Yinnar-Yinnar South Landcare Group

Formed in 2007, Yinnar-Yinnar South Landcare Group works on public and private land to achieve habitat protection, revegetation, weed control, water quality, and increased community knowledge and awareness of the environment and its sustainability. We welcome new members and we aim to be a well run, active, child safe and enjoyable organisation. Our projects all aim to improve our local environment. We look for opportunities to work within broader scale environmental management plans.
Currently, we have member households and projects extending from Hazelwood North through Jeeralang and Churchill to Jumbuk, Yinnar South, Yinnar and Darlimurla. We are a member group of Landcare Victoria Inc. and the Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network.

We usually hold meetings every second month, sometimes combined with events such as our annual ‘Slaughter of Sycamore Maples’ or washing of used planting tubes.

Current activities for 2023-2024 include:

  • seed collection (November-March) for revegetation

  • attending the Yinnar market twice yearly

  • growing tubestock for planting

  • discussions with Latrobe City Council to plant the Yinnar road verge

  • weed control and tree guard removal at Middle Creek

  • control of invasive maples in Budgeree Bush Reserve (autumn)

  • revegetation planting above Billy’s Creek (winter)

  • plant surveys and planting for local landholders (when requested)

 Recent projects include:

  • Revegetation above Billy’s Creek (2019-present): including seed collection and growing tubestock

  • Assisting Friends of Morwell National Park (2021-2022): seed collection in Morwell National Park

  • Planting for local landholders (2021-2022): under Victorian Landcare Grant

  • Flood recovery Middle Creek (2021-2022)

  • Deer exclusion fencing above Billy’s Creek (2021): including planting

  • Fire recovery revegetation along Middle Creek (2020)

The joys of watching our plants grow at our 2020 Middle Creek reveg site inspires us to keep going.

Contacts

President: Rob Crawford

Vice President: Rebecca Turnbull

Treasurer: Rose Mildenhall

Secretary: Peter Earl

For new member inquires please contact Rebecca Turnbull on 0430 972 437 or email yinnar.landcare@gmail.com or the Landcare Gateway.

Pot washing in 2023 - are we finished yet?

In October 2018 Yinnar, Yinnar South Landcare group ran a tour of the district in the Yinnar Community bus to learn about seed collection and how to identify our local Eucalypts. Jenny Wolswinkel (front row second from right) from Seeds of Gippsland led the tour.