Ecological Monitoring on Farms - Dam Enhancements
Join Angelina Seigrist from Sustainable Farms and learn about the benefits of why's and how's of enhancing farm dams for increased production and biodiversity.
Explore a local beef farm and see where the knowledge has been put into practice.
Angelina will discuss techniques for monitoring and assessing dams to best understand your dam health and how it can be improved for the benefit of livestock and water retention on farm.
Follow the link to register for this event. For further information contact Up2Us at landcare2@up2us.org.au or call 57791593
Native Pasture Identification and Management
Join us and Dr Meredith Mitchell for a day of native pasture ID and management. Topics covered include:
Native grass identification
Resilience of native grasses to drought
management of native pastures, particularly during droughts
The day will begin at MACE, followed by a site visit in Mansfield. Lunch and morning tea will be provided.
Extension Training with Landcare 2025
Ideal for young adults who are currently studying or recently graduated from Agriculture or Natural Resource Management (NRM) who would benefit from extension training in drought preparedness and recovery.
There are two options to register for this training. Week one is based within the Swanpool region and week two in the Mansfield region. Each week delivers similar content.
For further information please visit our webpage here or contact us on 03 5779 1593 or projects@up2us.org.au
To register your Expression of Interest: https://forms.office.com/r/5YwUnkMh1i
Feral Pig Control Workshop - MANSFIELD SHOWGROUNDS
Have you got feral pigs accessing your property?
Come along to this informative session and hear how you can control feral pigs on your property.
DATE: October 28th 2024
TIME: 10am-2:30pm
LOCATION: Mansfield Showgrounds
COST: FREE
Hear from guest speakers on:
- Biosecurity risks
- Best practice control methods
- Pig traps and demonstrations
- Opportunities for landholder support to control and monitor
- The use of Feralscan
- Feral pig biology
- Speak to Invasive species staff from DEECA about your pest pig issues
The session is free, with lunch provided.
This project is supported by the Victorian Government through the Agriculture Victoria Partnership Against Pests Program.
Delatite Landcare's Annual Wildflower Walk
Delatite Landcare Group invite you to a spring wildflower walk with local botanist Sue Ablitt from North East Ecology.
Don’t miss this opportunity to explore our lovely part of the world and discover native wildflowers right on your doorstep.
BYO Picnic Lunch!
Location to be announced. Registrations essential.
Feral Rabbit Control Workshop
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED! Stay tuned for new date.
Fun Fact; a pair of rabbits can turn into over 180 rabbits in just 18 months!
Come along to this FREE workshop to understand how you can reduce Rabbits and their impacts on your property.
Guest speaker, Neil Devanny, Deputy Chair of the Victorian Rabbit Action Network will guide participants through:
- Rabbit lifecycle
- Rabbit impacts
- Best practice control methods
- Practical demonstration on rabbit control
DATE: Postponed
TIME:
COST: FREE
LOCATION: TBA
Agriculture Chemical Training
Up2Us Landcare Alliance, along with Go TAFE is offering residents in Mansfield Shire the opportunity to take part in a 2-day training course, Agricultural Chemical Skill Set - AHCSS00074.
The course will be delivered in Mansfield. Upon completion of the course Landcare members will be eligible to be reimbursed course costs and materials.
Get in quick, strictly limited to 17 people!
Click HERE to register your interest in attending this subsidised and nationally accredited training course.
For further information contact the Up2US office on 57791593 or email landcare2@up2us.org.au
Paterson's Curse Control Workshop
Paterson's Curse is an extremely widespread crop and pasture weed throughout the Mansfield District.
Come along to this FREE workshop to understand how you can reduce the prevalence of Paterson’s Curse on your property.
The workshop will cover Pasture management
Herbicide use and timing
Available Biocontrol’s
DATE: Sunday 15th September
TIME: 10:00 - 12:00PM
COST: FREE
LOCATION: TBA
Click HERE to register to attend this event
Upper Broken Community Planting Session
The Upper Broken Landcare group invites you to join them for a morning of tree planting at Gonzaga Reserve in Barwite.
Date: Sunday September 1st 2024
Time: 9am-11am
Location: Gonzaga Reserve, Old Tolmie Road, Barwite (just before the bridge at the Broken River.
