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2023: YEAR OF GREATER VISION FOR WESTERNPORT BAY

2023: YEAR OF GREATER VISION FOR WESTERNPORT BAY

2023: YEAR OF GREATER VISION FOR WESTERNPORT BAY This year the Victorian National Parks Association is running a campaign to safeguard Western Port Bay from inappropriate development.   What is special about Western Port It’s culturally important for Traditional Custodians More than 20,000 shorebirds and 115…

Bryozoan Reefs of Westernport

Bryozoan Reefs of Westernport

Bryozozan reefs of Westernport Bryozoan Reefs of Westernport Bay. Travis Dutka , lecturer Latrobe University  May 5 2022  at Coolart Auditorium Introduced by Amy from Mornington Peninsula Landcare.  These reefs were thought to be coral until 2016 when it was discovered that they were an…

Appleberry Creeper

Appleberry Creeper

                    This cute little climber is called Apple Berry, or if you want to sound knowledgeable, call it Billardiera scandens with a capital B for Billardiera and small s for scandens.  It has cute little green…

Blue Pincushion

Blue Pincushion

                Blue Pincushion   Brunonia australis The Blue Pincushion is an attractive flowering herb which is widespread throughout Australia except on the tropical north coast. It grows in open forest and heathland and will tolerate many soils and aspects.…