The Friends of Maatsuyker Island (FOMI) Annual Dinner and AGM is on Thursday 8 September 2022 at the Fern Tree Tavern (680 Huon Road, Fern Tree). Guests are invited to arrive from 5.30 pm to order meals for 6.00 pm dinner. The AGM will commence at 7.00 pm. This year’s guest speaker is Professor Greg […]
The ‘Mountain Journal Magazine’ celebrates the wonderful landscapes and people that make up our Australian mountains. By highlighting some of the many people doing good things for the mountains and the human communities in and around the Australian Alps and lutruwita/Tasmania, the magazine aims to inspire and motivate people to get involved in giving back […]
The Friends of the Penguin Cradle Trail have been working hard to repair damage to the trail caused by wild weather in June. They have also noticed increasing infestations of foxglove and working with PWS and Wildcare Tas. to learn more about how best to mitigate its spread. Read more in their August Newsletter here. […]
With the aim of increasing the riparian zone planting at Figure of Eight Creek in Spreyton, Friends of Devonport Reserves were joined by the Mersey Scout Group and Friends of Don Reserve on National Tree Planting Day. Everyone joined in and collectively planted 250 future trees. Luckily the rain held off until later in the […]
The Rust Remembers An exhibition by Janet Fenton Wildcare Friends of Melaleuca President, Janet Fenton is an accomplished artist with a lifelong connection to Melaleuca in Southwest Tasmania where rusted mining machinery is gradually merging into the present living landscape. Rust holds memories of the past. The past disintegrates into the future. This body of […]
In June, the Friend of Mt Field saw a dense patch of blackberries on the bank of the Tyenna River. It was our first task for the day on our July working bee, but it proved to be a bigger one than anticipated. Being close to the river, spraying was undesirable, so we tackled it […]
On arriving at the site, the first task was to clear what was thought to be a smattering of Spanish Heath at the head of Barossa Creek. Once we started in the area it soon became obvious that the task had been considerably underestimated and by lunch time it still had plenty of Spanish Heath […]
Orielton Reserve Wetlands Education Event April 2022 On Sunday April 10th, 2022 we held a Wetland Education event at Orielton Lagoon reserve. We were so fortunate as to have several brilliant presenters give our FoPWOL group a really informative few hours sharing their specialist knowledge of saltmarsh wetlands, birds, fish and the whole ecosystem. Dr. […]
Have you considered making a tax deductible donation to the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund? We hope this little video will inspire you to take action.
May saw the Friends assemble once again at Freycinet for the May Mayhem working bee. Gathering mid-morning on Monday 16th for morning tea and briefing the group then split into two and spent a productive afternoon removing weeds from nearby areas. The normal culprits of course were found and removed – bridal creeper, bluebell creeper, […]