Friends of Melaleuca celebrates opening of Deny King Heritage Museum Friends of Melaleuca and guests gathered for the launching of the Deny King Heritage Museum on Friday 30 June. The displays had been installed at Melaleuca during the busy summer season, and at last with winter here we were able to celebrate the achievement. The […]
Bruny Island Quarantine Station Volunteer Caretaker Summer Program September 2017 to May 2018 About Bruny Island Quarantine Station The Quarantine Station consists of a peninsula of 128 hectares extending into Barnes Bay at Bruny Island. Although a peninsula the Station looks and feels like an island. The people of the Nuenonne Aboriginal Tribe […]
When most Victorian families are heading north seeking sunshine, this winter my family packed our thermals, polar fleeces, down jackets, beanies and gloves to be the voluntary caretakers at the Bruny Island Quarantine Station. With my husband and I both employed in the environmental field, we are always out and about in nature with our […]
New Town At one stage we had a run of good fortune with bad weather only arriving after our work had finished and we back at the cars. Today this luck returned and rain only started an hour afterwards. The morning had been sunny followed later by a bit of cloud making for quitter pleasant conditions for working. […]
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FOMI art card compilation hi-res 2017-05 landscape grey FOMI Art Cards Bookmarks Order Form 2017-05-16 “Maatsuyker Island Art Cards, a great success” The Art Card series produced by Friends of Maatsuyker Island (FOMI) Wildcare reached $3000 in sales in just over 12 months. This project involved design, research, printing, production and sales of 11 designs […]
Minutes Friends of Melaleuca June 2017 General Meeting Date: Wed 14 June 2017 at DSS Dinner 6pm 7pm GENERAL MEETING Janet opened the meeting at 7.20pm. Present Rob Banfield, Andrew Boon, Imogen Burley, Jeanette Collin, Marg Cranney, Chris Creese, Janet, Geoff and Tony Fenton, Marianne Gee, Pip Gowen, Reg Grundy, Greg Hodge, Melissa Jack, Mary […]
The Wildcare Office volunteers have been organizing themselves this winter by stoking up the fire, putting on the kettle and by picking up the phone. Wildcare has about 60 Branches around the State with 60 volunteer Presidents of those Branches who we hope at this time of year are having a little rest. Whilst they […]
The Get Outside with Community held another leadership camp recently on the beautiful Maria Island. The Leadership Camps aim to build the capacity and experience of the young leaders who co- run and organise the Get Outside short day trips throughout the warmer parts of the year. Its important for the building of the team […]