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22 May
ELMA AGM 2012
ELMA held its AGM on Thursday 17th May 2012 at the Elphinstone Hall. The office bearers voted in are as follows:
President: Robyn Fearey
Secretary: Jill Smith (replaces Christa Kuhne)
Treasurer: Bill O’Reilly
Guest speaker was Ern Perkins from the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club who gave a presentation on grass identification. Free copies of the CD rom are available down at the shop.
20 Mar
Blackberry Control
Here are some photos of the Blackberries that were poisoned by Council along Sarah Court in West Elphinstone. Thanks to Sue, Landcare member and Sarah Court resident for sending in the photos. ELMA will monitor the effectiveness of this control
15 Mar
Council bulldoze Old Calder Highway
ELMA President, Robyn Fearey, found the Mount Alexander Shire Council contractors out on the Old Calder Highway with their bulldozers on the morning of Tuesday 13th March. They were pushing fallen trees away from the roadside. They have pushed the trees onto our plantings, as well as scalping the roadside area. The scalped area will now be infested by weeds. We are hoping to have this issue resolved and until that happens, works have been halted.
The Old Calder Highway has had considerable money spent on it to restore and maintain remnant vegetation. Hundreds of hours of volunteer labour has been spent on weed control, planting, and nest box monitoring. Although there are a number of trees down, they don’t pose any more of a fire threat than acres of weeds on private land, or the nearby State Forest.
8 Nov
Shane Howard at the Elphinstone Hotel
ELMA presents Shane Howard at the Elphinstone Hotel on Saturday 19th November. Support band Two Feet of Tofu start at 5pm, get in early. Gold coin donation. Information will be available about Landcare, as well as a range of publications to take home. ELMA membership is half price on the night – only $10. Gold coin donation gets you in to the gig and in the raffle.
Enquiries to Beth on 5473 3335 or 0431 219980
Supported by the Department of Sustainability and Environment
7 Sep
ELMA Meeting
ELMA meeting down at the Elpho Thursday 15th September, 6pm for dinner. We will be discussing our current projects and what we have to do with them, new projects, and other bits and pieces.
7 Sep
A koala wandered into Elphinstone…
Local resident, Lisa Komninos was out walking with her young daughter Jasmine, who looked up from her pram and spotted a koala in a tree. They live in Cemetery Road so it has obviously come out of the State forest. This isn’t a great photo as Lisa has sent it to me from her phone and it was backlit, but it is a definite record. So we’ll keep our eyes open for more in order to get a better idea of the mammals around here. Thanks Lisa.
Cemetery Road, Elphinstone
30 Jun
Planting Day
Jimmy Ball Flora Reserve
Sunday 17th July, 10am
Free BBQ lunch provided
RSVP to bethmellick@gmail.com
Jimmy Ball Flora Reserve
15 Jun
Water Rat
Jill Smith saw an Australian Water Ray on her property in Elphinstone just after the rains earlier in the year. She didn’t manage to get a photo of it, but is now on the look out. Here is a photo provided by the Australian Platypus Conservancy. Anybody else have similar sightings?
