Banksia Bulletin autumn 2012

issue number 44 — autumn 2012

What’s Inside: Community-based marketplace

Garage Sale Trail

Sea Jellies Arrive at Ricketts Point

Enviro Kids Embracing Nature

From the Mayor On 13 January, Bayside’s community came together to celebrate and explore our wonderful coastal environment as part of Coastcare’s annual ‘Summer by the Sea’ program.

This event, which consisted of a number of marine focussed activities, was embraced enthusiastically by the community, and I am told that some events were so popular that unfortunately some people missed out.

It is incredibly satisfying to witness people actively enjoying the natural assets for which Bayside is so well known for. I feel that it is reward for the effort that Bayside City Council and our many wonderful Friends groups expend in maintaining them.

Due to the popularity of Coastcare’s ‘Summer by the Sea’ program , I am thrilled to announce that some additional events will be held as part of a Bayside’s Autumn Environmental Program that commences over the school holidays from 10 April, which is the result of an exciting collaboration between Envirokids, Bayside City Council and Port Phillip EcoCentre.

You can find out more about this exciting event within these pages.

Another example of our community’s enthusiasm for our natural environment was a recent night time gathering in Cheltenham Park. Over 70 people of all ages assisted with night surveys and trapping of microbats to assist Melbourne University researchers to better understand these fascinating nocturnal creatures.

Thank you to all who attended.

It is with a fond farewell that I say goodbye to the warmth of summer, and look forward to the changing colours of autumn. And once again, I would like to extend my warm thanks to our many Friends groups in recognition of their tireless energy and enthusiasm in caring for our local environment.

Cr Louise Cooper-Shaw Mayor Bayside City Council

Front cover image Hairy Spinifex Back cover image Fossil at Beaumaris Cliffs

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In this ISSUE Special features

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Other articles Bayside’s Autumn Environmental Program

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Myrtle Rust

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Community-based marketplace

The George Street Reserve

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Garage Sale Trail

Banksia Bulletin Survey

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Bayside Environmental Friends Network Meeting Dates

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Veggie Gardening for the Inexperienced

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The Art of Composting

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Friends of Watkins Bay

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New to the Crew: Citywide Bushland Team Update

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Working Bee Calendar

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Tom Walsh

Valerie Tarrant and Pauline Reynolds

Bat Encounters

Karen Freidin

at Cheltenham Park

Mark Dymiotis

Moira Longden

Andrew Ross

Sea Jellies Arrive

at Ricketts Point

Enviro Kids Embracing Nature

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As the warmth of summer fades into memory and the cooling weather brings the changing colours of autumn, our fabulous coast continues to amaze and delight.

Autumn Holiday Program

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Bayside’s Autumn Environmental Program 10—13 April Looking for something to keep the kids occupied these Easter holidays?

Then come join us at one of our many exciting events during Bayside’s Autumn Environmental Program.

Tuesday 10 April

Wednesday 11 April

Friday 13 April

10am —11:30am

9:30am—11:30am

10am—1pm

A Living Coastline

Birds on the Foreshore

Surf the Sandy

Ricketts Point in Beaumaris is a haven for many birds. Come and learn about some of the magnificent species that call our coastline home.

Book in for a free 1.5 hour stand-up paddle boarding introductory lesson and see our amazing coast from a new angle.

Location Ricketts Point Marine Education Centre, Beach Road, Beaumaris.

Location Meet at Sandy Beach HQ, Jetty Road, Sandringham.

Melway Ref 86 C9

Melway Ref 76 F8

Booking details Bayside City Council (03) 9599 4444

Booking details Email: baysidefriends@gmail.com or call 0408 032 963

Booking details Bayside City Council (03) 9599 4444

Cost Free

Cost $10

Come and learn about Bayside’s fascinating geological history.

Vicki from the Sandringham Foreshore Association will take you on a journey through the ever changing landscape of our shores.

Location Brighton Life Saving Club, Esplanade, Brighton.

Melway Ref 67 B12

The popular event is back again!

Cost Free

Friday 13 April 6pm—8pm

Learn about the ever changing nature of our coast, witness birds coming home to roost and feed, see the bay from a new angle as you paddle it’s shores, or join us at an exciting movie event.

Film Night Come and learn about the natural wonders of our world at this special movie event.

Location Beaumaris Library Melway Ref 76 F8 Booking details Bayside City Council (03) 9599 4444 Cost Free

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Garage Sale Trail The Garage Sale Trail – Australia’s largest & most successful real world community-based marketplace is back on Saturday 5 May 2012 and this year ‘everything’s for sale’.

