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banksia bulletin — summer 20172

From the Mayor

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Welcome to the summer edition of Banksia Bulletin.

As Bayside’s elected mayor, for the third time, it is my great pleasure to be part of this publication again and I look forward to working with our Friends groups over the next year.

Firstly, I would like to explain that due to Council elections that were held last October, publishing the spring edition of Banksia Bulletin was moved into November to account for the Council caretaker period.

This has had a flow on effect for the summer edition, which you are now reading in February. This will be rectified over the coming editions, and we will soon be back on track!

It was my pleasure to attend the Friends of Bayside Christmas barbeque at the end of last year and catch up with many of you to hear about the great work that has been going on at the Nursery, and in our reserves and heathlands.

What a wonderful celebration of the contribution our Friends have made to our local environment over the past year it was.

This event was also particularly special as we said thank you to two long-serving volunteers who retired from their formal roles.

Pat Salkin has been an active volunteer for both the Black Rock and Sandringham Conservation Association

and the Bayside Community Nursery for more than 20 years.

Late last year, she stood down from her role as a member of the Nursery Steering Committee after eight years. Among many achievements, Pat played an important role contributing valuable ideas to the redevelopment of the nursery. She retains her role as vice president of BRASCA.

The nursery is now taking Expressions of Interest from community members to fill this role on the steering committee. If this interests you, there are more details on page 4 of this edition of Banksia Bulletin.

Moira Longden, the founding convenor of Friends of Ricketts Point, which was formerly the Friends of Watkins Bay, also retired.

Moira began the Friends group with a small band of volunteers in 1996 and over the past 20 years they have weeded, planted, landscaped and maintained this wonderful and important part of Bayside.

Thank you Moira and Pat for your passion and efforts, and thanks to Ross Longden who has taken over Moira’s role as Convenor of the Friends of Ricketts Point.

In late 2016, we lost four long-time Friends, David Cockburn (Convenor Friends of Merindah Park and the Urban Forest), Jean Sutcliffe (Friends of Donald MacDonald Reserve),

Rod Binnington (Friends of Highett Grassy Woodland) and Adrian Cerbasi (Beaumaris Conservation Society).

I would like to acknowledge the contribution that David, Jean, Rod and Adrian made to protecting and enhancing our natural environment and pass on Council’s condolences to their families and friends.

On behalf of my fellow Councillors and Bayside City Council, I’d like to thank you for the contribution, no matter how big or small, that each of you make to ensure Bayside is a great place to live.

Cr Alex Del PortoMayor Bayside City Council

Cover image: Epiatis australiens Photo by John Eichler

In this issueOther articles Special featuresPLANTS OF BAYSIDE 4

OUR GARDENS: 5 OUR REFUGE

ENTHUSIASTIC FRIENDS 5

THOUGHTS ON 8 RETAINING OUR REMNANTS

IN MEMORIAM 10

PLANT RETURNS 16 AFTER 20 YEARS

CELEBRATING 18 SUMMER BY THE SEA

FLORA AND FAUNA 22 GUARANTEE

ELSTER CREEK BIRDS 23 PART II

KIDS CORNER 24

VOLUNTEER GROUPS 26

14MARINE LIFE

17PAT STEPS DOWN FROM THE BAYSIDE NURSERY STEERING COMMITTEE

6 ORCHIDS OF BAYSIDE

Cushion BushLeucophyta brownii, formally known as Calocephalus brownii and better known as the Cushion Bush, is a grayish-white and densely tangled shrub growing to approximately 1 metre high and 2 metres wide in a roughly rounded shape.The leaves are also grayish-white, scale-like in nature and lie flat against the branchlets. They flower between October and April, producing rounded yellow flower heads at the end of the branchlets.These plants can be grown from seeds or cuttings and are commonly found in Bayside and other coastal areas.The Cushion Bush is a relatively low maintenance plant. It tolerates alkaline soils and enjoys full sun to semi-shade in well-drained dry areas and handles salt spray and responds well to pruning.The colour of the Cushion Bush is reflective making it a handy plant for lining paths in low light conditions.The Cushion Bush is a wonderful garden or pot plant and is available for purchase at the Bayside Community Nursery.

Plants of BaysideWith Aaron Hurrell of Citywide

Source Bull, Marilyn (1991) Flora of Melbourne: A guide to the indigenous plants of the greater Melbourne area Carlton Vic: Hyland House Publishing

Volunteer Position Vacant

The Nursery Steering Community (NSC) provides a mechanism for stakeholders to come together at regular intervals to discuss operations and plan future strategies for the Bayside Community Nursery. The NSC consists of members from the Bayside community, Bayside City Council and Council’s open space service provider, Citywide Park Care.

Members contribute by:

• Providing input into nursery retail and propagation operations and current issues

• Presenting ideas from the Friends Network

• Providing input into target planting and retail species

• Volunteer training and advocating for the nursery within the community.

NSC community members are appointed for a three year term, at the end of which the position will become vacant and a standing committee member may re-nominate for appointment.

Bayside Community Nursery Steering Committee

Expression of Interest – Community Member Position

To applyIf this volunteer position interests you, please contact Friends of Bayside Support Officer Jill Robinson at [email protected] or 9583 8408 to receive an Information Pack.

Expressions of Interest close Wednesday 1 March.

Banksia Bulletin | Summer 20174

By Pauline Reynolds

How important is your garden to you? How much do you love and enjoy it? How disturbed are you by the disappearance of private gardens because of large house and multi unit developments?

Bayside City Council is holding an exhibition in July to celebrate the importance of our private gardens. It will comprise photographs and text, which will illustrate what your own gardens mean to you.

Much of Bayside’s ‘greenness’ is from our private gardens. For many reasons, we would all like to retain as much of that open space as possible because even though private gardens are just that, they contribute much to our environment and to our wellbeing.

Our gardens mitigate against climate change, provide essential habitat for

creatures, are a safe haven for people of all ages to breathe, relax and play.

Vegetables and ornamental plants, both indigenous and exotic, can be grown, and adults and kids can explore and discover the natural world.

Gardening is not only wonderful exercise, again for all ages, but can be a wonderful way to connect with neighbours.

