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Friends of Baw Baw National Park Inc FRIENDS OF BAW BAW NATIONAL PARK INC. NEWSLETTER NO. 38 OCTOBER 2017 1. INTRODUCTION The Committee of Management met at Parkers Corner on Thursday 12th October 2017 from 1.30pm to 3.00pm. The purpose of the meeting was to prepare the 2017-18 program and review past activities. A membership renewal notice and the 2017-18 program are attached to this newsletter. 2. AGM The Friends of Baw Baw National Park Inc. Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 12th October 2017 at the Parkers Corner DELWP Office. The AGM commenced at 1.30pm and concluded at 3.00pm and was attended by 12 people. At the AGM the following office bearers were elected: President: Eileen Laidlaw Vice President: Peter Maffei Treasurer: Tim Clarke Secretary: Ben Aalbers Public Officer: Ben Aalbers Membership Officer: Ben Aalbers Media Officer: Alix Williams Committee Members: Ron Cann, Bill Lay, Murray Ferguson, Rob Hooper, John Sunderland Life Membership: Maurice Poulton Please see attached reports as tabled at the 2017 AGM; Once again, I am prepared to put pen to paper and bring to your attention a few of the highlights for The Friends of Baw Baw. This year I can happily report that all activities listed on the activities calendar went ahead without any cancellations. In fact, they were all greatly successful and we even managed to tie up loose ends that had been plaguing the committee for several years and to even venture out into the world of social media. Our program kicked off with an activity hosted by Monica Hersburgh from Parks Victoria and assisted by Connor Wilson from PV in Heyfield. This highlighted the importance and significance of Alpine Bogs and we had a visual presentation in the morning at Parkers Corner followed by an on-ground inspection of a suspected weed infestation in Baragwanath Flat. Luckily the weed turned out to be a native to the area, Alpine Marsh Marigold. Two blackberry activities were conducted in the Mushroom Rocks area and photos were taken on the day. I do believe George managed to spray large infestations around the Scout Hut area whilst other volunteer members hacked away as usual with isolated patches. This is a thankless task but I must say a big “THANK YOU” to all of those hardly souls that keep coming back year after year. To look back on photographs of the area when we first began back in the early 1990’s we should be proud of what we have achieved and also acknowledge those who began the task many years ago. As usual John Davies and Greg Hollis donated their time and expertise for our wildflower walk. Approximately 37 people attended and we were happy with the numbers. It is a hard call as to what level of advertising you run so that you don’t get swamped with more visitors than we can safely handle. For many, the jewel in the crown of all our activities is the four day Track Clearing Event in March. When we set the date this year we “placed a foot in either camp’ and had a backup date in case of adverse weather conditions. A large length of track was cleared but unfortunately, we fell short of our goal by about 800 meters. The Friends must acknowledge the level of support we get for this activity with volunteers coming from various walking clubs across Victoria, The St Gwinear Ski Patrol members, Back of Baw Baw Nordic Ski Club, and especially Parks Victoria for supplying food, showers and cooking arrangements. I hope I have not forgot to mention anyone. My apologies to you if I have. This year we tried a different tack with our Water bar Clearing activity and it paid off. Originally set down as a 2-day activity with camping on the spot it became a 1 day activity when the key supplied didn’t open the padlock. Anyway, 25 sets of Water bars were cleared between View Point and Gwinear Saddle. Five people seems to be the ideal number for each team. Well done. August has always been the ideal month for our Snow Show Shuffle but this year the weather gods were a bit tardy with their gifts of the white stuff and it was only on the higher ends of the trails where we enjoyed the freedom to go anywhere on snow shoes. A big Thank you to Erica Ski Hire for the donation of the use of 10 sets of snow shoes in recognition of all the great work the Friends do and to Parks for topping up the numbers to with an extra 4 sets. Advertising for the group was finally addressed by the production of a brochure. This has been hanging around our necks like a lead weight for several years and with funding in short supply Helen Timbury Design stepped up to the mark and supplied $400 worth of graphic design expertise free of charge. The resulting brochure is something we can all feel proud of. Please keep a look out for it when you visit libraries, council offices and various tourism parks and centres around the valley. Social media is becoming more and more prominent in our daily lives and the Friends group made the leap into the brave new world with our Facebook Page, The Friends of Baw Baw National Park. A great tool for disseminating activities, photos, and news items about the group and the plateau in general. Our top performing post was a series of beautiful pictures of colourful snow gums on Baw Baw shared to the group and viewed by 3482 people and over 6000 shares, followed by some photos of snow around the summit of Mt Erica and near Talbot Peak with 1569 views. A fantastically cheap method of advertising. Floristically the area had a first for a long time with the confirmed sighting of Coprosma moorei, a small plant that grows down amongst the vegetation. It was the beautiful blue berries or dupes that caught the attention of the person who reported it. Personally, I love photographing fungi and reporting sightings to Fungimap, a citizen scientist group based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Unfortunately, we have also sighted an infestation of Californian Thistles at the carpark at St Gwinear. This is a perennial species that spreads by underground stolons as well as seeds and has probably come in on a road grader. Parks Victoria were notified instantly and George responded straight away with spray. We must monitor this for a few years to come. Please keep your eyes open and take a second look when things don’t quite look right. The purple of the flowers attracted this person’s attention to this. In June Parks Victoria launched its new Volunteer package with a program called Park Connect. The idea behind this is that you go online and register yourself as a volunteer and provide evidence of your accreditations. You will get to see all volunteering activities across the state and expose yourself to a lot more groups and have the chance to register your interest in joining activities. If all else fails you can still use snail mail or the telephone to contact the organisers. I encourage you all to go online and have a go with the system and see what it has to offer. https://www.parkconnect.vic.gov.au/ When I sit back and look at the following list of aims of Friends of Baw Baw I cannot help but think the group has ticked nearly all the boxes in the list and in doing so we have all enjoyed an immense number of hours in the park, something which relates to Parks Victoria vision of “Healthy Parks Healthy People”. A group is only as strong as its members and I must extend a heartfelt thanks to my supporting committee for assistance during the year. As well as the committee a big thankyou to Parks Victoria, Strzelecki Bushwalking Club, Helen Timbury Design and Erica Ski Hire. Thank you all. You are greatly appreciated. I hope I have not forgotten anyone but if I have done so it has not been intentional. Eileen Laidlaw (FOBB) 3. VICTORIAN ALPINE PEATLANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM Alpine Peatlands are listed under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 as a threatened ecological community. These communities contain Sphagnum moss, have a fragmented distribution across the alpine and subalpine landscape, and some are protected through the Ramsar Convention as they provide internationally significant habitat for migratory birds. Alpine Peatlands provide a critical ecosystem function by regulating water flow through the continual release of water from the Sphagnum. This assists with the availability of water to lowland areas during the warmer months. Alpine Peatlands are found at the headwaters of rivers such as the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Snowy which provide drinking, agricultural and industrial water for many inland localities across the Murray-Darling Basin. Considering the significant value of Alpine Peatlands, the Australian Government, West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (WGCMA) and Parks Victoria are jointly funding a 5-year initiative to help protect the Alpine Peatlands from current and future threats. The program predominantly deals with managing the threats of pest plants and animals, and human activities. An important step for this program is identifying where a given threat is occurring within the park. Parks Victoria and the WGCMA have established a project to engage with community and stakeholders to increase the ability and consistency to survey for these threats. The Baw Baw National Park component of this community surveillance project builds on 13 years of strong community partnerships.
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