On Saturday 5 May, join the Mayor of Bayside City Council, Cr Louise Cooper-Shaw alongside Garage Sale Trail ambassadors Michael Caton, Angus Stone, Dave Rastovich, Tracey Spicer and thousands of other Aussies nationwide who will be searching for gold, connecting with neighbours, bagging a bargain, making pocket money and just generally having a little fun!

“We were completely overwhelmed by the level of interest and support that the Garage Sale Trail’s national debut generated in 2011”, says Danny Nichols, Co-founder. It was so fantastic to see all the interpretations people made of the day from the schools and community groups who organised monster sales to raise funds for the respective causes, households that used it as a way to

de-clutter and make a little pocket money, local businesses who got involved by selling goods at garage sale prices, and not to mention all the makers and creators who used Garage Sale Trail as a marketplace to sell their wares. Consequently, this year we are providing tools for all these different types of community stakeholders to get involved.

GET INVOLVED Want to grab a bargain, or make yourself a little money? Visit the garage sale trail website at www.garagesaletrail.com.au to register your sale.

Happy bargain hunting!

If last year’s national event is anything to go by, there will be pop-up record stores, art shows, bike sales, backyard bands, as well as your classic clothes and vintage gold. Plus, it’s a great chance to meet the neighbours and celebrate one’s local community.

The event is complemented by an exciting website where you can view the location of garage sales occurring in your area, allowing you to plan your treasure hunt accordingly.

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Myrtle Rust

A Melaleuca infested with Myrtle Rust spores

Myrtle rust fungus (Uredo rangelii,) which poses a threat to Victoria’s nursery, forestry and beekeeping industries, as well as to public parks and gardens and native forests, has been detected at a number of sites within Melbourne.

While it has not yet been found in Bayside, the fungus spreads so easily that it is only a matter of time. Experts from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) hope to delay this as long as possible by limiting its avenues for entry into Bayside. They are calling on local residents to look out for plants that may be infected with the fungus and to alert them to any infestation. It is hoped that by the time it spreads to Bayside a method of eradicating or managing the fungus will have been found.

All members of the Myrtaceae plant family are potential hosts of myrtle rust which can attack young, soft, actively growing leaves, shoot tips and young stems, as well as the fruits and flowers of susceptible plants. Plants at risk include Gum trees, Bottlebrush, Tea tree, Lilly Pilly, Paperbark, Myrtle, Guava, Midyim, Rose Apple, Brush Box and New Zealand Christmas bush.

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Plants not in the Myrtaceae family are not at risk of infection and these include roses, fruit trees, vegetables, Camellias, Grevilleas, Crepe Myrtle and Wattles.

Myrtle rust is more likely to be found in commercial plant nurseries, public gardens, parks, streetscapes and bushland. The first signs of myrtle rust infection are tiny raised spots that are brown to grey, often with redpurple haloes. Up to 14 days after infection, the spots produce masses of distinctive yellow or orange spores.

Myrtle Rust on Syzygium

The DPI should be notified immediately on 1800 084 881 of any suspect plants. To avoid spreading the disease, do not touch, move or collect samples of the suspect plant.

Tom Walsh Environmental Education Officer Bayside City Council

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Myrtle Rust on a sleeve shows how easily it spreads

Photographs courtesy of DPI

Bat Encounters at Cheltenham Park

Little Forest Bat

Gould’s Wattle Bat

On 18 February over 70 people attended an evening to discover the lives of microbats at Cheltenham Park.

Everyone was delighted at the opportunity to stroke the soft fur of these gentle mammals and feed them mealworms. After their measurements were recorded and the bats well fed, it was exciting to watch them fly away into the night.

The event, sponsored by Bayside City Council, was delivered in partnership by the Bayside Environment Friends Network (BEFN), Friends of Native Wildlife, Melbourne University and the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology (ARCUE).

By 11.30pm tired children had been taken home to bed but in testament to the popularity of this event, a strong contingent remained to help pull down the harp traps and neatly pack them away for future use.

While there was still light, small children, their parents, teenagers and adults learned how to set up specialised harp traps to capture microbats as they flew about in search of their evening meal. In between setting up and checking the traps, Lisa from Melbourne University gave a fantastic talk and a BBQ ensured that the volunteers had the sustenance to continue working.

