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Latest News Hard Hills 13.Hard Hills I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Wax Garden 6.Wax Garden I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Dalyenong NCR 9.Dalyenong NCR I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More The Basin 1.The Basin I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Mt Bolangum NCR 3.Mt Bolangum NCR I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More PP near Stuart Mill 4.PP near Stuart Mill I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More PP near Stuart Mill now part of JC Griffin Reserve 2.PP near Stuart Mill now part of JC Griffin Reserve I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Dalyenong Bushland Reserve 7.Dalyenong Bushland Reserve I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Kara Kara NP 10.Kara Kara NP I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Stuart Mill NCR 14.Stuart Mill NCR I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Hard Hills 5.Hard Hills I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More PP as above 15.PP as above I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Kara Kara NP 17.Kara Kara NP I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Stoney Creek NCR 8.Stoney Creek NCR I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More View Point 16.View Point I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Moolerr Bushland Reserve 11.Moolerr Bushland Reserve I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More Bell Rock 12.Bell Rock I'm a paragraph. I'm connected to your collection through a dataset. Click Preview to see my content. To update me, go to the Data Manager. Read More

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Flora in the St Arnaud Region - By Area The Range Area Morri Morri, Bolangum & Tottington Hard Hills Area Daylenong & Emu Area

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We show you an outline of what St Arnaud and surrounding district have to offer The St Arnaud Regional Park surrounds the Town so there is plenty of opportunity to walk or ride along tracks in the Box Ironbark forest. The St Arnaud Field Naturalists have helped Parks Victoria to develop the following nature reserves within the St Arnaud Regional Park. Wax garden Flora Reserve Viewpoint Bell Rock Heritage Reserve The Basin - St Arnaud State Forest 4 Brochures are available direct from the website. Here St Arnaud Silo and Wall Art Trail Features paintings and portraits by local artist Kyle Torney. Starting in St Arnaud the trail links the Wimmera & Mallee’s small towns through 700km of roads. https://www.australiansiloarttrail.com/ Bike Riding Trails See Booklet ‘Cycling Trails Around St Arnaud’ Tour guides featuring ‘Historic Buildings in the Town’ and it’s ‘Mine History.’ See ‘Historic Walking Trail’ and ‘Mine History Trail’ produced by the St Arnaud Historical Society. Pamphlets, brochures and booklets are all available at the St Arnaud Tourist Information Centre, the St Arnaud Community Resource Centre and The Raillery Hub, St Arnaud … information and art gallery Avon Plains Walkers Lake … camping, water recreation Hollands Lake … a bird haven Banyena River Walk Burrum Burrum Cemetery (remember country cemeteries are rarely disturbed by the dead or living, making them a haven for bird life and our endemic plants) Cope Cope area Browns Lake / Lake Cope Cope Lake Nurrumbeet Lake Grassy Round Lake Swanwater West Cemetery … woodland birds in undisturbed buloke woodland Dalyenong Nature Conservation Reserve Kooyoora State Park … well managed park, facilities, camping - take a picnic Mount Bolangum Nature Conservation Reserve … again take a picnic Kara Kara National Park Teddington Reservoir Teddington Campground Walking trails and birdwatching, situated within Kara Kara National Park . Wooroonook Lakes … camping, water recreation, birds Local Facebook pages For great photos www friends avon plains lakes www friends bluegum rise friends mtwycheproof Places to Visit Less than one hour to Visit St Arnaud and Region Pastoral development in the region began before 1836 with the explorations of Major Mitchell. What followed has been a rapid clearing of the landscape for agriculture and industry, allowing little more than 5% of the native vegetation to remain. The two primary bioregions of the region are: The Western Goldfields bioregion; characterised by Box-ironbark vegetation communities, and The Wimmera bioregion ; characterised by Buloke woodlands and Black-box/lignum wetlands. Landscapes across the area are highly fragmented, with remnant vegetation occurring largely across private land and Public Land Reserves, including but not limited to the Kara Kara National Park, St Arnaud Regional Park, Bolangum and Tottington Conservation Reserves, Wooroonook Lakes, Lake Buloke, Lake Batyo Catyo, Walkers Lake, Dalyenong Conservation Reserve, and Mt Wycheproof. These few remaining sites provide critical habitat to native species, some of which are now endangered or regionally extinct, including Buloke tree, Stuart Mill Spider orchid, Powerful Owl, and Growling grass frog. Reconnecting these landscapes remains a priority project for the Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare Network (BNGLN). https://www.bnglandcare.org/ https://windharphorizons.org/ The following link provides a map showing parks and reserves around St Arnaud https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H62LZpsoVN6v4yAx4wUEQXQ2rjqfCZcP/view?usp=sharing Around the Town Further afield - weekender / big day out Bealiba … begin at Evans Hotel. Picnic at Bealiba Reservoir, old gold diggings Boort lake … cabins, water sports, canoe hire Camping in the Goldfields (around Maryborough and St Arnaud) Butts Reserve Goldfield Glamping Hamilton Crossing Kooyoora State Park Hard Hill Tourist Reserve (near Wedderburn) Laanecoorie River Reserve Moliagul Campground Paddy’s Range Camping Pyrenees Glamping Retreat Secret Lead Slaty Creek Campground Teddington Camping Area Tullaroop Creek Tullaroop Reservoir Waanyarra Camping Grounds Canoe Trails – Serpentine Creek CT, Laanecoorie CT, Loddon River CT Central Goldfields Visitors Centre, Maryborough Railway Station, Maryborough, htpps://visitmaryborough.com.au Dunolly Museum 75 Broadway, Dunolly for some history Goldfields – current UNESCO review for inclusion Running from Mt Buninyong to Bendigo the Goldfields Track (210km) meanders through numerous Parks. Parks near Maryborough and Castlemaine , include: Castlemaine Diggings National Park. Paddy’s Ranges State Park. Maryborough Regional Park. Moliagul Historic Reserve. Walk the ‘Welcome Stranger’ discovery walk Visit htpps://www.parks.vic.gov.au Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) htpps://www.visitgrampians.com.au Laanecoorie Reservoir … walking tracks, birds Mt Arapiles … can drive to top and view the plains below. Nearby quaint town of Natimuk. Rock climbing, bushwalking, bird watching Mt Wycheproof … standing 43 m above surrounding plains is the smallest registered mountain in the world. Visit htpps://www.visitbuloke.com.au Pyrenees Unearthed Wine and Food Festival . At the beginning of April, our winemakers celebrate harvest - a day of sensational wine, delicious food, local produce and live entertainment. Head to Moonambel www.visitpyrenees.com.au Sea Lake … home of ‘big skies’ and Lake Tyrell Talbot … Court House Hotel, monthly farmers to stock up for that bush picnic Victorian Goldfields Railway . Heritage Goldfields Rail linking historic gold mining towns of Castlemaine and Maldon. Visit https://www.VGR.com.au or email info@vgr.com.au Pyrenees Rail Heritage Trail . Round circle Tour from Avoca via Amphitheatre, Elmhurst, Crowlands, Landsborough and Navarre. Farmers Markets ... for that picnic Avoca – 4th Sunday of month Carisbrook – 2nd and last Sunday of month Castlemaine -1st Sunday of month Dunolly - 4th Sunday of month Maldon – 2nd Sunday of month Talbot – 3rd Sunday of month