For more information contact Rhiannon at landcare2@up2us.org.au or 57791593
Register here:
Rehydrating Farm Landscapes with David Hardwick
Join us for this workshop to explore strategies to rehydrate farm landscapes with David Hardwick!
David’s passion is agroecology and empowering farmers with knowledge and skills that make a difference. He has over 20 years’ experience in rural landscapes, farming and food systems. He develops and leads Soil Land Food's extension and consulting project delivery across Australia.
David has had a wide-ranging career in both management and technical roles, including Landcare extension, revegetation, agronomy, soils, agribusiness, biofertiliser research and development and manufacturing, organics, training, and consulting positions.
He has worked on numerous soil and regenerative agriculture project across Australia. helped develop learning resources and deliver training to landholders in landscape rehydration and the rural landscape restoration at the Mulloon Institute in NSW.
This introductory workshop introduces the basics of the water cycle in rural landscapes and the science behind landscape rehydration.
Farm hydrology: the water cycle on your property
Surface and groundwater systems
How properties, catchments, regions and the planet are all connected by water & energy
Healthy and unhealthy water cycles
The basics of landscape rehydration
The range of strategies for rehydrating your farm’s landscape
Building resilient landscapes
Seasonal Outlook and Hydrological Data with Dale Grey
Join Dale Grey, Seasonal Risk Agronomist, for a presentation on seasonal climate.
Dale Grey has worked with Agriculture Victoria for 29 years in crop and pasture agronomy, climate and weather. He is well known for his Fast Break newsletters and Very Fast Break climate updates on YouTube in which he delivers easy to understand seasonal interpretations of climate models.
Dale will focus on the current seasonal climate outlook for Victoria, climate driver activity and soil moisture.
When: Friday 16 August 2024
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Where: MACE, 145/147 High St, Mansfield.
Cost: Free. Morning tea provided.
Register below:
Mansfield Community Vertebrate Pest Control Group - Public meeting
Community feral pig control program in the Mansfield District
The State-wide Invasive Species Program at the Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Action (DEECA) in partnership with Up2Us Landcare Alliance is starting a new feral pig program in your area. The program aims to support community efforts, and is based on similar pest animal programs across Gippsland and the North-East.
What’s next…
A community meeting will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday 15th August at the Delatite Hotel in Mansfield to provide further information and detail around the program and what you can get out of it. We will follow-up with training and provision of traps with a process in place for trap collection.
Click HERE to register for this FREE event.
For further information:
Mick Freeman - DEECA State-wide Invasive Species
Email - Michael.freeman@deeca.vic.gov.au
Phone - 0477358061
Rhiannon Quigley - Up2Us Landcare Alliance
Email - landcare2@up2us.org.au
Phone - 57791593
National Tree Day
Come help Mansfield Shire Council and Up2Us Landcare Alliance for National Tree Day.
When: Sunday 28 July 10:00am-12:00pm
Where: Len Lynch Walk, Mansfield Botanic Gardens.
Please BYO planting equipment, if available, and water bottle. Wear weather appropriate clothing and footwear.
Registration essential.
Understanding Carbon and Climate Change on Farms
Join us for an informative event where we will discuss carbon and emissions on farm. Cam is a director of Nicon Rural Services, a consulting business near Geelong working with the grazing and cropping industries.
Date: Wednesday 17th July 2024
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm Lunch included
Location: Delatite Hotel, Mansfield
Cam has worked in pasture agronomy and soils for nearly 40 years and has been involved in many farmer programs for the GRDC, MLA, Landcare and the current Future Drought Fund. He provides consultancy advice to farmers and lectures on animal and pasture systems at Marcus Oldham College.
Some of his recent work has been on helping farmers understand where a farm business should be positioned in the rapidly evolving carbon market.
He and his wife Fiona also run a 400 ha beef and sheep farm on the Bellarine Peninsula turning off cattle for the long fed feedlot market and fine wool.
Uni Tree Planting Weekend
Up2Us Landcare Alliance and Gecko Clan Landcare Network has invited us to join them for a morning of tree planting followed by a farm tour. This event is a follow up from an extension training week held in February this year, and we have been invited to join in!
We will have the opportunity to network with peers and those working in industry, plant some trees, farm walk and talk with Pat McVeigh, socialise around a camp fire, and join a local ecologist for a morning walk. Registrations are essential. Come for the day, or chose to stay for the whole weekend and enjoy a cooked breakfast on Sunday!