Three species of microbat were caught, the Little Forest Bat, Gould’s Wattle Bat and Lesser Long-Eared Bat. After careful removal from the traps, each individual was placed in a soft breathable bag, weighed, measured and sexed with information recorded by the enthusiastic children.

Thank you to Lisa, Caroline and Jo from ARCUE and Melbourne University who very kindly shared their knowledge and equipment.

Also thanks to all our new friends and volunteers who attended, your interest and support is much appreciated and we hope to see you again at future events.

Lesser Long-Eared Bat

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Did you know?

Microbats are an important part of the web of life. They eat over half their body weight in insects each night, including mosquitoes. Microbats roost in small tree hollows usually in groups of 5-25, however some colonies can be larger. Tree hollows can be hard to find in urban areas, except in good quality bushland parks. Installing a bat box in parks and home gardens can help the survival of these important species.

Finally a very special thanks to Barbara Jakob, Coordinator of the BEFN for her invaluable assistance in making this wonderful evening happen.

Elizabeth Walsh Friends of Native Wildlife

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Summer Green at the George Street Reserve The cooler, wetter weather this summer has greatly benefitted the reserve and only the grasses have turned the summer colours of brown and tan. The tiny white flowers of the Twiggy Daisy Bush (Olearia ramulosa) bring a light touch to the predominant greens of the heathland.

GET INVOLVED Come along to a working bee.

When 15 April, 20 May, 17 June 10am – noon Contact Val Tarrant Phone: (03) 9598 0554 vtarrant@ozemail.com.au Pauline Reynolds Phone: (03) 9598 6368 pauline.reynolds@bigpond.com

Summer lacks the splendid colours of spring so people could think it a dull time in the bush, however there is much to enjoy. Robin Hill, an artist and naturalist, in his beautiful book; Bushland And Seashore: An Australian Nature Adventure, (Lansdowne Press, Elbourne, 1962) wrote:

‘Immediately inland from the seashores, in many parts of Australia, are great tracts of heathland. I used to find leaving the beach to explore these areas rather an anticlimax but I gradually learned to appreciate [the] subtleties and discover the creatures that lived there.’

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Visiting and working in the George Street Reserve can bring similar pleasures. At our February meeting friends listened to a Kookaburra’s laugh and watched a skink sliding away from the sandy track to disappear under a bush.

Over the summer Friends have once again been actively involved in weeding the plantings at the edge of the fire-break on the western side of the reserve. These have had a good survival rate and we look forward to similar success with plantings planned for autumn.

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We gladly welcomed new volunteer, Andrea to one of our working bees and look forward to seeing more new friends in the future.

Valerie Tarrant and Pauline Reynolds Joint Co-ordinators Friends of George Street Reserve Photograph by: Pauline Reynolds

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GET INVOLVED Meeting Dates 23 April, 28 May, 25 June 4.30pm - 6.00pm Where Beaumaris Senior Community Centre

Are you interested in native plants and animals?

Do you have a passion for the environment?

Then the Bayside Environment Friends Network may be just for you!

Members of Bayside’s 17 Friends groups and others interested in the natural environment of Bayside meet regularly to discuss latest projects and environmental issues.

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Reserve Road Beaumaris (behind the Beaumaris Library) Cost Free Contact Barbara Jakob, Coordinator Mobile: 0408 032 963 BaysideFriends@gmail.com

Lions Mane Jelly

Sea Jellies arrive at Ricketts Point Photograph by: Phil Watson

Sea Jellies are not fish and are related to anemones and coral.

The less charitable among us have described them as boneless,

Raymond V Lewis OAM President Marine Care Ricketts Point Inc

Blue Blubber

Moon Jelly

GET INVOLVED For more information on Marine Care Ricketts Point visit marinecare.org.au Southern Tailed Jelly

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Photograph by: Freddie Leong

All sea jellies have stinging tentacles but not all are harmful to humans.

The Lions Mane can give most people a sting, and some can react badly to Blue Blubbers, but the Southern Tailed and Moon Jelly seem to be harmless. The Portuguese Man o’ War is very dangerous and should never be touched.

The breeding cycle of sea jellies is a fascinating process. Once a female sea jelly’s eggs are fertilized she releases them into the water. These eggs then develop into a larval form known as a planula. A planula floats in the water until it finds a hard surface to anchor itself to, after which it morphs into a polyp. These polyps can look like an anemone or upside down sea jelly. When conditions are right, the polyp divides itself into a stacked series of saucer like clones that break off, swim away and mature into adult sea jellies.

