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The Clematis Autumn 2008 Issue No 75 BAIRNSDALE POSTAGE Victoria 3875 PAID Quarterly Newsletter of theBairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club Inc A0006074C 28 1 BAIRNSDALE & DIST FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB INC. Please include your name, phone number and address with A0006074C your submission. List of Office Bearers for 2008 The deadline for submitting images is the President: Pat McPherson ph. (03) 5152 2614 [email protected] nd 2 . June 2008. Secretary: Pat McPherson Treasurer: Margaret Regan ph. (03) 5156 2541 Photo quality Correspondence to: Image quality is paramount for large format printing. A mini- mum of 360 dpi at 120mm x 120mm in size is desirable. The Secretary, To ensure maximum quality please: P.O. Box 563, BAIRNSDALE 3875 Set the menu of your camera to achieve maximum pic- ture size and picture quality. Do not use digital zoom. Web Site: www.eastgippsland.com/bdfnc Do not adjust or crop the original picture after download- General meetings take place at: ing it from the camera. Make a copy of the original if Noweyung Centre, 84 Goold Street Bairnsdale you want to make adjustments for your own use but pre- 3rd. Friday of the month at 7.30pm sharp. No meeting June, July, August serve the original picture for calendar submission and Committee meetings take place: Thursday of the previous week give it a file name that identifies the subject and the pho- before the 3rd. Friday of the month at members homes except June, July, tographer. August when held on field excursions if required. Copy the original picture onto CD when submitting pic- . tures for the calendar. Group Co-ordinators: Botanic Group: James Turner Ph. (03) 5155 1258 The 2009 calendar will be printed in July 2008 and will be on Fauna Survey Group: Jenny Edwards Ph. (03) 5157 5556 sale by August 2008. Bushwalking Group: Noel Williamson Ph. (03) 5152 1737 Plant Study Group: Heather Oke Ph. (03) 5156 3231 Please send your CD to: Newsletter Editor: Pauline Stewart Ph. (03) 5152 1606 Calendar Committee, 80 Bengworden Rd. Bairnsdale.3875 Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalist Club Inc. P.O. Box email: [email protected] 563,Bairnsdale Vic. 3875 All articles for Winter Clematis must be in by June 1st. For further information, contact Calendar Committee members: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Jen Wilkinson (03) 5140 1258 [email protected] 1. To further the study of natural history in all its branches, promoted by periodical meetings, field excursions and other activities. Pauline Stewart (03) 5152 1606 2. To observe and strengthen the laws for the preservation & protection of [email protected] indigenous flora and fauna and habitat and important geological features. 3. To promote the formation and preservation of National and State Parks and Reserves. 2 27 ‘East Gippsland Flora and Fauna calendar for 2009’ RULES TO OBSERVE ON FIELD TRIPS: 1. Excursions are cancelled on days of TOTAL FIRE BAN. We are proud to announce that the 2008 calendar was almost 2. Participants to keep a visual on the car in front and behind. a sell-out and very popular with locals and tourists interested in 3. When making a turn, give signal, and stay at intersection until East Gippsland’s natural history. Due to this success we will be following car has also turned. producing a calendar for 2009. Of all the positive feed back we re- 4. If separated from other cars, stop, and stay with your car. ceived one valid one was that the calendar needs to be on sale two Other members will return to find you. months earlier than last year’s calendar. 5. Car pool passengers should offer a donation to the driver for fuel costs. We were thrilled with the diversity and quality of images submitted last year and we hope that you will once again submit images that increase public awareness of the beauties of East SUBSCRIPTION FEES Gippsland’s fauna and flora. Therefore we would like to invite you to contribute your photographs for this 2009 calendar, our Family membership $30 second publication. Single membership $20 Mid-year fee (new members only) $10 Photo format and subject: The 2009 calendar will be a slightly different format than the 2008 calendar. It will be 210mm square which is the same Responsibility for the accuracy of information and opinions expressed in this depth but not as wide as the 2008 calendar. It is hoped the newsletter rests with the author of the article. 