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Northern Range Circuit You Yangs Regional Park
Northern Circuit – You Yangs Regional Park Any questions? Level: Moderate Call us on 08 6219 5164 NORTHERN RANGE CIRCUIT YOU YANGS REGIONAL PARK Distance: 15km MELBOURNE DAY WALK 2018 DEPARTURES: Level: Moderate (Steep uphill to peak) Saturday July 18th Time: 9am-3.30pm Saturday August 8th Saturday August 29th Cost: $40 morning tea, guiding. Does not include: lunch (bring a packed lunch with you). This fantastic walk starts with the East West Walk, on which we will circumnavigate Flinders Peak, taking in stunning views across the park, huge granite boulders everywhere, and an array of wildflowers in the warmer months. We will then add the northern circuit to wonder through the sections of the park filled with a few interesting stories from the past. We will finish our walk with the return climb (450 steps) to Flinders Peak, named after explorer Matthew Flinders who summited in May 1802 to survey the area. At 319 metres, the peak makes for excellent views across the western volcanic plains to the city and Port Phillip Bay. This walk is fine for fit and healthy beginners. Northern Circuit – You Yangs Regional Park Any questions? Level: Moderate Call us on 08 6219 5164 Recommended clothing and equipment Optional items • Day-pack – with a thick waist strap to help take some • Waterproof pants. Some people love them and some hate weight off your shoulders. In wet weather, a waterproof them – personally, we don’t wear them often but there have cover or a bin bag to wrap your belongings in can be handy been times where they were invaluable, especially on cold and wet winter days in Victoria • Shorts/long pants and long sleeve shirt for walking. -
Ovens Fire Complex - Public Land and Road Closures - Updated 9Th Dec 2019
Ovens Fire Complex - Public Land and Road Closures - Updated 9th Dec 2019 H u g h e s N k L in a ! e n M e Meadow Creek ile T Kangaroo Creek rk rk Ovens River T H C o f Hurdle Creek ! E fm ! S ! d a d R n R ! ! k Buffalo River ! t e R e ! s r C u ! a d r l Mount B ffal ! P r o Rd e e ! ttife d E n t Mt McLeod r s R or F r C k ! rk boo ng d T ar o o ts C L le Spo Rd c t Pratts Lan M n e t u h M s e h C - i ! d Black Range Creek E e Lake Buffalo n a k L B r Mt Em s u T n u L T k a a k r f e ke k f e e Bu Mt Emu a r ffa C D lo l D y - o ck Whi o Ro tf z ield R Rd e Buckland River d iv r T e B his R ! t r r l P o ! e d T R r w o o r d ! ! H f i e rte r u n !! m a rs a T ! d T ! rk W p r !! h k ! T The Horn r T D k r k uc k ! B at ! l i ! a T ! ! ! r ! ! c k ! ! k D Ran e ge k v Tr i ! ls ! ie Sp ! old ur C ! T G r r C k Rose River ! e Morses Creek a e ! k r s ! R o ! d n ! M T e Rd ! d ! R r ! o a ! o k se l All Buffalo River camp sites are open. -
On the Tracks
BUSHWALKING VICTORIA BUSHWALKING TRACKS AND CONSERVATION A0002548Y PO Box 1007 Templestowe Vic 3106 Phone: 8846 4131 [email protected] www.bushwalkingvictoria.org.au On the Tracks Issue 1, January 2014 In this issue Welcome to On the Tracks ...................................................... 2 Editor: Joslin Guest BEC Becomes BTAC .................................................................. 2 Deadline for next Issue: 17 February 2014 How BTAC Operates ................................................................ 3 Send reports, photos and articles to: Tracks and Conservation Schedule 2014 ................................. 4 [email protected] Include On the Tracks in the Subject line Field Officer Reports ................................................................ 7 Activity Reports ....................................................................... 8 Conservation Issues ............................................................... 10 Volunteer Profile ................................................................... 14 Kurth Kiln track maintenance team—building steps Bushwalking Victoria Office Manager: [email protected] Bushwalking Tracks and Conservation Convener: [email protected] Projects Coordinator: [email protected] On the Tracks - Issue 1-1401Jan.doc Page 1 of 16 BUSHWALKING VICTORIA BUSHWALKING TRACKS AND CONSERVATION A0002548Y PO Box 1007 Templestowe Vic 3106 Phone: 8846 4131 [email protected] www.bushwalkingvictoria.org.au -
Climate Ready Greater Melbourne