The photos can be of a small part of your garden where you sit and read or it could be the veggie patch.

Expressions of Interest from anyone who loves their own private garden and would like to show a small part of it to

others are being sought. Children will also be invited to contribute artwork depicting their gardens.

Words by Val TarrantCo-convenor Friends of George Street

Photo by Pauline ReynoldsCo-convenor Friends of George Street

Summer has been kind to George Street Reserve, and the Friends of George Street enjoyed their working bee, which included weeding out unwanted species.

Seed collection was an interesting task, and also the spreading of seed in regeneration areas and in the section burned in 2000. We look forward to the successful growth of the plants and hope for rain to bring them water.

The indigenous plants in the Tulip Street nature strip are thriving, and continue to draw attention to our local flora from passers by who may not be looking inside the reserve.

Plans are being made for new plantings in April, when temperatures

Our Gardens: Our Refuge

Enthusiastic Friendsshould be cooler, again using stock from the Bayside Community Nursery. Newcomers are always welcome to join the Friends on the third Sunday of each month between 10am and 12pm.

It is encouraging to find other groups of people who are dedicated to caring for significant vegetation. The Silverleaves Conservation Association (SCA) is one of these and members are committed to conserving the plant life at the eastern end of Phillip Island.

President Marjorie Johnston reported that the SCA is working towards gaining protection for the Rhyll Inlet fragile wetlands, which is home to the White Mangrove (Avicennia marina), fascinating plants that have ‘troops of curious peg-like roots (pneumatophores), which project vertically 10-12 cm above the mud around each tree.’ (Ref. Cochrane, Fuhrer, Rotherham and Willis, Flowers And Plants Of Victoria, Reed Melbourne

1973, first 1968). Already the Phillip Island Nature Park is involved with restoration of Mangroves.

The SCA would like protection for groundcovers and the unique habitat of Coastal Banksias (Banksia integrifolia), which are an important feature of the area. We wish them well in their endeavours, and we look forward to another good year at George Street Reserve.

Please send photographs in high resolution format on a USB or via email, along with a short story about what your garden means to you, by 5 April 2017 to Pauline Reynolds at 9 Reno Road, Sandringham 3191 or email to [email protected]. For more information, please call Pauline on 0408 587 763.

Monotoca scoparia at George Street Reserve.

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Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, nor are any of the Bayside vegetation communities within which they occur1.

Most Australian terrestrial orchids are deciduous, with a dormant underground tuber surviving the summer to sprout after spring and winter rains2.

A replacement tuber forms during this growth period and, after flowering and seed shed, the old tuber rots away2.

Although orchids are famous for their floral structures, which are often highly pollinator-specific, many can also self-pollinate and/or reproduce vegetatively via clonal production of

Last Spring was an exceptional year for the orchid colonies of Bayside, which were healthy and robust with some species flowering more prolifically than ever.

Words by Jo HurseBushland & Nursery Supervisor, Citywide Park Care

The health of orchids in Bayside is generally improving, with a number of colonies expanding as a result of increased rainfall in recent years combined with specialised orchid colony management practices.

Bayside is home to 18 recognised orchid species, which are distributed across 106 surveyed colonies within eight reserves.

Eight species are restricted to one reserve each, of which four are restricted to one colony.

None of the recognised species are listed as threatened under the Flora and

Orchids of Bayside

Diuris orientis

Photos by Pauline Reynolds


more tubers3 – hence the dense colonial nature of some species.

All orchids require mycorrhizae for germination, and some require annual reinfection of their tuber for growth2.

Fire can enhance, or may even be required to permit, flowering and reproduction in some species, with the positive effect often diminishing each year after a burn as surrounding vegetation returns2, 3.

While some species may reappear following years of absence after a burn3, others suffer from fire and recover slowly if at all2.

REFERENCES

1. Department of Sustainability and Environment - Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - Threatened List February 2014 (www.dse.vic.gov.au/CA256F310024B628/0/77A14A9618AC18AACA2577C900185BDA/$File/20101021+FFG+threatened+list+Oct+10.pdf, 9/12/2014)

2. Jones, B. and Jones, D. (2000) The Native Orchids of Southern Australia: a Field Guide, Bloomings Books, Hawthorn

3. Australian Plants Society Maroondah (2001) Flora of Melbourne, Hyland House, Melbourne

A history of wildfires, controlled ecological burns and meticulous weed control has facilitated the regeneration of heathland vegetation and associated orchids within Bayside.

Shade-tolerant orchids have been protected by mature Coast Tea Tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) in lower-quality heathland vegetation.

Caledenia phaeoclavia

Chilogottis trapeziformis

Thelymitra rubra

Pyrorchis nigrans

Diuris sulphurea

Thelymitra pauciflora

Prasophyllum elatum

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By Citywide Park Care

Bayside’s remnant heathlands are located in the developed south eastern suburbs, approximately 25 kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD.

They are important in maintaining green space and promoting biodiversity. The survival of Bayside’s heathlands depends upon restoring and expanding existing floral biodiversity.

Planting in existing burn sites has the greatest potential for restoring and enhancing existing genetic diversity.

From a land management perspective, infill planting within burn sites is as important as any weed control effort.

A consequence of fragmentation of urban remnant vegetation is deterioration in species diversity, composition and ecosystem processes.

Sourcing seeds and cuttings for infill planting of remnants can strain existing populations of local plants.

In Bayside, small sized remnants combined with the loss of species means that seeds and cuttings are collected from the same locations and plants yearly.

It is important to maintain the genetic integrity of locally significant species like Hibbertia acicularis, which is found only at Balcombe Park, and the endemic form of Correa reflexa and Ricinocarpos

pinifolius that both contribute to the uniqueness of the renowned Sandringham flora.

Populations of these species are distinct, reproductively isolated, and as well as having adapted to thrive in local conditions, are more likely to be fertile, promoting self-sustaining regeneration.

The use of local seeds and cuttings ensures the genetic integrity of these locally significant species.

Specialised propagation of such plants currently takes place at the Bayside Nursery by Citywide staff. Expanding

locally rare populations with imported material can lead to genetic swamping where there is a loss of unique genotypes through hybridisation and backcrossing.

Despite this, some common heathland species are showing signs of poor health and weak offspring.

