The Nungurner Community and Coast Action Group, in partnership with Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Council (GLaWAC) and Parks Victoria, has transformed the pathway connecting the Nungurner Jetty with the beach thanks to a Gippsland Lakes Coordinating Committee Community Grant. “The whole area was badly infested with blackberries and quite inaccessible before we started the
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The fourth round of the Gippsland Lakes Community Grants are now open and close at 9 am on Monday, 13 May. According to Gippsland Lakes Coordinating Committee Co-Chair, Peter Jennings, said the grants provide an opportunity for community groups to seek funding for projects that will help tackle key priorities for the environmental health of
The Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) are participating in the annual Great Pelican Count at Sperm Whale Head on Sunday 7 April, and the invitation is open to interested members of the public to join GLaWAC aboard the Lady Jodie and help count Pelicans. GLaWAC’s Gippsland Lakes Coordinating Committee (GLCC) Coordinator, Andy Booth
More than 1,500 indigenous trees and shrubs have been planted and tree guards placed around the larger plants to protect them from deer and rabbits at Seacombe Landing. These restoration works have been funded by the Victorian State Government through the Gippsland Lakes Coordinating Committee (GLCC). The works are part of a suite of new
The second annual Gippsland Lakes Great Pelican Count will be held at 11.30am to 12noon on Sunday, 7 April and locations all around the Gippsland Lakes. According to Deb Sullivan, Birdlife Australia Project Officer in East Gippsland nearly 150 people participated in Victoria’s first Great Pelican Count in April 2018. “We’re hoping our 2019 count
