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Cornish Hill Newsletter August 2018

By Site Admin On October 3, 2018 · Add Comment

Welcome to the August 2018 edition of the Friends of Cornish Hill newsletter. Please download the newsletter by clicking on the PDF icon below.

Newsletter Aug18

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Meet The Fochers

By Site Admin On September 24, 2018 · Add Comment

It’s a busy time for the Friends till the end of the year, starting on Saturday 13th October 10-noon with our community engagement event called – MEET THE FOCHERS and then on Sunday 25th November – Wild Flower Discovery tour hosted by Tanya Loos on Cornish Hill – for each event please contact Margie on 0409 216251 if you are interested in coming along.

Meet The Fochers

 

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Cornish Hill Newsletter May 2018

By Site Admin On June 6, 2018 · Add Comment

FOCH Newsletter May 2018

 

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A great place for a walk

By Site Admin On June 6, 2018 · Add Comment

June 6th 2018

Seems that the mild weather has brought out all the walkers. Today we hosted Malmsbury walking group. Jenny Taylor has been a member of the Friends for some time and was originally on the Committee of Management when it was first formed back in the 1990’s. Pine trees blocking the view of Lake Daylesford were removed today. What a difference!

 

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Planting with Daylesford Secondary College

By Site Admin On June 6, 2018 · Add Comment

May 29th 2018

We were able to take full advantage of some help with planting on Cornish Hill just before the season drew to a close. A group of DSC students who take part in a Hands on Learning program planted another 50+ trees and shrubs and also learnt how to propagate seeds and cuttings. None of this could take place without the extraordinary help from our volunteers Anthony Jowett, Jan Thompson, Andrew Percy Sam Pearson, Ivon Watt, Rotary member Colin Metcalfe, and the able and affable Tania Dunn from DSC. Our aim is to welcome the same students back towards the end of the year when we hope to be planting out the cuttings and seedlings propagated at this session. Thanks to all those who took part and to whoever ordered the weather! Sunny in more ways than one!

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Wesley College Clunes on the Hill!

By Site Admin On June 6, 2018 · Add Comment

24th May 2018

Christmas came early on Cornish Hill  when 11 students from Wesley College Clunes campus lead by staff members Jonathan and Zoe planted over 50 trees and hand cut out and painted broom seedlings, dock and thistles. We are indeed grateful to have the support of these students and staff, not to mention our volunteers Barbara Webb, Anthony Jowett, Andrew Percy, Sam Pearson, Gael Shannon, Miriam Porter and Ivon Watt who bent over backwards to make sure the event was a success. The last photo sums it up! Exhaust ed after a hard day’s work. We are grateful for their help and looking forward to catching up with our DSC friends in the Hands on Learning program on Tuesday 29th when another 50 trees are to be planted. A big hands up to you all for such a great effort.

 

 

 

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Conservation Volunteers

By Site Admin On April 23, 2018 · Add Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The age old adage really is true, many hands do make light work; and that’s never more true than when a team of 10 Conservation Volunteers from Bendigo arrived on the 19th of April to give us a lending hand.
It was a case of BYO brush-cutters, walking tracks were cleared and gorse, broom and blackberry and re-emerging woody weed seedlings got the chop. Goodbye to all the willow suckers, these were hand removed by cutting then painting. Walkers on the Hill will be pleased to know that 5 previously undiscovered wasp nests were treated as well. After the rain at the weekend, the weather on the day was perfect, blue sky and a light breeze made it a pleasure to be spending time with such a keen and happy bunch of volunteers. And an extra bonus was that there was enough time to set up a site for a future planting with the Daylesford Secondary College. Thanks to team leader Daryl and his inspirational team!

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Fauna and Flora Walk with Tanya Loos

By Site Admin On March 20, 2018 · Add Comment

How lucky we all were to have the very talented Tanya Loos take locals and visitors alike on a Fauna and Flora walk on Cornish Hill on Saturday 10th March. Billed as part of the program for the ChillOut Festival, we couldn’t be more pleased at the huge turnout we got – 45 people! These were made up of FOCH Committee members, members, locals, interstate and even overseas visitors. Our overseas visitors were from Canada, Belgium, New Zealand and Croatia – just amazing!

We learnt so much in just two hours – we looked at the pupae of the Imperial Hairstreak Butterflies being protected by ants who in turn receive a sugary feed from them, we checked out half eaten pine cones by Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos,  we saw Whirligig Beetles, a Cherry Ballart tree, tree ferns and visited the picnic area at Smith’s Creek. But wait for it – the highlight of the day, was finding Koala poo! Yes, we definitely have Koala’s in Cornish Hill! We even picked them up, opened them and sniffed them! It’s not as bad as it sounds, honestly – they don’t eat meat!

Anyway, the walk was a roaring success and one that we will definitely repeat next year for the 22nd ChillOut Festival. And talks are afoot to do a few more during the year. Watch this space!

And thanks Tanya, Margie, Jan and all who attended!

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Cornish Hill Newsletter – February 2018

By Site Admin On March 6, 2018 · Add Comment

Welcome to the February 2018 edition of the Friends of Cornish Hill newsletter. Please download the full newsletter by clicking on the PDF icon below.

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Green Army weeklong visit

By Site Admin On March 6, 2018 · Add Comment

The Green Army, an initiative of the Abbott Federal Government, is a hands-on, practical environmental action program that supports local environment and heritage conservation projects across Australia. Having hosted 4 visits from the Green Army over the past 3 years, the Friends consider themselves to be very lucky as the program is to be phased out by June 2018. For one week beginning on Monday February 12th, a team of 8 plus team leader helped the Friends slash down large infestations of broom, gorse and blackberries as well as cutting and painting out re-emerged seedling woody weeds. Fortunately, we enjoyed cooler weather which made for a better working environment for the team and the real bonus is that Jesse and Freja have decided to sign up as members of our group.

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