Photograph by: Diane Brand

There are four main sea jellies that can be found in the Bayside area, the Southern Tailed, Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita), Blue Blubber (Catostylus mosaicus) and Lions Mane (Cyanea cappillata). The occasional Portuguese Man o’ War (Physalia physalis) also finds its way south from time to time.

brainless and heartless, however we will no doubt find, in time, as with sponges, that they carry a hidden magic within them.

Photograph by: Ray Lewis

A Southern Tailed Sea Jelly (Psueydorhiza haeckeli) was observed swimming at the Tea House reef in Ricketts Point on Saturday 4 February.

This was the first sighting of the season and one more was seen the next day.

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Veggie Gardening for the Inexperienced As part of her role as Bayside City Council’s Environmental Planning Officer, Karen Freidin regularly offers advice to the community on living sustainably.

Here Karen shares some tips and truths on a recent family project to create her own ‘veggie patch’.

Unperturbed by any previous gardening failures, this year my family decided to plant a veggie patch. After speaking to a number of gardeners, we took a trip to our local hardware store. A few (hundred) dollars later we left with a variety of seeds, seedlings, potting mix, pea straw, manure, a raised garden bed with a netting cover.

The preparation, set up and planting of the veggie patch was a big family effort and their enthusiasm surprised me! The raised bed was easy to assemble and required no tools. We placed it in full sun in our front garden rather than in the back so that family and friends could come and pick or plant at any time.

We quickly learned that the amount of potting mix, manure and pea straw advised was hopelessly insufficient so we made a mad dash back to the store for supplies.

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Problem number two arose when I discovered that my compost was too wet and not ready for use.

Once we had sufficient amounts of materials, we lined the garden bed with cardboard and paper and then filled it with with layers of potting mix, manure, compost and pea straw.

We planted lettuce, carrots, snap peas and some herbs. Planting seeds as well as seedlings has been great for the kids who have enjoyed checking to see what will poke its way through the soil next.

Two weeks later the seeds started to take and the herbs were doing so well we added some to our cooking.

It’s still early days; there is a lot to learn about what to plant and when, and about companion planting too.

Karen Freidin Environmental Planning Officer Bayside City Council

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UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Top Tips • Position your veggie garden in full sun.

• Layer your soil and include compost material.

• Ensure you plant the right species in the right season - ask the experts.

• Involve your family – they’re guaranteed to love it!

The Art of Composting Composting your kitchen and garden waste is a great way to improve soil quality and divert waste from landfill. Mark Dymiotis, Bayside resident and College of Adult Education (CAE) gardening educator shares some practical tips on composting.

The essential ingredients for successful composting are: • organic materials • micro-organisms • moisture • oxygen • a little soil Organic materials of plant or animal origin can be successfully composted, such as: • Weeds from the garden, lawn clippings, flowers, vegetables and plants.

• Stale bread from the kitchen, peelings, tea leaves, coffee, egg shells etc.

• Sawdust and wood shavings (not from treated, painted or varnished timber).

• Animal manure from herbivores (not carnivores).

Decomposition of organic materials is increased when there is the right balance between dry material and green material - known as the carbon-nitrogen ratio (C/N). Mixing equal volumes of green plant material with equal volumes of naturally dry plant material will give an ideal C/N. If the compost heap is made up of a lot of woody materials, especially resinous ones, you can add a little lime. If the soil is acidic, it is preferable for the lime to be added straight into your garden soil rather than via the compost heap.

Microorganisms should be present in any soil added to your compost.

They assist with breaking down organic material and release nutrients back into the compost.

A 50 per cent moisture content is recommended for good compost.

If the compost heap is dry, the decomposition will slow down and if too dry, decomposition will stop all together. Compost should be damp but not soggy.

Regular turning will redress any imbalance of excessive water.

Watering the compost

Regular turning of the compost heap will also provide oxygen and give you the opportunity to add water. Without a regular supply of oxygen and water, the compost heap will take a long time to break down.

Turning the compost

Open composting The larger the compost container, the better for composting. An open compost box 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 meters is ideal for an average garden. The front side of the box should remain open for easy loading, turning and unloading.

When the compost is ready, you can keep it separate from the new composting material by installing a corrugated iron sheet held in place by a couple of garden stakes driven into the soil.

For more information visit markdymiotis.com.au Mark Dymiotis

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The finished product

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Did you know The best time to add compost to your garden soil is in winter when the rain will help break down the compost.