Regenerative Grazing Management Walk and Talk with Pat & Dan
Join us for an informative session with local regenerative graziers Dan Kelton and Pat McVeigh as they share their experience on regenerative grazing techniques. This event is suitable for both small and large acreage landholders looking to enhance their farming systems without the use of fertiliser inputs. Learn how regenerative grazing can improve ground cover and increase resilience on your land.
This program/project received funding from the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund.
Mushroom Encounters Workship with Alison Pouliot
This interactive workshop includes an overview of the major fungal groups, the basics of identification, ecology and history of fungi. We will then partake in an exciting foray to search for species of interest. Fungal specimens from the local area will be displayed and examined.
Lunch included. BYO Chair.
Weather appropriate clothing and closed shoes essential.
Cost: $25 per person
Location: Carter’s Mill Picnic Area, Mt Buller Rd, Merrijig, VIC, 3723
Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/CPSIS
Mushroom Encounters Workshop with Alison Pouliot
This interactive workshop includes an overview of the major fungal groups, the basics of identification, ecology and history of fungi. We will then partake in an exciting foray to search for species of interest. Fungal specimens from the local area will be displayed and examined.
Lunch included. BYO Chair.
Weather appropriate clothing and closed shoes essential.
Cost: $25 per person
Location: Carter’s Mill Picnic Area, Mt Buller Rd, Merrijig, VIC, 3723
Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/CPSIS
Mysteries and Misconceptions of Mistletoe
Mistletoe is a very misunderstood species. Join Prof. Dave Watson to learn about the mysteries of mistletoe, its ecological importance and have your questions answered!
The session will begin with a presentation, followed by a Q&A session and a cuppa. We will then venture into the field to have a look up close with some mistletoe.
When: Saturday 4th May 2024
Time: 10:00am-12:30pm
Where: Melliodora Hall, Mansfield Steiner School, 91 Highett St, Mansfield
Register: https://forms.office.com/r/WWBjg6bGLR
Night Creatures with Delatite Landcare Group
An evening walk in Boorolite looking for local night birds and small arboreal mammals – including the endangered Greater Glider.
Guided by renowned local ecologist Bertram Lobert, the evening will start with a sausage sizzle (provided) followed by a “spotlighting” walk on private tracks adjacent to the state forest.
The walk is relatively easy, on farm tracks. The total distance is about 1.5 km, with some hills.
When: Friday 12th April 2024 I 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Boorolite. Address provided upon registration.
Please wear weather appropriate clothing and sturdy, closed toe footwear. BYO torch and water bottle.
Book: Registrations essential as numbers are limited.
https://www.trybooking.com/CPXWH
Managing Woody Weeds on your Property
Learn effective control of woody weeds on your property.
Herbicide use and the environment
Control techniques
When to tackle woody weeds
Sunday 17th March - 10am-12pm
Meeting place will be released closer to the date.
To register and for more information please contact Up2Us office on 5779 1593 or email Rhiannon at landcare2@up2us.org.au
This project is supported by the GBCMA through funding from the State Government and Victorian Landcare Program.
Clean Up Australia Day 2024
In 2024 Clean Up Australia will kick off at the Mullum Wetlands in Mansfield. Participants will collect rubbish at the Mullum wetlands site and then walk to the Botanic Gardens, collecting rubbish on the way and finishing up with a clean up of the Botanic Gardens.
Rubbish bags and gloves will be provided as well as tea and coffee at the end of the event.
We will meet at the Mansfield Visitors Centre, making our way around the Mullum wetlands paths, then heading back through the Railway Precinct, following established pedestrian pathway behind Yencken's, concluding at the Botanic Gardens.
Extension Training with Landcare
Ideal for young adults who are currently studying or recently graduated from Agriculture or Natural Resource Management (NRM) who would benefit from extension training in drought preparedness and recovery.
There are two options to register for this training. Week one is based within the Mansfield region and week two in the Swanpool region. Each week delivers similar content.
For further information please visit our webpage here or contact us on 03 5779 1593 or projects@up2us.org.au
To register: www.trybooking.com/CKVFQ
Upper Broken River Landcare Twilight BBQ and Carp Information Session
Come and join neighbours and friends at the Gonzaga Reserve for a FREE family friendly Upper Broken Landcare catch-up.