2009 calendar will retail for around $10 instead of the $14.95 price tag of the previous year. LIBRARY INFORMATION - Librarian - Dot Prout Phone: 5153 1303 The calendar will include a range of macro photography as • Books are generally borrowed for one month - however you can write on well as images of different habitat scenes. the sign-out sheet if you wish to have it longer. • Should any library materials need maintenance, please make me aware of The calendar will include a balanced mix of birds, insects, same. spiders, reptiles and mammals as well as a variety of flora. • If you wish to recommend a book, this can be done by writing a short Both vertical and horizontal images can be included in the recommendation for the Clematis. This information could be from our li- 2009 calendar. brary books or from other books that you believe our library could look at Photo subjects should be set in the natural environment i.e. purchasing. no gardens, buildings, people, fences or farmland visible. While digital images are preferred, quality transparencies CONTENTS can also be submitted. Program March to June 2008 5-6 Digital photos should be of the highest possible resolution President’s Report 7 and submitted on CD (see photo quality below). Lindenow South - Stockdale 8-10 Greenhills 11-12 Written captions identifying the subject and general location A Moth from History (Aglaosoma variegata) 13-16 of each photograph should be included with the CD. Knocker Track 17-19 The selection committee will choose 14 of the most suitable Wildflowers Galore 19-21 photos for inclusion in the calendar. Smoky Mouse Survey 22-25 The published photos will be credited with the photogra- East Gippsland Fauna and Flora Calendar 2009 26-27 pher’s name. 26 3 CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS and email address’s for meetings April Field Trip and field trips. Andrew Bould 5156 6494 [email protected] Saturday April 5. Meet at Bridge Club, McLeod St. Bairnsdale at 8am. Jenny Edwards 51575556 [email protected] Travel to Native Dog Flat arriving late morning to set up camp & have Heather Oke 5156 3231 [email protected] lunch. Traps and hair tubes will be set out during the afternoon and time Elden Marshall 5157 9134 spent finalising plans for the rest of the weekend. Pat McPherson 5152 2614 [email protected] Wendy Parker 5152 2615 [email protected] Sunday April 6. Those helping with trap checking need to rise early ready Margaret Regan 5156 2541 to set off for traps around 6.45am. Trap checking commences at 7am with Jeremy & Nina Stewart 5153 0216 [email protected] processing completed before 9am. Elliott trap captures will be processed Pauline Stewart 5152 1606 [email protected] at the trap line and released promptly. Processing of wildlife will not be James Turner 5155 1258 [email protected] delayed for the benefit of spectators, so please be prepared for an early Noel Williamson 5152 1737 [email protected] start if you wish to participate. Return to camp for breakfast. The day will be spent walking along various tracks in the area to search for and collect predator scats. The more pairs of eyes, the more thorough this job will be. DEGREE- OF DIFFICULTY FOR BUSH WALKS Time will also be spent recording vegetation for the trap and hair tube Easy Flat, good firm track. sites as well as along our walks Traps will be closed during the day so Moderately easy Mostly flat, track in good to fair condition need to be re-visited approx 4pm in the afternoon to be opened again for Moderate May be undulating, track in good to fair condition the night. Mod. difficult May be some steep sections, track may be rough in places Monday April 7. As above Difficult May have long steep sections, track may be non existent at times Tuesday April 8. Trap checking as above but today traps have to be col- Walks vary in distance from 6 to 14 km. lected, washed and dried ready to be packed away. We will pack up camp Contact the leader of the walk for a rating if it’s not included in the and perhaps fit in another walk to collect predator scats as well as collect- program. ing hair tubes and checking them to see if any of the tapes have collected hairs. Please take note of safety procedures in your Bairnsdale & District Any further enquiries contact Jenny Edwards, Fauna Survey Coordina- Field Naturalists Club Inc. ‘RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY’ tor on 5157 5556. booklet. VALE Avril Yates was a highly respected member of our community and also an active member of several natural history groups in East Gippsland. She was a keen and knowledgeable member of the Bairnsdale & District Field Naturalists Club for 26 years. Avril will be sadly missed by all her knew her. 4 25 end to Buchan Tops). Another area which could be searched if time per- PROGRAM - MARCH TO JUNE 2008 mitted is the track network around Buenba/Beloka area.. These walks will be enjoyable in their own right! It is your responsibility to contact the co-ordinator of each field The program below is a guide only, particularly for the day time activities trip to notify them of your intention to participate.
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