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Advantages of membership

Equipment available for loan 

Stored with Penny Roberts unless otherwise noted – penroberts@bigpond.com or 0418 396 837.

• GPS unit
• seed separator / sieve set
• 15 L back-pack spray units
• Hamilton planters
• weed wands &
• long-handled ratchet loppers
• cat/possum trap
• Indian Myna traps
• Cameras – a Reconyx Hyperfire (brand HF2X) motion sensing wildlife camera for fauna monitoring, plus a pole camera. To borrow you will need to demonstrate the need for it, and receive training in its use and maintenance, with a time limit to ensure it can be shared if the need arises. No charge unless we have to chase you for return, in which case a fee of $10 applies! Contact Howard Stirling or tel 0432 809 314
• Bunny blaster and and smoking machine – short training session required prior to use, contact Rob Lawrence at rlawre20@gmail.com or phone 0409 204 909

Equipment available for hire

1. 600L spray trailer [$25 per day]. Contact Howard Stirling on  0432 809 314.

2.  Stihl auger [$15 per day] – short training session required prior to use. penroberts@bigpond.com or 0418 396 837.

Indigenous native tubestock at cost of materials (50c), recycled plant hardware (free when available).

Assistance with planting days – organisation and tools, volunteers (local or corporate)

Assistance obtaining funding support for works that:

• protect remnant vegetation
• link areas of remnant vegetation (with local native species)
• protect and rehabilitate waterways
• expand on existing remnant vegetation &
• pest animal and plant control
  See the Projects page for details

Lots of learning opportunities – if you have a specific interest, let us know.

Special interest groups (See Groups)

Access to library resources. A wide range of material is available covering many topics relating to land management, whole farm planning, treatment of weeds, indigenous plants etc. You can also download the Library contents list.

Quarterly Newham Landcare newsletter,
in addition to Victorian Landcare and Catchment Magazine (which is available at Victorian Landcare Gateway, or see its Index)

Great social activities, practical events and specialist talks. Check out the Events page and Archives.

The membership benefits listed above are those to you as an individual – consider as well the benefits to the community of Newham and district through the involvement of the group in local activities.

We all benefit by the changes in the landscape around us that have been happening on private land – in many, many ways. Water quality, biodiversity, carbon sequestration … as well as visual amenity and property value.

The scale of this change is significantly influenced by access to cheap plants and groups of corporate or Landcare member volunteers that are made possible by the Landcare group.

For many of our member households this has also been through funding support made possible by Government grants accessed and administered on a voluntary basis by group members. Administrative component $$ in these grants have given the group the financial means to support the various projects in the community and Newham Primary school.

Funding has also been obtained for on-ground works at Hanging Rock Reserve (Community for Nature grants in 2011, 2012 and 2013 – the last of these a major grant which funded 50% of weed and pest management costs at the reserve) and for

Newham Primary School for activities that enhance the learning experience of the children, (e.g. Wild Action Zoo and Leigh Valley Hawk Sanctuary presentations, environmental activities at annual school camps and guest presenters for the kitchen garden program).

Educational activities at the Newham Primary school continue – in the past we provided resources [texts, posters, science equipment], monthly Waterwatch activities and funding for ‘incursions’. We have also been responsible for the landscaping and revegetation adjacent to the creek on the creek on the Western side of the school.  The group guaranteed the school a 6 year cycle of funding [a minimum of $2000 per annum] to support activities that have an environmental focus. Over 10 years we supported the Newham Propagating group, enabling the generation of $70,000 for landscaping and other projects within the school grounds that enhance the outdoor space used by students and the community.

Members of the roadside group [convened by Sue Massie] have mapped roadside weeds and entered the data into the Shire’s system – a necessary precursor to MRSC undertaking weed management works – as well as organising ‘hands-on’ sessions on special roadsides. Its interest has broadened its focus – lobbying to protect threatened roadside floral communities and species and expedite a roadside strategy for the Shire. See lots more at the Rural roadsides page.

If you wish to be involved in any particular way or have suggestions for activities or speaker events, please contact a member of the committee.

Your continued membership is an indication of your support for what we do, and the size of our membership base helps when applying for grants.