Fasciation (contorted growth of plant tissue), is an indicator of poor plant health and is becoming a more regular observation of some of our essential structural species like Leptospermum (Tea Tree) and Amperea xiphoclada (Broom Spurge).

Other species such as Mimosaceae (Wattles) are showing more frequent signs of hybridisation. Recruitment cohorts of some species like Acacia

Suaveolans and Acacia Oxycedrus are less frequent, meaning they may not be producing viable seed.

Although hybridisation is a natural process, and one that is more likely in our heaths where small populations of most species exist, it is also a sign that the gene pool of Bayside’s basic heathland species is slowly becoming depleted.

Continuing to propagate these species by using only locally indigenous plants may further deteriorate the health of our heath species, corrupt the gene pool and ultimately lead to the loss of more species.

As well as pointing to the need to bolster the amount of species planted within existing older burn sites, it is

Thoughts on retaining our remnants

Although hybridisation is a natural process, and one that is more likely in our heaths where small populations of most species exist, it is also a sign that the gene pool of Bayside’s basic heathland species is slowly becoming depleted.


also a sign that we should consider propagation of plants by using local provenance material from outside Bayside to expand genetic diversity in our heathlands.

The local provenance of a species is considered to be within 10kms of its location. If the remnant is largely intact, it is likely to benefit from the reintroduction of local species that are not likely to regenerate naturally.

Plant material from any significant remnant within the sandbelt area (e.g. Oakleigh, Clayton and Mentone) could be used to re-introduce endemic species once present in Bayside heathlands.

The typography and infertile soils of the sandbelt region allows reintroduction of species that may have

Despite the fact that Bayside achieves excellent regeneration

through ecological burns, the relatively unchanged nature of

species diversity in the heaths post burn indicates the need to introduce

some endemic heath species.

adapted to altered environmental factors such as loss of ground water (Bayside’s former wet heaths), regular fires or lack of canopy species (heathy woodland).

Despite the fact that Bayside achieves excellent regeneration through ecological burns, the relatively unchanged nature of species diversity in the heaths post burn indicates the need to introduce some endemic heath species.

Species belonging to the families Asteraceae (Coronidium), Epacridaceae (Astroloma) and Campanulaceae (Wahlenbergia sp) most likely occupied the inter-tussock space in the ground layer of the heathlands when fire and fauna created regular disturbance.

It is likely that the seeds of these

species have senesced and cannot regenerate naturally.

When the sandbelt was a connected space, abiotic and biotic vectors would have facilitated seed movement and genetic diversity throughout the sandbelt region.

Considering the introduction of species from outside Bayside may assist the survival of some key heathland species by expanding genetic diversity, and creating the regeneration of stronger offspring.

By limiting the introduction of new genetic material; from outside Bayside, we may be placing strain on existing populations, limiting genetic diversity and the expansion of species diversity in our heathlands.


Rod BinningtonBy Pauline ReynoldsFriends of Highett Grassy Woodland

The Friends of Highett Grassy Woodland were shocked and saddened to learn that Rod Binnington, one of the valued members of our small group, had died very suddenly in October.

Rod joined us in 2010 when the move to save the Highett Grassy Woodland became urgent after learning that the CSIRO was selling its land and moving to Clayton.

Rod’s work was invaluable. His analytical and intelligent mind gave him the ability to think through and examine the information we were getting and to get straight to the heart of any problem that arose.

He also used his talent and skill to create and build our very successful website, and design the lovely letterhead, both of which were put to very good use.

Rod took to the streets with us and visited the relevant politicians and helped write many letters. His photographs too were beautiful.

Rod was also involved in many other community matters. He was a member of the group that helped produce Bayside’s Open Space Strategy, and was actively engaged in trying to save Council’s Elderly Person’s Units and help the residents find alternate accommodation.

Rod was a very gentle and kind person who assisted others in any way he could, particularly when he considered there may be an injustice done.

Rod was a highly respected chemical engineer, he was also an artist with amazing computer skills, an activist and philosopher.

We will all miss him, and it’s a great shame that he won’t be able to see the day when the Highett Grassy Woodland finally comes into the community’s hands.

It has been a sad few months for the Bayside community with the loss of four outstanding individuals who have contributed enormously to our local environment. In this edition, we say thanks and pay special tribute to Rod Binnington, Jean Sutcliffe, David Cockburn and Adrian Cerbasi.

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Adrian CerbasiBy Geoffrey GoodeBeaumaris Conservation Society

Adrian Cerbasi sadly died on Australia Day, 26 January 2017.

Adrian was president for 10 years, from 2002-2010 and 2015-16.

The memorial service for Adrian was very well-attended, with Bayside City Council being represented by two recent previous mayors, Crs James Long and Laurence Evans.

Adrian was remembered for his moderation and kindly good nature, which was an important factor in maintaining BCS Inc. as a respected voice for the defence and nurturing of the undoubted environmental qualities of Beaumaris. Also praised was Adrian’s propensity to do more than his fair share of necessary work, such as recruiting members, and forthrightly addressing Council meetings on the society’s concerns. Many share the sorrow of Adrian’s widow, Josie, and their daughters.


Jean SutcliffeBy Moira LongdenConvenor Friends of Ricketts Point

Jean Sutcliffe was born in 1916, but none of us knew that until we were invited to her 100th birthday, which was celebrated at Beaumaris Bowling Club where she had been an active member for many years.

We thought she must have been in her 90s because of her service as an army nurse in World War 2, where it was her job to set up a field surgical unit near the battle zone to stabilise wounded soldiers before they could be transported.

I asked her if she had received any of the things that the servicemen received

“Jean passed away peacefully at Vasey House, Brighton East on 22 October 2016 aged 100 years. Jean lived an extraordinary life and is a wonderful role model for us all.”

The family’s tribute (part) in The Age on 26 October 2016

on discharge such as a university enrolment and a war service home loan. But she smiled and said the service women were thanked and told how good they had been.

During her many post-war achievements, she became the Director of Nursing at Frankston Hospital and devised its midwifery course.

After retirement she became a Friend of Donald MacDonald Reserve for many years. When she could no longer do the gardening work she would bring the morning tea, usually freshly made scones with homemade jam. Jean loved dogs and was usually accompanied by her dog Nicki.