CLIMATE-READY VICTORIA GREATER MELBOURNE How climate change will affect the Greater Melbourne region and how you can be climate-ready The Greater Melbourne region has GREATER MELBOURNE HAS BEEN GETTING WARMER already become warmer and drier – a AND DRIER. IN THE FUTURE THE REGION CAN EXPECT: climate trend likely to continue into the temperatures to continue more hot days and future. Local residents, businesses and to increase year round warm spells communities are changing the way they do things in response. Getting fewer frosts less rainfall in winter and spring climate-ready involves understanding more frequent and more harsher fire weather and how climate change is likely to affect intense downpours longer fire seasons you and your region, and working increased frequency and height rising sea level out ways to adapt. Everyone can of extreme sea level events contribute to the Greater Melbourne warmer and more acidic seas region’s climate-ready future. HOW WILL THESE CHANGES AFFECT YOU, AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THEM? This publication highlights the impacts climate change will have on the Greater Melbourne region. It gives examples of how people are already becoming climate-ready, with links to more detailed information. While this publication is about adapting to climate change, reducing your carbon emissions by reducing energy use and switching to renewable energy sources is also important in getting climate-ready. For more information on reducing your emissions, visit www.climatechange.vic.gov.au. OUR CHANGING CLIMATE GREATER MELBOURNE AT A GLANCE local government 9 110 km2 31areas 4% of the Melbourne approximately state 4 109 000 74% of the state IT’S GETTING WARMER AND DRIER RECENT CLIMATE Over the past 100 years, global surface air temperatures have The region has mild to warm summers with an average risen by almost 1°C. -
Dandenong Ranges National Park North Visitor Guide
Dandenong Ranges National Park North Visitor Guide The north of Dandenong Ranges National Park covers Doongalla and Olinda sections. The Doongalla precinct spans the north-western corner and is a popular area for walks and picnics. Here you will find the historic site of the former Doongalla Homestead which was established in the 1890s. The area between Olinda, Kalorama and Silvan Reservoir, once formed part of the Olinda State Forest Reserve. One of the newer sections of the national park, Olinda boasts relatively undisturbed native habitat. Opening hours Eagle Nest Walk – 3.0km, 1hr circuit Dandenong Ranges National Park is open every day, including weekends and public holidays. This easy to moderate walk mostly follows wide gentle tracks. The Eagle Nest and Valley picnic grounds close at 6.00pm during Starting at Valley Picnic Ground, proceed on Boundary Track that Daylight Saving and at 4.00pm at other times of the year. The slopes downhill. Turn right on to Eagle Nest Road which will take Doongalla Homestead Site and Stables picnic ground opens at you to Eagle Nest Picnic Ground. Cross the wooden bridge and 9.00am each day. It closes at 6.00pm during Daylight Saving and at follow Hermons Track to Georges Track. Turn left for a short walk 4.00pm at other times of the year. and follow Georges Track via Boundary Track back to Valley Picnic Ground. Getting there The National Park is located about 40km east of Melbourne. From Valley Walk – 6.5km, 3.5hrs circuit the city take the Eastern Fwy (M3) and exit onto Boronia Rd. -
Greater Alpine National Parks
Greater Alpine National Parks Management Plan August 2016 This Management Plan is approved for implementation. Its purpose is to direct all aspects of management of the parks and historic areas until the plan is reviewed. A Draft Management Plan was published in June 2014. All submissions were carefully considered in preparing this approved Management Plan. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: Greater alpine national parks management plan / Parks Victoria. ISBN: 9780731183913 (paperback) Subjects: National parks and reserves--Victoria--Management. Alpine regions--Victoria--Management. Conservation of natural resources--Victoria. Other Creators/Contributors: Parks Victoria Dewey Number: 333.7109945 For further information Phone: 13 1963 Copies may be downloaded from the Parks Victoria website (www.parkweb.vic.gov.au) or purchased for $10 (including GST) from: Parks Victoria Information Centre Level 10, 535 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone: 13 1963 Greater Alpine National Parks Management Plan August 2016 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this document may contain images, names, quotes and other references of deceased people. Disclaimer This plan is prepared without prejudice to any negotiated or litigated outcome of any native title determination applications covering land or waters within the plan’s area. It is acknowledged that any future outcomes of native title determination applications may necessitate amendment of this plan; and the implementation of this plan may require further notifications under the procedures in Division 3 of Part 2 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth). The plan is also prepared without prejudice to any future negotiated outcomes between the Government/s and Victorian Aboriginal communities. -