Guest speaker, Andy Matenson, President of Howqua Valley Landcare and Mansfield and District Fly Fishers, will be joining us to discuss Carp, their life cycle, breeding habits, and control methods including the herpes virus.
The carp session will be followed by a BBQ with all welcome.
For further information please contact Up2Us on;
Email: landcare2@up2us.org.au
Ph: 03 5779 1593
Delatite Landcare Annual Wildflower Walk
Delatite Landcare Group invite you to a spring wildflower walk with local botanist Sue Ablitt from North East Ecology.
Don't miss the opportunity to explore our lovely part of the world and discover native wildflowers right on your doorstep.
Sunday October 29th
10-12pm
Location to be released closer to the date
BYO Picnic Lunch
Strictly limited to 20 participants only!
Click on the ticket link to register for this event, or contact the Up2Us office at landcare2@up2us.org.au or 57791593
Click here to reserve your spot
Please note this is a dog free event.
Edible Weeds Workshop
Join us to learn about seasonal edible weeds that thrive in Mansfield and explore their culinary, medicinal and ecological uses.
Delivered by Lauren from CERES Brunswick, this workshop offers the opportunity to learn about edible weeds in our area, including how to identify and prepare them. You will also be able to sample some pre-prepared edible weed pesto!
BYO chair or picnic rug.
Register here: www.trybooking.com/CLCJQ
Community Tree Planting - Mansfield Rail Trail
Come and join Friends of the Rail Trail, Up2Us Landcare Alliance and fellow community members to plant a tree, enjoy the beautiful rail trail and finish up with a sausage sizzle and a chat with friends.
All are welcome to help the Friends of the Rail Trail volunteers to further enhance the rail trail and improve vegetation connectivity for wildlife.
Date: Saturday September 9th 2023
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Olivers Road on the Rail Trail in Mansfield
To register your interest in attending please follow the link
For further information contact the Up2Us Landcare office on 57791593 or email landcare2@up2us.org.au
Wildlife Encounters
Want to meet some of our native wildlife?
Join us for an informative live show, showcasing our local species and the chance to get up close and personal!
When: Saturday 2nd September 10:30am-12:30pm
Where: Melliodora Hall, Mansfield Steiner School, 91 Highett St, Mansfield.
Bookings: Adults (18+) $5 per person. Under 18 free
Registrations essential as numbers are limited. www.trybooking.com/CKJLE
Mansfield Deer Forum
A forum to help tackle the problem of deer around homes, farms and nature reserves.
Guest speakers include:
Invasive Species Council,
Vertebrate Pest Management Association of Australia,
Cardinia Deer Man Co.,
DEECA,
Parks Vic,
Victorian Deer Control Community Network (VDCCN),
Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GBCMA), Commercial Harvesters,
Hear about deer occurrence and impacts in Eastern Victoria, and the emergence of new ideas and tools in their management.
Understand current control programs and the legal status of deer and implications for hunters and landowners.
Hear from local landowners on deer impacts around Mansfield and what has/needs to be done.
Learn about the current tools and options available for deer management.
Development of co-operative community programs.
Meet people who can help manage deer on your property
Fungi in focus - An Introduction to photographing fungi with Alison Pouliot
Up2Us Landcare Alliance would like to invite you to meet with ecologist Angelina Siegrist, ecologist from the Australian National University Sustainable Farms program. Angelina will discuss research from 20 years of ecological monitoring on farms and how to maximise the habitat values of shelterbelts and remnant vegetation.
Fungi identification workshop with Alison Pouliot
This interactive workshop includes an overview of the major fungal groups, the basics of identification, ecology and history of fungi. We will then partake in an exciting foray to search for species of interest. Fungal specimens from the local area will be displayed and examined.
Please wear weather appropriate clothing and closed in shoes. Lunch included. BYO Chair.
An evening with Alison Pouliot - Underground Lovers, Encounters with Fungi
What can we learn from the lives of fungi? Underground Lovers brings us to our knees, magnifier in hand, to find out.
Please join us for an evening to hear stories from Alison's adventures during the writing of Underground Lovers.
What weeds mean in the landscape
Come and join us for a walk and talk with Pat McVeigh. Pat will be identifying different species in the pasture, explaining why we might be seeing them and options of management.