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Cushion Bush (Leucophyta brownii)

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These photographs were taken by Jan Douglas, a keen friend of Watkins Bay, in the area at Ricketts Point just north of the Reserve Rd drain between the beach and the car park where we first started working about 15 years ago.

Our first job was to clear the weeds, which included Ice plant, Couch grass, Thistles and Galleria. We were amazed to see a huge amount of seashells and wondered if they had been dredged there when the drain was being constructed.

Following this we planted Coast Daisy-bush (Olearia axillaris), Coast Saltbush (Atriplex cineria), Australian Salt-grass (Distichlis distichophylla).

We were promptly rewarded when small birds such as Blue Wrens and Scrub Wrens quickly moved in.

Some years ago, the car park was realigned which gave us a few more square metres to work in. It was a hostile area containing many small pieces of bitumen and blue metal.

There were already a few Coastal Tea trees (Leptospermum laevigatum) and Coast Banksias (Banksia integrifolia) beside the car park so we added a few more, but growth was very slow.

About five years ago one of our members, Judy Treloar, had an inspired thought to plant a line of Cushion Bush (Leucophyta brownii) beside the dirt path. This was during the drought but thankfully the plants survived, although the growth was slow. We watered by hand as best we could from the tanker brought by Councils’ Bushland Crew.

When the drought broke there was dramatic growth; it was as if the plants were singing.

Currently we are working planting Cushion Bush, Salt-grass, Austral Storks-bill (Pelargonium australe) and Southern Sea Heath (Frankenia pauciflora) and others.

Lots of sea birds congregate at Ricketts Point so preserving views of the bay by planting low lying species is important.

Currently we are enjoying good numbers of Swans and Pelicans.

There are always Gulls, Terns and Cormorants on the rocky reefs and sometimes a rare traveller such as the Arctic Tern which appeared in 2010.

Over the summer, Blue Wrens, Grey Fantails and White Browed Scrub Wrens all successfully raised young in the planting beds beside the Reserve Rd drain.

Come along, have a look and enjoy the view.

Moira Longden Coordinator Friends of Watkins Bay Photographs by: Jan Douglas

GET INVOLVED Come along to a working bee.

When 18 April, 30 May, 27 June 10am – 12pm Contact Moira Longden Phone: (03) 9589 2725

Planting low lying plants preserves views of the Bay

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New to the Crew: Citywide Bushland Crew Update Andy Ross has been with Citywide, Council’s Open Space Contractors, since October 2011. Originally from Scotland, he works to maintain indigenous plant species along Bayside’s foreshore.

Before coming to Australia in 2007 I was working for a large utility company in the UK. In this role I trekked around the hills and glens of Scotland maintaining aqueducts, pipelines, tunnels and cleaning screens. Working in this beautiful area of the world gave me an appreciation of the natural environment, and I was delighted when I first set eyes on my new place of work in Bayside.

My previous work experience in Australia was as a green keeper at the Mornington Golf Club and I have a Certificate III in Turf Management.

When I first started with Citywide my skills in plant identification were somewhat limited but with the help of my Bushland Crew colleagues, particularly Daniel Noonan, I am beginning to see the light.

While on a recent trip to the Mornington Peninsula with my wife, we walked many of the coastal paths and I was doing my best to impress her with my new knowledge, distinguishing the good from the bad plants. It looks like I’ve definitely caught the plant identification bug!

Andrew Ross Bushland Crew 2 and Coast Crew

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Enviro Kids Embracing Nature

GET INVOLVED Enviro Kids is an environmental playgroup conducted in local bushland or beach reserves on Sunday mornings once a month.

When 22 April, Balcombe Park 27 May, Balcombe Park 24 June, Table Rock Beaumaris Every 4th Sunday of the month 9.30 – 11.30am Cost Costs are $7 per child, siblings older than 3 years $5 Contact Barbara Jakob BaysideFriends@gmail.com Phone: 0408 032 963

As a mother of a three and a two year old I find it challenging at times to keep my children occupied and entertained in a meaningful way, until I came across Enviro Kids. Here my children can experience the natural world and all of its wonders.

We recently attended the Enviro Kids sessions that were part of the ‘Summer by the Sea’ program.

The kids couldn’t get enough, no matter what the weather was like!

We collected shells from the beach and learned that we shouldn’t take them home because they are habitats to other creatures. We also picked up litter on the beach to demonstrate why it is so important to always use rubbish bins.

