leaders, our organizers and providers of goodies for morning tea (take a bow Mary, Anthea, Andrea and … Continue reading
Autumn Bird Survey: Saturday, 26th April, 2014
The 2014 Autumn bird survey was conducted on Saturday, 26th April 07:30-09:30. The weather was reasonably warm and the threatened rain held off. Although the sky was dull at first, and at the end of the walk, there was a good burst … Continue reading
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Park News – March, 2014 [Updated]
Web News – The Land Adjacent to 60 Main Street Several Friends have asked why the mulch heap has sat so long on the land adjacent to 60 Main Street. The mulch is awaiting some further work – Council is to … Continue reading
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