David CockburnBy John de C. DouglasA/ Convenor, Friends of Merindah Park and the Urban Forest.

Dr David Michael Cockburn,OAM,DSc.(HC),MSc. (OPTOM), JP. lived in Bayside for 87 years and was the long time Convenor of the Friends of Merindah Park and the Urban Forest in Sandringham.

He served in the Royal Australian Navy in World War 2 in corvettes and saw active service in Papua New Guinea. After the war David attended the University of Melbourne graduating in Optometry in 1950. He immediately set up clinical practice in Hampton Street and remained there for 50 years. The practice continues as Gutteridge, Douglas and Wells. David’s esteemed clinical and academic career was recognised with numerous awards including an OAM and an honorary doctorate in Science for his contribution to clinical research and teaching.

David was a member of the Sandringham Yacht Club for over 75 years. It was there he met the

commodore’s daughter, Barbara Mackenzie. Sharing a love of sailing and our pristine Port Phillip, David and Barbara married and had three children, Richard, Scott and Sally who are all Bayside residents. David built, owned and sailed yachts of all sizes and also taught celestial navigation.

Driven by a lifelong commitment to the environment, David served two Council terms on the City of Sandringham, including one term as Mayor in 1964. Merindah Park and the Urban forest stand as testament to his six decade commitment to preserve the strip of land known as the “green belt” and the adjacent park he first named Merindah Park.

When David and Barbara first moved into their Spring Street home in 1951, the Sandringham planning scheme had set aside a strip of land that was to be a green belt that was supposed to separate the light industrial from residential zone. However, Dunlop had built a small factory to produce car batteries. Over the years this factory grew to be the largest producer of lead acid batteries in the country. Although it was supposed to be a green buffer Dunlop employees parked their cars on the area now known as the Urban Forest. David and his neighbours fought to reclaim this strip as a nature reserve and Dunlop eventually agreed. This was the beginning of a labour of love and in the following decades David oversaw the conversion of this area into the lovely bushland reserve that it is today. He delighted in pointing out the towering eucalypts that he personally nurtured from seedlings.

The late Frank Stewart, who was the author of Bayside Birds and The Inland, personally recorded 97 species of

Australian native birds during his twice-daily walks through the overall area, extending from Bay Road in the north, through to Tulip Street in the south.

Over many years, the Friends of Merindah Park and the Urban Forest have been working under David’s direction, for two hours on the second Sunday of the month. David however, would be seen working on site, whenever he found a few spare moments, pulling out weeds, cleaning up any rubbish, or in the heat of summer, watering the plants with his famous long white hosepipe. In the good old days, when water was more plentiful, he would have sprinklers running all over the place, trying to protect new plantings from severe summer heat. During times of drought he would enlist the neighbourhood children to be a ‘bucket brigade’.

Over the years, the City of Sandringham and later, Bayside City Council and contractors Citywide Park Care, have all been tremendously supportive and gone out of their way to help the Friends group achieve the plans that David put forward to make the Urban Forest the pleasant bushland reserve that it is today.

David always had a supply of jokes and stories about his cherished times at sea, both in the RAN and sailing his own boats. He always had an entertaining tale to tell, over a cup of coffee after our work parties.

He was very clever working with tools and would always try to make something himself, rather than rushing off to the hardware store and buying it. He was skilled in masking things in both metal and timber, and often came up with his own inventions to solve a problem.

We shall all miss David enormously.


Bayside Community Nursery will re-open for plant sales on Saturday 1 April between 10am and 12pm.

The place to buy healthy indigenous plants for your Bayside garden, the nursery provides a great range of plants as well as expert advice and guidance on indigenous plant selection and maintenance.

The nursery only sells plants from April to October each year as this is the best time to plant.

Open to the public on Thursdays and Saturday from 10am to 12pm.

319 Reserve Road, CheltenhamTel: 9583 8408

Bayside Community NurseryOpening Saturday 1 April 2017

The nursery also has a volunteer program that contributes to the propagation and running of the nursery and new volunteers are always welcome. For further information contact the nursery on 9583 8408.

Marine LifePhotos and words by John Eichler

Take a look at our spectacular marine life, found in Port Phillip Bay.

Heliocidaris erythrogramma — this common local sea-urchin is usually purplish-red in colour. It sometimes congregates in large numbers and can strip rocks of vegetation creating local ‘barrens’.

Euprymna tasmanica — a dumpling squid that remains buried in the sand during the day and emerges at night to hunt.

Epiactis australiensis — an attractively coloured, uncommon sea-anemone. It is one of six local sea-anemones.

Ceratosoma brevicaudatum — a colourful, relatively large (60-80mm long) sea-slug that can be seen occasionally in the open in rocky areas.

Catostylus mosaicus — the Blubber Jelly, a large sea-jelly that can be common in some seasons. It has a characteristic cross on the ‘dome’ when seen from above.

Biffarius ceramicus — one of two local ghost shrimps that live in burrows in silty sand flats. Both have one claw that is greatly enlarged. Ghost shrimp are sometimes collected as fishing bait.

Austrosquilla osculans — a mantis shrimp that lives in burrows in sand flats. It uses its preying mantis-like front claws to capture other animals.

Alpheus villosus is a distinctive orange snapping shrimp that is covered in stiff hairs.

Alpheus novaezealdiae — a mottled snapping shrimp found under rocks. It is the largest of four local snapping shrimps. Loud snapping noises, sometimes heard on rock platforms at low tide, are made by snapping shrimps using the larger of their two claws to stun prey or deter predators.


Plesiastrea versipora is a green, stony coral that can be seen by snorkelling at Ricketts Point. The hard, dome-shaped structure is sometimes washed up after storms.

Petricia vernicina is a large, uncommon local sea-star that is smooth to touch. It is usually orange or reddish brown in colour.

Paranepanthia grandis is an uncommon sea-star throughout Victoria. Its colour varies from mauve through pink to orange.

Oxynoe viridis is an uncommon local sea-slug that carries a fragile, transparent shell on its back. It feeds on Caulerpa geminata, the dark green ‘seaweed’ shown in this image.

