Upper Goulburn Landcare Connections: Autumn Calendar ‘12
Don’t forget to …..Finish spraying Blackberries, Patterson’s Curse and Capeweed. Start planting when soil moisture is good – after the
early rains. For all of you gardeners, now is the time to plant spring bulbs!
Look For…Mushrooms, Common Brown Butterfly, Puff Balls, Flame Robins and Currawongs.
La Niña
Date
2nd April
17th April
Myrtle Rust is a very serious
fungal disease of many
garden and bushland plants
of the Myrtaceae family
including;
Eucalyptus, Melalueca,
Callistemon, Leptospermum,
Syzigium, Agonis flexuosa,
Metrosideros excelsa.
The yellow spores of Myrtle
Rust can easily be spread by;
infected plants,
contaminated equipment,
wind, water, animals,
humans (on clothing and
jewellery), vehicles.
If you think you have found
Myrtle Rust DO NOT TOUCH
IT! Contact the DPI on
1800084881, or email
photos and contact number
to:
plant.protection@dpi.vic.go
v.au
18th April
23rd – 24th
April
29th April
26th May
TBC
May 20th
Event
UGLN General Meeting
Location
Royal Mail Hotel,
Yea
Bus trip to Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens.
Royal Botanic
Leaving Rotary Park Alexandra at 8.30am, returning Gardens,
Approximately 5.30pm. $15 per person
Cranbourne
Coordinated by
Home Creek/Spring Creek Landcare Group
Carbon Farming Seminar
RSL Hall,
27 Murchison St,
Broadford
Contacts
Judy Watts,
57360105
John Sharwood; 57721148
jpsharwood@virtual.net.au
A 2 day Stock handling course with Dr Rod Manning
Offered by GOTAFE.
Day 1, Theory – Yea Shire Offices
Day 2, Rod Manning’s Yards, Mansfield
Yea Shire Offices,
The Semi-Circle,
Yea.
Rod Manning’s Yards
Mansfield
Yea River Landcare Group Farm Walks– Ken and Di 630 Whanregarwen
Folletta. Enjoy the beautiful Billabongs and bird life! Rd
Alexandra
Judy Brookes
juncball@bigpond.com
57972563
Fish Circus– Coming Soon on the King Parrot Creek! Goulburn Valley
Another Fabulous Fish day is planned in April – stay Highway,
Tuned!
Kerrisdale
Farm Tour – Carbon Farming
Merton Landcare Group invites local Landcare Members Meet at Merton
to ride or walk from Merton Gap to Merton Cemetary.
Store
Judy Watts
uglandcare@gbcma.vic.gov.au
57360105
Identify the local plants as you travel.
Sonia Sharkey
57346312
swglandcare@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au
Judy Brookes
juncball@bigpond.com
57972563
Robyn Rattray-Wood
Robyn.RattrayWood@dse.vic.gov.au
Or UGLN - 57360105
According to the Bureau
of Meteorology, The La
Nina event is nearing its
end. During the La Nina
events, the number of
tropical cyclones in the
Australian region is
typically above normal
over the November –
April tropical cyclone
season with February to
March the peak. The
influence of La Nina on
Australian rainfall and
temperature typically
peaks during winter to
mid-summer, then
weakens over the
following autumn.