A big welcome to David Roberts, our new RIC. I’ve asked David to tell us a bit about himself………
bq. David Roberts comes to the Ranger in Charge position at the Grampians with a varied background in park and public open space management. David commenced with Parks Victoria as a Horticulturalist in the Dandenong Ranges Gardens after completing a Bachelor of Applied Science (Horticulture) at The University of Melbourne’s Burnley College. After 5 years as a team leader of the National Rhododendron Gardens, David took the opportunity to move into the area of conservation management with a move to the Box Ironbark parks around Bendigo, Heathcote and Inglewood. These landscapes provided important experiences in land management issues, including fire management, threatened species management, visitor experiences as well as working with a range of different communities and community groups. For the past 3 years, David has been Ranger in Charge of the You Yangs Regional Park and Serendip Sanctuary Management Area located to the north and west of Geelong. This role provided some real challenges as Melbourne’s and Geelong’s expanding populations continued to look to these parks as places to recreated and socialise. ==
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David has been married to Angela for 10 years. They have 3 very active boys, Declan, Aedan and Callam who love footy, cricket, bushwalking, mountain bike riding and supporting the Geelong Football Club.??
And thanks from FOGG to Prue Daley for her work as acting RIC for so many weeks, and to all the staff who have helped shoulder the load when the Park was so severely undermanned.