Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group

Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare group - one of the Landcare Groups of the Mornington Peninsula

Time for some w**d whackin!Biolink 1 path at Balnarring skatepark needs some attention. With recent rains and bouts of i...
24/08/2026

Time for some w**d whackin!
Biolink 1 path at Balnarring skatepark needs some attention. With recent rains and bouts of intense sunshine our friends/foes (w**ds) are up to no good again. Come help us tackle this current wave of environmental crime from 9am this Wednesday (tomorrow!), perhaps for the last time… 🤫

Today’s rain should make tomorrow’s task easy 🤞 😇 🤞

- Wednesday 26th August (tomorrow)
- from 9am
- Balnarring skatepark

Please bring sturdy shoes, gloves, and w**d whackin’ tools.
See you there ✌️

12/08/2026

Please note, this Saturday’s community planting day has been postponed. We received ~40mm rain in the last week at the Saltbush Balnarring Beach site, and while the wildlife is loving it, it’s too wet to hold a productive and enjoyable planting event.

We still have time left in the panting season so stay tuned to this channel for a rescheduled date.

In the meantime, enjoy a Saturday morning sleep in 😉

Thanks
MCC Landcare team

As part of Landcare Week we’re going to hanging out in the breezeway at Balnarring Village today from 10am–12pm.If you’r...
07/08/2026

As part of Landcare Week we’re going to hanging out in the breezeway at Balnarring Village today from 10am–12pm.

If you’re Landcare-curious, or want to know about your w**ds, or want to know how a bunch of locals are making Balnarring greener, or want to know the secret recipes to our outstanding morning tea treats, stop by and say g’day!

Ask us about the stuff we’re d**g:
- the multi-year Balnarring to the Bay Biolink (Biolink 1) project
- the Balnarring Bush Food Garden
- the new Biolink 2 initiative
- and more!

See you a bit later 😎

Next week is Landcare Week, August 3–9!Not just for our little Landcare corner of the Peninsula but for Landcare Victori...
29/07/2026

Next week is Landcare Week, August 3–9!

Not just for our little Landcare corner of the Peninsula but for Landcare Victoria and Australia as a whole. If you’re not part of a Landcare group (consider joining ;) there are many ways you use Landcare principles and apply them to your own backyard or streetscape.

As part of Landcare Week we’ll be setting up a stall near Balnarring IGA next Saturday 8th August from 10am–12pm to chat about all things Merricks Coolart Landcare. A few members and volunteers will be on hand to answer any questions you have about the work being done by our little group, including:
- the multi-year Balnarring to the Bay Biolink (Biolink 1)
- the Balnarring Bush Food Garden
- the Biolink 2 initiative ending at Buckley’s Reserve

Come down and chat to us about what we’re doing to make our corner of the Peninsula the best place to live, work, and play :)
- Saturday 8th August
- 10am–12pm
- in the arcade between Balnarring Village and Ritchies IGA

See you *next* Saturday ✌️

Speedy work and the fastest/earliest morning tea eva!Last Saturday 16 volunteers and MCC Landcare members flocked to Sal...
25/07/2026

Speedy work and the fastest/earliest morning tea eva!

Last Saturday 16 volunteers and MCC Landcare members flocked to Saltbush Balnarring Beach for some tree maintenance. 120 short tree guards were removed and their taller, triple-staked, less wallaby-nibbly replacements installed.

120.
Took less than an hour! 😳
We’re getting quite good at this stuff!

So what then? We decided to move to the next paddock back across the creek. But before that, and because we’d traipsed all the delicious goodies across the creek in the first place, morning tea had to be …had. Probably the shortest work-time to tea-time in MCC Landcare history. And what a spread it was!

Bellies full and re-caffeinated we entered the paddock planted out last year with the fresh task to restake guards that had blown over or been knocked over by wildlife. This was a large task given the size of this paddock and 2025’s 7500! Of course we made short work of that task too. The morning tea sugar high is a helluva drug ;)

We finished at noonish with much accomplished.

Thank you to our volunteers for donating your precious time, and special thank you to some new faces (and subsequent new and official member!) for coming out and frolicking out in Balnarring’s newest and youngest forest :)

See you at the next one!
Saturday 15 August (mark your calendar :)

Free this Saturday morning? Like tea, coffee, and cake? We have a little bit of tree guarding this Saturday morning at S...
14/07/2026

Free this Saturday morning? Like tea, coffee, and cake? We have a little bit of tree guarding this Saturday morning at Saltbush Balnarring Beach. Join us!