2013-2014 to 2015-2016 Ovens
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FNCV Register of Photos
FNCV Register of photos - natural history (FNCVSlideReg is in Library computer: My computer - Local Disc C - Documents and settings - Library) [Square brackets] - added or updated name Slide number Title Place Date Source Plants SN001-1 Banksia marginata Grampians 1974 001-2 Xanthorrhoea australis Labertouche 17 Nov 1974 001-3 Xanthorrhoea australis Anglesea Oct 1983 001-4 Regeneration after bushfire Anglesea Oct 1983 001-5 Grevillea alpina Bendigo 1975 001-6 Glossodia major / Grevillea alpina Maryborough 19 Oct 1974 001-7 Discarded - out of focus 001-8 [Asteraceae] Anglesea Oct 1983 001-9 Bulbine bulbosa Don Lyndon 001-10 Senecio elegans Don Lyndon 001-11 Scaevola ramosissima (Hairy fan-flower) Don Lyndon 001-12 Brunonia australis (Blue pincushion) Don Lyndon 001-13 Correa alba Don Lyndon 001-14 Correa alba Don Lyndon 001-15 Calocephalus brownii (Cushion bush) Don Lyndon 001-16 Rhagodia baccata [candolleana] (Seaberry saltbush) Don Lyndon 001-17 Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife) Don Lyndon 001-18 Carpobrotus sp. (Pigface in the sun) Don Lyndon 001-19 Rhagodia baccata [candolleana] Inverloch Don Lyndon 001-20 Epacris impressa Don Lyndon 001-21 Leucopogon virgatus (Beard-heath) Don Lyndon 001-22 Stackhousia monogyna (Candles) Don Lyndon 001-23 Correa reflexa (yellow) Don Lyndon 001-24 Prostanthera sp. Don Lyndon Fungi 002-1 Stinkhorn fungus Aseroe rubra Buckety Plains 30/12/1974 Margarey Lester 002-2 Fungi collection: Botany Group excursion Dom Dom Saddle 28 May 1988 002-3 Aleuria aurantia Aug 1966 R&M Jennings Bairnsdale FNC 002-4 -
Maroondah Water Supply System (Upper and Central Sections) H2381
HERITAGE COUNCIL DETERMINATION Determination Date 7 December 2017 Place/Object Name Maroondah Water Supply System (Upper and Central Sections) Location Healesville, Yarra Glen, Christmas Hills, Greensborough VHR Number H2381 Place Category Heritage Place At a meeting of the Heritage Council on 7 December 2017 it was determined to include the above place in the Victorian Heritage Register and make certain amendments to the registration material that had been proposed in the Executive Director’s Recommendation, namely amendments to the Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance and to the description of the Extent of Registration for the Place as compared with what had been proposed by the Executive Director. The Heritage Council endorses the attached registration information for the above place. Professor Stuart Macintyre AO Chair, Heritage Council of Victoria Page | 1 Recommendation of the Executive Director and assessment of cultural heritage significance under s.32 of the Heritage Act 1995 Place: Maroondah Water Supply System (Upper and Central Sections) Location: Healesville, Yarra Glen, Christmas Hills, Greensborough VHR Number: H2381 Category: Heritage Place Hermes Number: 197552 Heritage Overlays: Yarra Ranges Shire HO141: Former township of Fernshaw HO156: Badger Creek Weir and Park HO173: Grace Burn Weir and Aqueduct HO174: Maroondah Catchment, Reservoir & Park HO177: Donnelly's Creek Weir, Condon’s Gully HO178: Mt Juliet Cairn Nillumbik Shire HO2: Maroondah Aqueduct; Entire Length (within Nillumbik) at various sites from Skyline Road, Christmas Hills to Allendale Road, Diamond Creek HO56: Maroondah aqueduct pipe track 23 Whittlesea Shire HO89: Maroondah Aqueduct over Plenty River Bridge Other listings: National Trust: Black Spur, Maroondah Highway EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE HERITAGE COUNCIL: Recommendation That the Maroondah Water Supply System (Upper and Central Sections) be included as a Heritage Place in the Victorian Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1995 [Section 32 (1)(a)]. -
Rivers and Streams Special Investigation Final Recommendations
