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Come See Our Office! 🎉
Ever wondered what Landcare does? Or how you can get involved in environmental projects and community events?
We at LCLN are inviting everyone (that includes you! 🫵😝) to our new office next Wednesday for a Landcare Open Day... and we're super excited to show you what we have to offer.
Come have a chat, munch on some afternoon tea and see what projects that we, and our wonderful groups, have been up to recently. Take some brochures, ask plenty of questions, and enjoy checking out our resources.
📅 Date: Wednesday 21 October 2026
🕒 Time: 3:00pm-6:00pm - turn up any time between these hours!
📍 Location: CCG, 1 Hoyle Street, Morwell
We'll see you there! 🌱🌳🌻
2026 Upcoming Events
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🌿 Deep Listening in Nature 🌿
Join us in listening to acoustic ecologist Andrew Skeoch as he guides us through developing deep listening techniques in nature. Identify species by ear and learn to recognise the communicative styles of nature, and you will never hear nature the same again.
🗓 Tuesday 27 October 2026
⏰ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Nakunbalook Educational & Cultural Centre, Gutheridge Parade, Sale Botanic Gardens
🔗 Register here: www.trybooking.com/DOUFODate and location for a South Gippsland talk to be confirmed.
#Biodiversity #Landcare #WestGippslandCMA
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🪴 Join the Conservation Conversation! ☕
LCLN are partnering with Community College Gippsland to proudly offer a new monthly drop-in event - the Conservation Conversation Cafe. Come down and grab a free barista-made coffee and listen to some feel-good environmental stories or chat through your eco-worries and relax with some enviro-crafting. All are welcome.
🗓 Every third Wednesday (21 Oct, 18 Nov, 16 Dec)
⏰ 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
📍 1 Hoyle Street, Morwell
🎉 Free event, no booking required#Landcare #ConservationConversationCafe #EcoGrief
Disclaimer: these conversations will be general in nature and are not mental health support services - if you are struggling please visit services such as Beyond Blue, Lifeline or Friendline.
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🐰 SUDDENLY SEEING RABBITS EVERYWHERE? YOU'RE NOT ALONE!
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We've been hearing from landholders who are noticing what feels like an explosion in rabbit numbers at the moment!
Rabbits in the paddocks, rabbits along the roadsides, rabbits in the garden... sound familiar?
Well, now's the time to get on board and learn what you can actually do about them!
This Sunday 18 October, we're holding our FREE Rabbits: Breaking the Cycle workshop at Toongabbie Golf Club.
And this isn't just another information session. We're getting out in the field to show you practical rabbit control methods, including:
🐇 Identifying rabbit activity and warrens
🚜 Excavator warren ripping, ferrets, and exclusion fencing installation
💨 Fumigation and other control options
📅 Getting the timing right and following up
🤝 Working with neighbours for more effective, lasting control
We'll have experienced contractors and experts from the Victorian Rabbit Action Network (VRAN) on hand to answer your questions.
We're also looking to bring local landholders together to form a Rabbit Action Group! Because controlling rabbits on one property is only part of the solution.
📍 Toongabbie Golf Club
📅 Sunday 18 October
⏰ 9.30am arrival | 10am–4.30pm
🥪 FREE – Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea included
🎟️ REGISTER HERE NOW
Don't wait until the rabbits have taken over. Come along, bring your neighbours and learn how to break the cycle!
#RabbitControl #BreakingTheCycle #Landcare #Toongabbie #Gippsland #PestManagement #Landholders #communityaction
Victorian Rabbit Action Network -VRAN -
🌿🔎 COME AND GET YOUR NATURE NERD ON! 🦋🐸🐦
Ever wondered what amazing little creatures are hiding in plain sight around Blue Rock Lake?
Come along and join us for a morning of discovery as part of the West Gippy Bio Blitz!
We're teaming up with our friends at Tanjil Valley Landcare for a fun, relaxed morning exploring the biodiversity around Blue Rock Lake — and we'd love you to join us!
📅 Saturday 24 October 2026
🕙 10am – 12pm
📍 Blue Rock Lake Picnic Ground, Old Tanjil RoadArmed with our phones, curiosity and a keen eye, we'll see how many different plants, animals, insects and fungi we can discover and record using iNaturalist.
🦋 You don't need to be an expert!
🌱 All ages and experience levels welcome.
📱 Bring your phone and get ready to explore.
💚 No bookings required — just come along!Every observation helps us build a better picture of the incredible biodiversity found across West Gippsland.
And who knows what we'll find? Sometimes the most fascinating discoveries are the tiniest ones!
👉 Find out more about the West Gippy Bio Blitz:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/west-gippy-bio-blitzWho's coming exploring with us? 🔎
#WestGippyBioBlitz #Landcare #TanjilValleyLandcare #BlueRockLake #CitizenScience #Biodiversity
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🦋🐛🐜 Feeling Buggy? 🐝🪲🦗
The Friends of Mount Worth State Park are partnering with the Entomological Society of Victoria to bring a bug-hunting event to Mount Worth.
Join in on an afternoon exploring the state park before dusk. Then, some attendees will erect ‘mothing sheets’ where attendees can watch and wait for various moths, beetles and other bugs to land for viewing and photographing.
📍 Moonlight Creek Picnic Area, 284 Allambee Estate Road
📅 Saturday 21 November 2026
⏰ 3.00pm until around 11:00pm
💛 FREENo booking required. See you there!
Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country and recognise their continuing connection to land, sea, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.