Neoamphicyclus mutans is a smallish, violet coloured sea-cucumber. It is one of five local sea-cucumbers.

Nectocarcinus integrifrons is a crab with a distinctive, two-tone shell. In the past it was regularly seen inter-tidally but it now seems to have retreated to the sub-tidal zone.

Mictyris platycheles — a soldier crab that feeds on sand flats. When threatened it buries itself by spiralling downward into the sand leaving a distinctive lumpy circular pattern on the surface.

Meridiastra calcar — the most common local sea-star. It is very variable in colour and pattern.

Ischnochiton elongatus — one of several chitons or chain-mail shells found locally. This chiton is particularly variable in colour and pattern.


Red Bluff to Half Moon Bay MasterplanOur passionate environmental community can stay up-to-date and provide feedback on a variety of Council activities.This includes an upcoming foreshore Masterplan covering the popular Half Moon Bay and Red Bluff cliff foreshore precinct. In the next few months, Council will be hosting a community drop-in session where you are welcome to chat with Council staff regarding opportunities and issues for this highly utilised part of the Bayside foreshore.For more information keep an eye on www.bayside.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay

Plant returns after 20 years Jason Stewart also found and photographed a Yellow Rush-lily at Long Hollow Heathland. A locally rare indigenous species, the Yellow Rush-lily (Tricoryne elatior) is also known from Bay Road Heathland Sanctuary and Royal Melbourne Golf Course, but only seems to occur in very small numbers. Like the more floriferous Pale Rush-lily (Caesia parviflora) its flowers only last one day, after which the petals twist tightly together above the ovary to protect it as the seeds, develop. Last year’s relatively wet winter and spring most likely helped a few of our rarer species to grow and flower, and hopefully to set seed too.

A locally rare plant was ‘rediscovered’ recently at Cheltenham Golf Course.

As far as we know it is the only Swamp Isotome left in Bayside. The species was probably quite common before local wetlands were drained during the development of the Bayside suburbs after World War 2.

Unfortunately, much of the vegetation in the image is Kikuyu and Couch grass, but the small mauve flowers and roundish leaves are from the Swamp Isotome.

The Rare Plants Group will attempt to propagate the rediscovered Swamp Isotome without damaging the ‘mother’ plant.

Rob SaundersRare Plants Group

Swamp Isotome (Isotoma fluviatilis ssp. australis) was discovered by Jason Stewart, during his recent visit from Queensland.

Jason has been involved with rare plants in Bayside on and off for about 30 years and has an amazing memory for plants and locations.

Remarkably, he found the Swamp Isotome after being away for 20 years, and it was still in the same spot.

Tricoryne elatior Photo by Pauline Reynolds

Isotoma fluviatilis ssp. australis Photo by Pauline Reynolds


amalgamations. Founded in 1978, the nursery had a vision of people working together to collect the seed and cuttings of local plants and to grow them to enhance both public areas and private gardens. This was achieved with Council support in the provision of a supervisor and appropriate building.

From its early days until the present, the nursery has thrived, and the number of plants propagated there has increased more than tenfold. The numbers of volunteers has also increased and on Thursdays, Pat has been among them, making time in her busy life to work in the potting shed.

For many years, Pat has also been a member of BRASCA, and is now vice president. BRASCA members meet to pull out weeds, including South African Boxthorn, Boneseed and exotic grasses and then settle down to plant on the Bayside foreshore using the species grown in the nursery. In this way Pat can see the fulfilment of the vision that originally inspired the people who wanted to regenerate the cliff tops, the bushlands and their own gardens.

The Bayside Community Nursery Steering Committee wish to express their grateful thanks to long term member Pat Salkin, who is stepping down from her role on the Steering Committee. Pat has been a valuable member of the committee over many years and we farewell her to now focus on her role as vice president of the Black Rock and Sandringham Conservation Association (BRASCA) and in propagation activities at the nursery. Dr Valerie Tarrant worked alongside Pat on the committee and has put together a few words to express the groups’ sentiment.

Pat steps down from the Bayside Nursery Steering Committee

Volunteers play an important part in the Bayside Community Nursery, and Patricia (Pat) Salkin has been one of these volunteers for more than two decades. She has also served on the Bayside Community Nursery Steering Committee, which is involved in making policy decisions.

The nursery originated under the former City of Sandringham, which became Bayside City Council in the mid-1990s following council

By Dr Valerie TarrantCo-convenor Friends of George Street

Photos by Brett Ellenport, BRASCA


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Celebrating Summer By

The Sea

This year’s program of Summer by the Sea events saw some favourites return and new ones emerge. This annual series of events, which are designed to encourage more learning about the natural habitat, was co-ordinated by the Victorian Government, various Friends groups and Bayside City Council.

Summer by the Sea geocaching events have proved to be very popular over the past six years.

This year, around 110 adults and children took part in two events held in perfect weather conditions at Donald MacDonald Reserve in Beaumaris and Sandringham Harbour.

Geocaching is a modern day treasure hunt where participants use a GPS device to find interesting containers, called geocaches, which are disguised and hidden along the tracks in bushy areas of the foreshore and reserves.

Geocaching enthusiasts are given a list of questions about the natural environment, which are designed to broaden their knowledge.

This year, two young volunteers from the Bayside Environmental Friends Network were involved in designing and setting up the courses, and more volunteers from the group assisted participants.

Geocaching in BaysideWords and photos by Pauline Reynolds



For the first time, a unique event provided people with all abilities the opportunity to experience a snorkel in the bay, was held as part of the Summer By the Sea program.

Delivered by the Disabled Divers Association (DDA) at Ricketts Point this event allowed people with a disability to experience a day at the beach in a new light.

Designed to help people gain confidence in accessing the beach and water participants experienced the freedom of being in the water and were even able to catch some marine life sightings.

Disabled diving at Ricketts PointWords by Barbara JakobPhotos by Pauline Reynolds


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Calls from different birds including Blue Wrens, Little Wattle Birds and Grey Fantails accompanied a group of 30 people across Trey Bit Reserve as part of a natural and cultural guided tour of the Sandringham Foreshore area.