In this episode of MCC Landcare working bee, we’ll be tackling the wallabies. Yes, you read that right (sort of). The back paddock plantings from 2024 need some love, specifically replacing the short corflute guards on the trees with taller mesh guards to prevent wallabies from nibbling the tops off. Many of our committee preferred to literally and physically *tackle* the wallabies but they were overruled due to it’d probably be asking a bit too much of our lovely volunteers.

So, installing tall tree guards it is :)

- (THIS) Saturday 18 July, 9–11am
- @ Saltbush, Balnarring Beach
- 122 Balnarring Beach Rd, Balnarring VIC 3926
- Morning tea for the hardest workers ;)
- Please bring warm clothes and waterproof boots/gumboots. Weather’s looking dry for Saturday but no doubt it will be dewey in the morning.

See you Saturday!

BEAT is back! A couple Tuesday’s ago the Balnarring (primary) Environmental Action Team did what they do best and sprang...
08/07/2026

BEAT is back!

A couple Tuesday’s ago the Balnarring (primary) Environmental Action Team did what they do best and sprang into action to give the cheeky w**ds at the Balnarring Bush Food Garden what for!

A lucky 13 Balnarring Primary School students put in the work to keep this special garden w**d free and topped up with mulch. In addition to the important task at hand they (and we) learned about the bush food garden plant species and what parts of the various could be consumed and how you might cook/prepare for eating.

Another great day of garden maintenance and learning!

A big thank you to Angie from Naturelinks, our trusted partner and font of plant knowledge who was able to talk about the plant foods.

Thank you also to @ Community Bank Balnarring & District for their ongoing support to our environmental efforts :)

This past weekend saw MCC Landcare and Friends of Fenton Hall join forces to plant a few hundred natives along the bound...
23/06/2026

This past weekend saw MCC Landcare and Friends of Fenton Hall join forces to plant a few hundred natives along the boundary of the Fenton Hall site.

By the numbers: 347 plants in the ground put in by 24 volunteers who endured 0 (zero) raindrops 😇 (Some shelter erected at late notice just in case the Peninsula winter had other plans). 1x impressive morning tea spread too!

Speaking of impressive spreads, check out the list of plants that went in!
- Eucalyptus viminalis (Manna Gum)
- Acacia stricta (Hop Wattle)
- Acacia verticillata (Prickly Moses)
- Cassinia aculeata (Common Cassinia)
- Coprosma quadrifida (Prickly Currant-bush)
- Goodenia ovata (Hop Goodenia)
- Goodia lotifolia (Golden Tip)
- Leptospermum continentale (Prickly Tea-tree)
- Olearia lirata (Snowy Daisy-bush)
- Grasses, Sedges & Groundcovers
- Chrysocephalum apiculatum (Common Everlasting)
- Dianella revoluta (Black-anther Flax-lily)
- Gahnia sieberiana (Red-fruit Saw-sedge)
- Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush)
- Poa labillardierei (Common Tussock-grass)
- Stylidium graminifolium (Grass Triggerplant)
- Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass)
- Viola hederacea (Native Violet)
- Wahlenbergia stricta (Tall Bluebell)
- Xanthorrhoea minor (Small Grass-tree)

These trees, shrubs, and grasses are set to live the good life in Merricks, waving at everyone driving, riding, and walking past for years to come.

Thank you to all the volunteers who gave up their valuable time to help make our peninsula a beautiful place to live and visit.

And EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to Wendy, for securing the council grant and spreading the word to make this little event happen :)

👍 Planting day going ahead!!Forecast for today looks patchy, so there will be a gazebo to shelter beneath if there’s a s...
19/06/2026

👍 Planting day going ahead!!
Forecast for today looks patchy, so there will be a gazebo to shelter beneath if there’s a shower :) Please bring sturdy boots, coat, warm gloves, good vibes :)

- 181 Bittern-Dromana Rd, Merricks North, 3926
- 9:00 - hole digging and laying out of plants
- 10:00 - planting and staking
- 11:00 - morning tea and chit-chat

See you at 9!

Weather forecast for Fenton Hall planting day tomorrow: low chance of a light sprinkle with more rain forecast later in ...
19/06/2026

Weather forecast for Fenton Hall planting day tomorrow: low chance of a light sprinkle with more rain forecast later in the afternoon after we’re done 🙌. Perfect for watering the 300+ plants scheduled to go in :)

…but best to bring a waterproof coat and boots just in case 🤞😬🤞

- Tomorrow (Saturday 20 June), 9–11am
- 181 Bittern-Dromana Rd, Merricks North, 3926

See you tomorrow!

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Frankston-Flinders Rd
Balnarring, VIC
3926

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