LAND CONSERVATION COUNCIL RIVERS AND STREAMS SPECIAL INVESTIGATION FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS June 1991 This text is a facsimile of the former Land Conservation Council’s Rivers and Streams Special Investigation Final Recommendations. It has been edited to incorporate Government decisions on the recommendations made by Order in Council dated 7 July 1992, and subsequent formal amendments. Added text is shown underlined; deleted text is shown struck through. Annotations [in brackets] explain the origins of the changes. MEMBERS OF THE LAND CONSERVATION COUNCIL D.H.F. Scott, B.A. (Chairman) R.W. Campbell, B.Vet.Sc., M.B.A.; Director - Natural Resource Systems, Department of Conservation and Environment (Deputy Chairman) D.M. Calder, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.I.Biol. W.A. Chamley, B.Sc., D.Phil.; Director - Fisheries Management, Department of Conservation and Environment S.M. Ferguson, M.B.E. M.D.A. Gregson, E.D., M.A.F., Aus.I.M.M.; General Manager - Minerals, Department of Manufacturing and Industry Development A.E.K. Hingston, B.Behav.Sc., M.Env.Stud., Cert.Hort. P. Jerome, B.A., Dip.T.R.P., M.A.; Director - Regional Planning, Department of Planning and Housing M.N. Kinsella, B.Ag.Sc., M.Sci., F.A.I.A.S.; Manager - Quarantine and Inspection Services, Department of Agriculture K.J. Langford, B.Eng.(Ag)., Ph.D , General Manager - Rural Water Commission R.D. Malcolmson, M.B.E., B.Sc., F.A.I.M., M.I.P.M.A., M.Inst.P., M.A.I.P. D.S. Saunders, B.Agr.Sc., M.A.I.A.S.; Director - National Parks and Public Land, Department of Conservation and Environment K.J. -
The Geology and Prospectivity of the Tallangatta 1:250 000 Sheet
VIMP Report 10 The geology and prospectivity of the Tallangatta 1:250 000 sheet I.D. Oppy, R.A. Cayley & J. Caluzzi November 1995 Bibliographic reference: OPPY, I.D., CAYLEY R.A. & CALUZZI, J., 1995. The Geology and prospectivity of the Tallangatta 1:250 000 sheet Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 10. Department of Agriculture, Energy and Minerals. © Crown (State of Victoria) Copyright 1995 Geological Survey of Victoria ISSN 1323 4536 ISBN 0 7306 7980 2 This report may be purchased from: Business Centre, Department of Agriculture, Energy & Minerals, Ground Floor, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 For further technical information contact: General Manager, Geological Survey of Victoria, Department of Agriculture, Energy & Minerals, P O Box 2145, MDC Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 Acknowledgments: The authors wish to acknowledge G. Ellis for formatting the document, R. Buckley, P.J. O'Shea and D.H. Taylor for editing and S. Heeps for cartography I. Oppy wrote chapters 3 and 5, R. Cayley wrote chapter 2 and J. Caluzzi wrote chapter 4. GEOLOGY AND PROSPECTIVITY - TALLANGATTA 1 Contents Abstract 4 1 Introduction 5 2 Geology 7 2.1 Geological history 7 Pre-Ordovician to Early Silurian 7 Early Silurian Benambran deformation and widespread granite intrusion 8 Middle to Late Silurian 9 Late Silurian Bindian deformation 9 Early Devonian rifting and volcanism 10 Middle Devonian Tabberabberan deformation 11 Late Devonian sedimentation and volcanism 11 Early Carboniferous Kanimblan deformation to Present day 11 2.2 Stratigraphy -
Talk Wild Trout Conference Proceedings 2015
Talk Wild Trout 2015 Conference Proceedings 21 November 2015 Mansfield Performing Arts Centre, Mansfield Victoria Partners: Fisheries Victoria Editors: Taylor Hunt, John Douglas and Anthony Forster, Freshwater Fisheries Management, Fisheries Victoria Contact email: [email protected] Preferred way to cite this publication: ‘Hunt, T.L., Douglas, J, & Forster, A (eds) 2015, Talk Wild Trout 2015: Conference Proceedings, Fisheries Victoria, Department of Economic Development Jobs Transport and Resources, Queenscliff.’ Acknowledgements: The Victorian Trout Fisher Reference Group, Victorian Recreational Fishing Grants Working Group, VRFish, Mansfield and District Fly Fishers, Australian Trout Foundation, The Council of Victorian Fly Fishing Clubs, Mansfield Shire Council, Arthur Rylah Institute, University of Melbourne, FlyStream, Philip Weigall, Marc Ainsworth, Vicki Griffin, Jarod Lyon, Mark Turner, Amber Clarke, Andrew Briggs, Dallas D’Silva, Rob Loats, Travis Dowling, Kylie Hall, Ewan McLean, Neil Hyatt, Damien Bridgeman, Paul Petraitis, Hui King Ho, Stephen Lavelle, Corey Green, Duncan Hill and Emma Young. Project Leaders and chapter contributors: Jason Lieschke, Andrew Pickworth, John Mahoney, Justin O’Connor, Canran Liu, John Morrongiello, Diane Crowther, Phil Papas, Mark Turner, Amber Clarke, Brett Ingram, Fletcher Warren-Myers, Kylie Hall and Khageswor Giri.’ Authorised by the Victorian Government Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources (DEDJTR), 1 Spring Street Melbourne Victoria 3000. November 2015