From the cliff top lookout above Port Phillip Bay, the group learned about local indigenous people, Boon wurrung, and how they would have witnessed the rising water levels some six to seven thousand years ago as the ice caps melted. Boon wurrung’s historical connection with the environment and stewardship of it prior to European presence was explained and the story of William Buckley passing through the area in 1803 told.

Elizabeth Walsh was part of the group, and detailed the breadth of

activities carried out by the Friends of Native Wildlife and demonstrated how strategically placed water bowls along the coastal paths are a lifesaver for native fauna, especially during summer.

Descending the cliff, and gathering in a clearing with the setting sun behind them the group listened to Anne Jessel as she demonstrated the workings of Walkabout bat radar detecting devices. The wind was picking up and Anne explained how this is a factor restricting their food gathering as she outlined the lifestyles of our local micro bats.

Before moving down to the breakwater Elizabeth described the living habits of Rakali, (our native water rats) in preparation for a possible sighting. The final stage of the tour occurred midway along the Sandringham breakwater where Elizabeth pointed out known locations where Rakali lived, foraged and swam.

The wind was much stronger at this location, however two young participants spotted one of these amazing native rats.

Words and photos by Denis YoungFriends of Native Wildlife

Discover Rakali, local wildlife and Indigenous Heritage of Bayside



The Citywide Park Care team.

It’s a dog’s breakfast for Loni Hurse.

Green Point in Brighton was the perfect venue for the second Discover Bayside’s Coastal Wonders, Summer by the Sea event.

After enjoying the view of the city skyline and bathing boxes from the cliff top, the groups set off to choose their colour clue cards from the peg line.

Descriptive words on the cards inspired the participants to find an interesting object which matched these clues. The Bayside Environmental Friends were on hand to answer questions and to help the participants use their own observational skills to discover their own treasures. The treasures were photographed and left where they were found. Only the photos were taken home to share with friends or on the Bayside Environmental Friends Network Facebook page.

I had the pleasure of accompanying a five year old boy from Wallan, nearly two hours from Brighton. He was too young to take photos but had an exciting time trying to match the

dark brown colour on his card. His best match was wave-rumbled broken beer bottle glass and we spent quite some time searching the seaweed and sand for tiny pieces of glass. He was enthralled, and gained a lot of knowledge about sand, seaweed and the sea.

Discover Bayside’s Coastal WondersWords and photos by Sue Raverty, Friends of Ricketts Point

By Jo Hurse, Citywide Park Care

The Citywide Bushland Crew hosted the Dog’s Breakfast at Sandown Spit, Brighton, as part of Summer By the Sea program in January.

The morning event was to educate the general public about keeping their dog on a lead on certain sections of the foreshore and in bushland reserves in general. This is not only limited to Bayside but all of Port Phillip Bay and bushland reserves containing any remnant vegetation.

Citywide Bushland Crew Andy Ross, Abel Dickinson and Dave Rollo spent the morning talking to

passers-by, handing out information brochures about the local Friends groups and Bayside Community Nursery, and playing toss-a-ball with the passing dogs. There was breakfast for both the dogs and their owners.

Sandown Spit in Brighton, between Sandown St and Bay St is an off-leash beach area, and a successful location to hold this event.

To get involved in next year’s Dog’s Breakfast event, please contact Jo Hurse at Citywide via [email protected]

A dog’s breakfast


The paper draws together the key findings from targeted consultation with stakeholders and analysis of previous external reviews of the Act.

The suggested improvements in the paper aim to improve the government’s ability to stop the decline of native species and better address the impacts of climate change on biodiversity.

The Act has not been significantly amended since 1988. Its main objectives are to conserve all of Victoria’s native plants and animals

using a range of mechanisms, including:• listing threatened species,

communities and threats to native species

• requiring an overarching strategy for Victoria’s biodiversity

• enabling the declaration of habitat critical to the survival of native plants and animals

• placing a duty on public authorities to have regard to the objectives of the Act in their operations

• requiring permits for activities that

The Victorian Government has prepared a consultation paper to seek feedback on how to improve the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

could harm threatened plants and fish and communities.The review will ensure the Act

provides a modern framework for biodiversity protection and management in Victoria and strong and effective protection for Victoria’s native species and important habitats. It lists 700 species and communities, and 42 threats.

For more information or to make a submission visit www.engage.vic.gov.au/review-flora-and-fauna-guarantee-act-1988

Bayside thanks ARCUEAfter 18 years, the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology (ARCUE) closed its doors on 31 December 2016 due to a lack of funding.

ARCUE was an innovative initiative that recognised the need for a better understanding of the impact of cities and urban environments on biodiversity.

Since 1998, the organisation has made both a significant and remarkable contribution to evolution of the field of urban ecology in Australia.

From a time when urban ecology was seen as an oddity, ARCUE has led the way and the

field has become mainstream as a result.

ARCUE’s commitment to understanding how humans modify ecological processes, and sharing its knowledge to inform decision makers how to increase and conserve biodiversity in human-modified landscapes, will have a lasting and profound impact both nationally and internationally.

The success of ARCUE has been in the training of students and postdoctoral researchers

who have gone on to lead their own research teams in this area contributing to better decision making for biodiversity in the urban environment.

ARCUE’s research legacy will continue to inform those who carry on the study of urban ecology and encourage responsible growth in harmony with the natural environment.

Bayside City Council is grateful for the valuable contribution made by the ARCUE team.

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act review


Gio FitzpatrickConvenor Friends of Elster Creek

Welcome to part II of Gio’s narrative about back yard birds. The first part of this story was published in the Spring edition of Banksia Bulletin.

How to encourage native birds into your backyard?

Many books and online resources seeking to answer this question recommend that bird-friendly gardeners focus on using certain plants such as hybrid Grevellias, which produce large quantities of nectar for long periods of time.

Special attention to prolific nectar-producing plants will result in an increase in the number of individual birds in a garden but will also usually reduce the number of bird species.

In planting an unnaturally prolific selection of native bird-pollinated plants, a gardener creates a food resource that is rich and reliable enough for large aggressive birds to vigorously defend.

In a more natural setting where food sources are more varied and evenly distributed, it is not worth the while of large birds to stay in one place and chase competitors out. Rather, they will visit and move on, making coexistence with a variety of smaller birds possible.

