Please bear in mind that changes may need to be made, Always check in with the listed organiser.
FOGG DATES FOR THIS QUARTER:
Saturday July 16: Note change of date!
Fungi Frolic in the Wartook valley. Meet at the Wander Inn at 10 a.m. Then we’ll car pool from there to sites. Return to the Inn to buy our own lunch and look at some specimens, while warm and dry. Last year it was a wild and woolly day but the indoor session was excellent. Please bring any interesting specimens from your place as well. Contact: Ewen Johnson 5383 6294.
Friday 12 August: 10 am. Meeting with Dave Roberts and other staff to discuss: the new fire zones and this year’s proposed fire operation plan, Jill Reid’s work on fire and the environment, update on the proposed long distance walk, and suggested projects for us. To be followed by lunch and a committee meeting to which all interested members are invited. Please bring along your ideas for activities next year. Contact Proo: 53836222.
Saturday September 10: Waterbugs activity close to Halls Gap with Joel Boyd of Wimmera CMA . Followed by our AGM at the Park Office. Contact Kathy McDonald (5356 4679) closer to date for precise location.
Thursday 29 September to Sunday 2 October
Grampians Wildflower Show
(Not strictly a FOGG activity but one where our support is vital) Contact Margo on 5356 4524 or .
Date yet to be announced:
Repeat of Geology talk and excursion with Ross Cayley. Contact Margo on 5356 4524.
Then there are the TSG & other DATES
All Threatened Species Group activities RSVP direct to Pauline Rudolph 0437 463 378 or
September:
Thursday 1: TSG Tawny Spider-orchid (Caladenia fulva) (this is also the Wimmera biodiversity day so I expect they will change it.)
Thursday 1: Annual Wimmera Biodiversity Day.
This year to be held at Natimuk with the theme Past, Present and Future. Contact 53821544.
Friday 2: 10 am. Orchid lecture at Halls Gap by Gary Backhouse, organised by the wildlife art group, www.gwas.org.au .
Wednesday 7: TSG Spiral Sun-orchid (Thelymitra matthewsii) Annual count.
Tuesday 13: TSG Brilliant Sun-orchid (Thelymitra mackibbinii)
Tuesday 27: TSG Williamson’s Bush-pea (Pultenaea williamsonii); and Grampians Bitter-pea (Daviesia laevis)
October:
Thursday 13: TSG Pomonal Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum subbisectum)
Monday 17: TSG Pomonal Leek Orchid and Fitzgerald’s Leek Orchid (and Prasophyllum fitzgeraldii)
Thursday 27: TSG Grampians Rice-flower (Pimelea pagophila)
November
Wednesday 2: TSG Grampians Bitter-pea (Daviesia laevis)
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 : TSG
To Be Confirmed Grampians Pin-cushion Lilly (Borya mirabilis) Overnight hike along the Victoria Range, Grampians National Park
Saturday 26 TSG Grampians Duck-orchid (Paracaleana disjuncta)
This winter again other environmental groups, including local Landcare group Project Platypus and the Victorian National Parks Association, are conducting tree planting weekends in our area.
July 2, 9,17,24 and 30 are the days for Project Platypus across five sites from Moyston to Dadswells Bridge. Register online at www.platypus.org.au or phone 5358 4410.
19 -21 August is VNPA’s 14th Project Hindmarsh Weekend, planting trees shrubs and grasses in various areas to connect remnant pockets of native vegetation. . Register online at www.hindmarsh.vic.gov.au