Parents' Group
Boneseed battlers; off with the Agapanthus heads!; Parks Victoria volunteer survey open until 5 May; CPRRA recommends road improvements; Family reunion.
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Our next Working Bee will be
This month we've decided to continue our boneseed and pittosporum eradication efforts in the costal reserve west of the Cape Paterson Surf Life Club. We've made great inroads into this infestation and keeping on top of regrowth.
First Surf Beach Car Park at 9 am.
Bass Coast Council will provide loppers, secateurs, saws, dabbers and gloves. If you have your favourite tools, please feel free to bring those. Wear sturdy clothing and footwear appropriate to the weather on the day. Because the location is tricky to get to, please bring your own morning break refreshments. We'll will be able to provide a bbq lunch to have together afterwards.
Without consultation and ignoring reports they commissioned themselves, the State Government extended Cape Paterson’s Northern Boundary.
This means the area north of Seaward Drive is open to MASSIVE overdevelopment. Currently there is a proposal for the addition of over 900 new houses, more than doubling the current size of Cape Paterson. It’s just too much.
FIND OUT THE LATEST, AND HOW YOU CAN HELPThe committee advising the Minister for Planning is currently reviewing the evidence and submissions from the last year and submitted a report in late June 2023. See the Victorian government website for a whole of shire overview.
Cool, rainy days follow misty mornings.
The time of highest rainfall and lowest temperatures.
Waring (wombats) emerge to baskand graze in the sunshine.
Bulen-bulen (Superb Lyrebird) males perform their courtship displays.
Hearts of Kombadik (SoftTree-ferns) are the major food when no fruits are available.
Days are short and nights are long.
The constellation of Sagittarius rises in the southeast after sunset, indicating the mid-point of cold weather.
'Wumangurruditj, that's wombat.Put a piece of wombat, a piece of pork and a piece of porcupine [echidna] and you can't tell the difference.' Jessie Hunter, 1999