Focussing on using certain plants for ‘bird friendly’ traits could actually reduce the habitat value of a backyard garden.

When creating habitat for birds, it is important to remember that they function within an ecosystem that is far more complex than just bird-plant

relationships. Replacing just one aspect of an ecosystem while ignoring all others will often cause unwelcome changes.

For example, many parks are dominated by Eucalypts, this can lead to little understorey vegetation and even less indigenous ground-layer vegetation.

This situation has welcomed in Noisy Miners (an extremely aggressive native honeyeater) at the expense of nearly all smaller or similarly sized honeyeaters and insectivores.

In fact, a recent study on this topic showed that an invasion of 0.65 Noisy Miners per hectare can reduce the abundance of small nectar and insect-eating birds by 50 per cent.

Elsternwick Park contains around four Noisy Miners per hectare and, in all my time there, I have never seen a Grey Fantail, Brown Thornbill or Silvereye – all fairly common birds in leafier gardens surrounding the park.

Tree health often declines as an outcome of this Noisy Miner monopoly as insect-eaters cannot play their roles in controlling sap-sucking insects.

My most basic and important recommendation for creating a bird-

friendly garden is to support the little things at lower end of the food chain.

Most of the world’s terrestrial species of animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, protists and archaea exist in the 30cm above and below the soil surface. This is where many of the most important ecological processes occur, which ultimately support everything else (including birds).

As well as the lack of complex ground-layer habitats, there is also a clear need for more indigenous understorey vegetation. This will allow small birds, which have disappeared from so many inner-city areas, to recolonise gardens.

It is important to model habitat creation on naturally existing habitats. Too many understorey plants placed too close together will allow none to thrive.

Well-spaced shrubs will be healthier, more productive and grow dense enough to shelter small birds and their nests.

If neighbours can join in and further expand the extent of indigenous vegetation and habitats in your neighbourhood, a greater diversity of birds and other wildlife will be able live there.

Tips for creating a productive and diverse ground-layer ecological community in a garden:• Eliminate the use of pesticides

• Ensure there are areas where sunlight can reach the ground layer

• Provide dead organic matter and a variety of micro-climates by creating areas of leaf litter, twigs, logs and rocks. Wood-chip mulches are courser than natural leaf litter and do not offer the same habitats.

• Provide a wide variety of different ground-layer plant species from a variety of plant families.

• Use indigenous plants. Many organisms have intimate relationships with the plants alongside which they evolved and cannot survive in their absence.

Elster Creek Birds – PART IICommon Starling Little RavenGalah


Kids’ CornerBanksia

Kids’ CornerSchool’s back, and to help break the ice while making new friends or if you want to dazzle your teacher for 2017, here’s a few crazy fun facts you can easily memorise. You may learn a thing or two about some of the world’s most amazing insects, and the not-so-humble bee, too!

15 insect facts

A ladybird might eat more than 5,000 insects in its lifetime!

Fruit flies were the first living creatures to be sent into space.

Dragonflies have been on earth for 300 million years!

One dung beetle can drag 1,141 times its weight - that’s like a human

pulling six double-decker buses!

An ant-eating assassin bug piles its victims onto its body to

scare predators.

Large groups of fireflies sometimes flash in unison.

To breathe underwater, the water scorpion uses a snorkel-like tube

on its abdomen.

Bulldog ants can leap seven times the length of their bodies!

Mosquitos are attracted to smelly feet!

Some male stoneflies do push-ups to attract a mate.

The red postman butterfly develops its own poison by eating toxic plants!

A sea skater’s leg hair traps air, enabling it to float on water.

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Did you know …

Honey bees are great flyers. They fly at a speed of

around 25km per hour and beat their wings 200 times per second.

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The information for Kid’s Corner was sourced from National Geographic Kids website –

ngkids.com.auLog on to find more cool

facts about the environment and wildlife from Australia and

around the world.

Honey bees live in hives (or colonies). The members of the hive

are divided into three types:Queen: one queen runs the whole

hive. Her job is to lay the eggs that will spawn the hive’s next

generation of bees. The queen also produces chemicals that guide the

behaviour of the other bees.Workers: these are all female and

their roles are to forage for food (pollen and nectar from flowers), build and protect the hive, clean and circulate air by beating their

wings. Workers are the only bees most people ever see flying around

outside the hive.Drones: These are the male bees, and their purpose is to mate with the new queen. Several hundred live in each hive during the spring and summer. But come winter, when the hive goes into survival

mode, the drones are kicked out.

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Honey bees are important pollinators for flowers, fruits and

vegetables. This means that they help other plants grow.

Bees transfer pollen between the male and female parts, allowing plants to grow seeds and fruit.

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What are these buzzing bugs most famous for? Delicious honey! But did you know they produce honey as food stores for the hive during

winter? Luckily for us, these efficient little workers produce 2-3 times

more honey than they need, so we get to enjoy the tasty treat, too.

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If the queen bee dies, workers will create a new queen by selecting a young larva (the newly hatched

baby insects) and feeding it a special food called ‘royal jelly’.

This enables the larva to develop into a fertile queen.

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Each bee has 170 odorant receptors, which means they have one serious sense of smell. They use this to communicate within

the hive and to recognise different types of flowers when looking.

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The queen can live up to five years. She is busiest in the summer

months, when she can lay up to 2,500 eggs a day.

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Honey bees are great dancers. To share information about the best

food sources, they perform their ‘waggle dance’. When the worker returns to the hive, it moves in a figure-of-eight and waggles its

body to indicate the direction of the food source.

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Sadly, over the past 15 years, colonies of bees have been

disappearing, and the reason remains unknown. Referred to as ‘colony collapse disorder’, billions

of Honey bees across the world are leaving their hives, never to return. We can all do our bit to support

bees like planting flowers that are rich in nectar such as lavender and bluebells. These will help bees find the food they need. Also, be sure to choose local honey, too, which will support our Honey bees and

their beekeepers!

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The average worker bee lives for just five to six weeks. During this

time, she’ll produce around a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey.

