Bellarine Landcare

29/08/2026

Clematis is beautiful. Delicate ferny foliage works on a fence, a tree or as a ground cover. Creamy yellow flowers that become a fluffy old man's beard. Wonderful bird food and shelter. We can never grow enough, partly because the seedlings don't love our too comfortable nursery. Come and pick up a few tomorrow Sun 30th (check out our feed)

25/08/2026

📣 Wow, this month wizzed by! Bellarine Landcare Nursery, last Sunday of the Month plant sale, this Sunday 30th August, 10am - 1pm, Belchers Rd, Drysdale. Most plants $3.50
🌳 !
Come along and meet the locals! We are just at the end of planting time and so get those plants in the ground so that they can establish before Summer. All locally Indigenous to the Bellarine Peninsula, there is a great range of plants for gardens and farms.
BYO bucket or box if you can

25/08/2026

We do love our little plants. They give a variety of colour and texture. Importantly each plant is shelter and food for another living thing. All of the plants shown here are locally very rare or extinct, we love finding these treasures and restoring the nature on the Bellarine. 🌿💚🌸🐝🌻

23/08/2026

The next fortnight is jam packed with events for those wanting to be informed and active supporters of our beautiful Swan Bay environment.

Monday 24 August join Birdlife Australia President in conversation with ACF Canberra Community , discussing Avian Influenza 7.00pm ONLINE

Register here
https://community.acf.org.au/what_to_do_about_bird_flu_with_professor_hugh_possingham_president_of_birdlife_australia

Wednesday 26 August Ocean Grove Coast Care will be hosting a Winter film night with a focus on Dark Skies and the ways in which lighting impacts our environment 6.30pm for 7.00pm start Ocean Grove Neighbourhood Centre
1 John Dory Drive, Ocean Grove

Details here
https://oceangrovecoastcare.org.au/product/dark-skies-short-films/

6 September SBEA Habitat Restoration Working bee will be in Queenscliff 9.30 am start
Details here
https://swanbayenvironment.org.au/product/habitat-restoration-queenscliff-copy/

9 September Bellarine Glossy Grass Skinks with Jules Farquhar from Monash Uni 6.30pm for 7pm start Marcus Hill Hall 1862 Bellarine Hwy
Marcus Hill VIC,
Details here
https://events.humanitix.com/glossy-grassy-skinks-with-jules-farquhar

We hope to see you at one or all of the above

22/08/2026

21/08/2026

Love the connections between plants and animals! 💚🌱

20/08/2026

Join us! 🐇 We’re seeking a Facilitator for our Partnership Against Pests (PaP) Rabbit Sweep program 0.2 FTE
🐇 Bellarine Landcare Group through its Rabbit Action Group (RAG) is seeking a motivated facilitator to support the Rabbit Sweep program. The Rabbit Sweep aims to build the capacity of local landholders to work collaboratively to reduce rabbit populations across the Bellarine Peninsula through a Partnership Against Pests (PAP 04) grant.
🐇 The role is administrative primarily supporting office and community engagement. The facilitator will help organize and support groups of neighbouring landholders (“clusters”) and progress the program according to the grant parameters.
🐇 It’s a Casual Contract, 8–16 hours per week as required or 556 hours / 69 days employment between September 2026 and 5 November 2027.
🐇 This position is funded by the Victorian Government through the Partnership Against Pests Program until 5 November 2027
🐇 Applications due Friday 28 August, 5pm.
For a position description contact [email protected]

19/08/2026

🍄‍🟫 We are so very chuffed to partner with Artisans of Australia for the fourth annual art exhibition, this year themed ‘Fabulous Fungi’.
🤩 19 local artists have contributed paintings and sculpture celebrating fungi, it’s incredible diversity, it’s role in life on our planet, its mystery and magic. Thank you, Fabulous artists! 👏❤️
The exhibition is open 6 days a week (closed Tues), 9am - 4pm until 7th September.
(Cafe open Wed - Sat)

18/08/2026

Hope you have this event in your calendar
Wednesday 9 September 7- 8.30pm
Register via QR code or here
https://events.humanitix.com/glossy-grassy-skinks-with...
Jules Farquhar from Monash University will share his knowledge about the fascinating Glossy Grass Skink, a rare wetland reptile found on the Bellarine.
Learn why this animal matters, how to identify it, where it lives, the threats it faces, and why our local wetlands are so important for its survival.
You'll also discover how you can contribute sightings through citizen science and help protect this unique species for the future.
This event is supported by the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority through the Victorian State Government's Port Phillip Bay Fund.
Jules's talk will launch the Bellarine Glossy Grass Skink monitoring project, a two-year survey, with volunteers undertaking monthly monitoring of sites for Glossy Grass Skinks around Swan Bay.
The Bellarine Glossy Grass Skink monitoring project is a collaboration between Bellarine Landcare Group, the Geelong Field Nuturalist Club, Swan Bay Environment Association and Bellarine Catchment Network, and supported through the Corangamite Catchment M
https://events.humanitix.com/glossy-grassy-skinks-with-jules-farquhar