On another day, we went to Ricketts Point to learn all about sea stars. We wandered around the rock pools and saw all the different kinds of sea stars and other creatures living in the water. We touched them, held them,

and learned a lot about them. It was amazing to see the kid’s faces light up with wonder.

The next day we went out to the rock pools again, this time with pipettes and petri dish to collect water samples for the microscopes. For those with little children (considering their attention span) there were ample activities to keep them occupied both on the foreshore and inside the Ricketts Point Marine Education Centre. In our case, we made lovely sea stars from clay to take home with us.

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As a mum I find it very satisfying to see my children interacting and learning from nature. It’s fascinating to watch them discover the world around them.

Enviro Kids gives my children all the benefits that embracing nature can give. Including better health and confidence. To find out more ‘like’ them on facebook.

Kerstin Begley

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Working Bee Calendar FRIENDS/ ENVIRO GROUPS

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CONTACT DETAILS

Friends of Balcombe Park

86 C4

Coordinator: Joan Couzoff Phone: (03) 9589 1060

Friends of Bay Rd

77 B11

Coordinator: Michael Norris (Southern Ward Councillor) Phone: (03) 9521 0804 Email: menorris@ozemail.com.au

Bayside Environmental Friends Network

Coordinator: Barbara Jakob Mobile: 0408 032 963 Email: baysidefriends@gmail.com

Bayside Bushwalking Club (Charman to Cromer Rds, Beaumaris)

Contact: Jo Hurse (Citywide) 9283 2052

Bayside Community Nursery

77 D12

Beaumaris Conservation Society

President: Chris Sutton PO Box 7016, Beaumaris 3193 Email: ggd@netspace.net.au

BRASCA

Coordinator: Janet Ablitt Phone: (03) 9589 6646 Email: jablitt@bigpond.com Coordinator: Bob Whiteway Phone: (03) 9502 0060 Email: bobwhiteway@optusnet.com.au

Friends of Brighton Dunes

76 C2

Coconvenors: Elizabeth McQuire Phone: (03) 9592 6474 and Jenny Talbot Phone: (03) 9592 2109

Friends of Cheltenham Park

86 G1

Coordinator: Valerie Tyers Phone: (03) 9588 0107 Email: valerietyers@hotmail.com

Cheltenham Primary School Sanctuary Friends of Donald MacDonald Reserve

Contact: Marg McIntosh Phone: (03) 9583 1614 Email: mcintosh.margaret.h@edumail.vic.gov.au

86 B6

Coordinator: Kim Croker Phone: (03) 9589 2443 Email: kcroker@bigpond.net.au

Enviro Kids

Enquiries to Barbara Jakob Phone: 0408 032 963

Friends of George Street Reserve

86 B1

Coordinator: Val Tarrant Phone: (03) 9598 0554 Email: vtarrant@ozemail.com.au.

Coordinator: Pauline Reynolds Phone: (03) 9598 6368 Email: pauline.reynolds@bigpond.com

Friends of Gramatan

86 C6

Coordinator: Ken Rendell Phone: (03) 9589 4452

Friends of Long Hollow Heathland

86 D5

Coordinator: Ken Rendell Phone: (03) 9589 4452

Marine Care Ricketts Point Inc

86 C9

President: Ray Lewis Mobile: 0408 308 768 Email: ray.lewis@greypath.com

Friends of Native Wildlife

Coordinator: Michael Norris (Southern Ward Councillor) Phone: (03) 9521 0804 Email: menorris@ozemail.com.au

NED (New Environment Directions) at Elsternwick Park

Coordinator: Neil Blake, Port Phillip EcoCentre Phone: (03) 9534 0413 Email: neilblake.ecocentre@iinet.net.au

Friends of Ricketts Point Landside

86 C9

St. Leonards College Conservation Group

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Coordinator: Ken Rendell 319 Reserve Road, Cheltenham 3192 Phone: (03) 9583 8408 Open Thurs and Sat 10am - 12pm

Coordinator: Sue Raverty Phone: (03) 9589 2103 Email: sraverty@westnet.com.au Contact: Luisa Ingram Phone: (03) 9909 9300 Email: Luisa.Ingram@stleonards.vic.edu.au

Friends of Table Rock

86 E10

Coordinator: Ken Rendell Phone: (03) 9589 4452

Friends of Watkins Bay

86 D9

Coordinator: Moira Longden Phone: (03) 9589 2725

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banksia bulletin — autumn 2012

Banksia Bulletin is published quarterly by Bayside City Council to service people interested in enjoying and protecting the local environment.

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