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Friends of Balcombe Park Convenor: Ian O’Loughlin Mobile: 0412 432 618 Email: [email protected] Melway Ref: 86 C4 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 26 Feb, 26 Mar, 30 April, 28 May Time: 10am-12pm

Friends of Bay Road Heathland SanctuaryConvenor: Michael Norris Phone: (03) 9521 6879 Email: [email protected] Melway Ref: 77 B11 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 11 Mar, 8 April, 13 May Time: 10am-12pm

Bayside Environmental Friends NetworkConvenor: Jill Robinson Phone: 9583 8408 Email: [email protected]

Friends of Brighton DunesConvenor: Jenny Talbot Phone: (03) 9592 2109 Melway Ref: 76 C2 Upcoming working bees: Dates: Every Tuesday Time: 8am-10am

Friends of Cheltenham ParkConvenor: Valerie Tyers Phone: (03) 9588 0107 Email: [email protected] Melway Ref: 86 G1 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 2 Mar, 5 April, 7 May Time: 10am-12pm

Friends of Donald MacDonald ReserveConvenor: Kim Croker Phone: (03) 9589 2443 Email: [email protected] Melway Ref: 86 B6 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 2 Mar, 5 April, 7 May Time: 10am-12pm

Friends of George Street ReserveConvenors: Val Tarrant, Pauline Reynolds Phone: (03) 9598 0554 Email: [email protected] Phone: (03) 9598 6368 Email: [email protected] Melway Ref: 86 B1 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 19 Feb, 21 Mar, 16 April Time: 10am-12pm

Friends of Gramatan Avenue HeathlandConvenor: Ken Rendell Phone: (03) 9589 4452 Melway Ref: 86 C6 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 2 Mar, 5 April, 7 May Time: 1pm-3pm

Friends of Long Hollow HeathlandConvenor: Rob Saunders Phone: (03) 9515 3383 Email: [email protected] Melway Ref: 86 D5 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 26 Feb, 26 Mar, 30 April Time: 1pm-3pm

Friends of Merindah Park & Urban ForestConvenor: John de Cruz Douglas Phone: 0417 386 408 Email: [email protected] Melway Ref: 77 B12 Upcoming working bees: Time: 10am-12pm

Friends of Native WildlifeConvenor: Anne Jessel, Elizabeth Walsh Phone: (03) 9585 6788 Phone: (03) 9598 9009 Email: [email protected] Upcoming events: Please see page 27

Friend of Picnic Point SandringhamConvenor: Terry Reynolds Phone: (03) 9598 2978 Email: [email protected]

Friends of Ricketts PointConvenor: Ross Longden Phone: (03) 9589 2725 Melway Ref: 86 D9 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 22 Feb, 29 Mar, 26 April, 31 May Time: 10am-12pm

Friends of Ricketts Point LandsideConvenor: Sue Raverty Phone: (03) 9589 2103 Email: [email protected] Melway Ref: 86 C9 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 21 Feb, 21 Mar, 18 April, 16 May Time: 3pm

Friends of Table RockConvenor: Ken Rendell Phone: (03) 9589 4452 Melway Ref: 86 E10 Upcoming working bees: Dates: 28 Feb, 28 Mar, 25 April, 30 May Time: 12.30-2.30pm

Friends of Elster CreekConvenor: Gio Fitzpatrick Phone: 0432 045 303 Email: [email protected] Meeting point: Elwood Canal, Glen Huntly Road Bridge Upcoming Event: www.facebook.com/friendsofelstercreek/events

Friends Groups

Volunteer Groups


Editorial Policy

The purpose of publishing the Banksia Bulletin is to circulate information, report on events, and to profile relevant environmental issues important to our community. The Bulletin is also published to support the network of people involved in enjoying and protecting our local environment.

Bayside City Council encourages people from our local community groups to submit articles of interest, share experiences and news about any upcoming events. All articles are reviewed prior to publication and Council reserves the right to omit or edit submissions.

Acknowledgements Thank you to all the people who have contributed to this issue of Banksia Bulletin.

Disclaimer The views expressed in the Banksia Bulletin are not necessarily those of Bayside City Council nor its representatives.

Editor Damien Van TrierManager Open Space, Recreation and Wellbeing

Content Coordinator Kristi High 0407 366 466

Copy deadlinesAutumn 2017 Friday 7 April for Autumn release

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

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Corporate Centre PO Box 27 Royal Avenue Sandringham VIC 3191 Telephone: 9599 4444 www.bayside.vic.gov.au [email protected] Hours of business 8.30am–5pm Monday–Friday (except public holidays)

Cheltenham Primary School SanctuaryContact: Marg MacIntosh Phone: (03) 8585 3200 Email: [email protected]

Firbank Girls GrammarContact: Mary-Ellen Johnson Phone: (03) 9591 5188 Email: [email protected]

St Leonard’s College Conservation GroupContact: Luisa Ingram Phone: (03) 9909 9300 Email: [email protected]

School Groups

Bayside Bushwalking Club (Charman to Cromer Roads, Beaumaris)Contact: Jo Hurse Phone: (Citywide Park Care) 9283 2052

Beaumaris Conservation SocietyPresident: Greg Mier Contact: PO Box 7016, Beaumaris 3193 Email: [email protected]

Black Rock and Sandringham Conservation AssociationConvenor: Bob Whiteway, Pat Salkin Phone: 9598 3146 Email: [email protected] Upcoming working bees: Dates: 21 Feb, 4&18 Mar, 4&18 April, 2&16 May Time: 10am-12pm

Marine Care Ricketts Point Incwww.marinecare.org.au Melway Ref: 86 C9

Sandringham Foreshore AssociationPresident: Dr Vicki Karalis Contact: PO Box 52, Sandringham, 3191 Email: [email protected] Website: sandringhamforeshore.tumblr.com

Environment Groups

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wild in Bayside: Local Native Insects and Other InvertebratesDate: Saturday 28 February Time: 7.30pm Venue: Beaumaris Senior Citizens Centre, 96 Reserve Road

Foreshore Bird Walk at Ricketts PointDate: Sunday 26 March Time: 9am Venue: Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary, Beaumaris

Rakali DiscoveryDate: Friday 7 April Time: 5.45pm Venue: Picnic Point Car Park B8, Sandringham

For more information join the FoNW Facebook page.


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