Flora of the Hard Hills Area Prostanthera aspalathoides- Scarlet Mint-bush, orange form Hard Hills, 8.10.10 A Hughes Prostanthera denticulata-Rough Mint-bush, fls Hard Hills, 21.4.2012, A Hughes Acacia gunnii-Ploughshare Wattle, May 10th 2010, Hard Hills, A Hughes Prostanthera aspalathoides- Scarlet Mint-bush, orange form Hard Hills, 8.10.10 A Hughes 1/20

Our Club History St Arnaud Field Naturalist Club was formed in 1984 to promote the conservation of biodiversity in the area, enhance awareness and appreciation of our natural heritage and add to and disseminate knowledge of our local environment and its ecosystems. Over the past 3 decades Club members have been active in survey and field work to document species and ecosystems and have been instrumental in the proclamation of many conservation reserves including the new Kara Kara National Park, the biggest and most intact Box-Ironbark forest remaining in Victoria. The Club works closely with both the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Parks Victoria, to achieve the best result for biodiversity protection and conservation in our area of interest, which covers a 40km radius around St Arnaud. Club members provide consulting and support services for other groups involved in environmental work such as Landcare groups and provide volunteer labour for threatened species work, initially with DELWP (or DSE as it then was) and now with private contractors.The Club has been a long-term contributor to BirdLife Australia’s ongoing Bird Atlas as well as taking part in BLA’s Swift Parrot Counts for over 15 years. Over the last decade, the Club,recognising the impact that browsing and grazing animals were having on our Parks and Reserves has initiated fencing projects to protect vulnerable areas with notable results.Maintenance and monitoring of our fenced plots are an important part of the Club’s ongoing work. With changes to the structure of our bush areas due to long-running drought and increasingly erratic weather patterns, the Club is proactive in its projects to protect our sensitive bush areas in the face of an uncertain future. WVFNCA banner.made by Laurel Pope.E McDonald. jpeg Tang Tang Swamp, canoeing- Bobbie Laidler in front, 12.11.1989.E McDonald Medlyns' Grey Grasstrees, Stuart Mill 14.6.1998, L t R Chris Scott, Merne Larcdner, Ann Cudmore, pho WVFNCA banner.made by Laurel Pope.E McDonald. jpeg 1/26

Waterbirds Buff-banded Rail-Gallirallus philippensis.G Cheers Buff-banded Rail-Gallirallus philippensis chick, G Cheers Dusky Moorhen- Gallinula tenebrosa, A Hughes Buff-banded Rail-Gallirallus philippensis.G Cheers 1/11

Insects Native Bee-Colletid or Hylaeine Bee- Hylaeus (Euprosopis) honestus-on Mel lanceolata flower, 13.1.16 Wasp,Cryptocheilus sp- huge-5cm long, digging in sand, Basso Rd Emu 14.12.15,A Hughes Beetle- Golden green Stag-beetle - Lamprima aurata,Carapooee West, A Hughes-StAFNC Native Bee-Colletid or Hylaeine Bee- Hylaeus (Euprosopis) honestus-on Mel lanceolata flower, 13.1.16 1/28

Butterflies & Moths Imperial Jezebel,C SCott Butterfly,Wood White- Delias aganippe, Carapooee West, A Hughes Butterfly, Australian Admiral-Vanessa itea, Carapooee West, A Hughes Imperial Jezebel,C SCott 1/9