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      • 2023 Sustainability Festival
      • Available Anytime - Sustainability Resources
      • Sustainable Living Kit
      • Future Homes and Farms for 2040
    • Education
    • Training
    • Natural Resource Management >
      • Past Projects >
        • Ramsar Protection in Western Port
    • Sustainable Agriculture >
      • Growing Southern Gippsland Videos
      • Regenerative Agriculture Videos
      • Rapid Soil Assessment Videos
      • Soils of Southern Gippsland Videos
      • Landscape Restoration
      • Enhanced Knowledge and Protection of the Giant Gippsland Earthworm Project
    • Works Crew
    • Controlling Weeds
    • Controlling Pest Animals >
      • Controlling Rabbits >
        • Teaming Up to Tackle Rabbits
      • Controlling Foxes
      • Controlling Cats
      • Controlling Deer
      • Controlling Pigs
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    • River Garden
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KONGWAK HILLS

  • year formed: 2012
  • MembersHIP: 32
  • Plants in ground 2022: 42,000
  • CHAIR: Grace Couchman
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Our Story

Following a well attended meeting at the Kongwak Hall early in 2012, at the instigation of landcare Facilitator Sarah van Stokrom, much interest was expressed in forming a new Landcare group in the Kongwak area, incorporating members from the Candowie /Lance Creek Landcare group, which has been dissolved. 

​So, on a chilly afternoon in late April 2012, in the old Butter Factory at Kongwak, the inaugural meeting of the new group was held, office bearers elected and goals and activities suggested and discussed. The groups’ priorities are diverse, from education and learning about effective land management, in particular drawing on local experience and knowledge, remnant protection and enhancement through to sharing a community focus and having fun with like minded people.
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At the subsequent meeting on 17 June 2012, the group was officially named the Kongwak Hills Landcare Group, with the motto, “from backyard to bush”- the name intended to demonstrate that the group was desirous of embracing the Kongwak valley and hills and welcoming anyone interested in caring for our land and the environment.  While membership numbers are currently small, it is hoped that through word of mouth, marketing and observable activities, membership will grow. The group felt it was important to ensure that membership is available to anyone with an interest in land care, whether or not they were a local landowner.

You can contact the group directly at 
kongwakhillslandcare@gmail.com

Kongwak Pioneer Reserve - Interactive tour and track maps

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The Kongwak Hills Landcare Group has developed GPS track maps and an interactive tour of the Kongwak Pioneer Reserve which includes informative podcasts about it's history and the flora and fauna within the Reserve. 

This data can be downloaded to your smartphone or tablet and used while you explore the Reserve.


Access the Interactive Tour
1. Download the Google Earth or Google Earth Pro app.
2. Download the interactive tour file here.
3. Open the file in Google Earth or Google Earth Pro.
​4. Explore!

 
Track Maps
Track maps can also be downloaded here.
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UPCOMING EVENTS


POSTPONED: KHLG MARCH 2023 GENERAL MEETING
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Our March general meeting was scheduled to be held: 
Saturday 25 March, 2023 @ 4pm

This has been postponed until April.
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KHLG NEXT GENERAL MEETING

​Our next general meeting will be held:
Saturday 15 April 2023 @ 4pm
Tennis Club Rooms at R.N. Scott Memorial Park
1455 Korumburra Wonthaggi Road Kongwak VIC 3951​.
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Contact: 
kongwakhillslandcare@gmail.com 
for more information.
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PAST NEWS & EVENTS
GREAT PEOPLE, GREAT DAY AT "THE GREAT FETE"!
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Members of KHLG had a great day out at the Inverloch Kongwak Primary School's  "The Great Fete" on Saturday 18 March 2023.

Kongwak Hills Landcare Group hosted a stall with informative and interactive displays about what we do, indigenous tubestock and seed packs, stickers, badges and more.
The wildlife nesting box and monitoring equipment display was a hit for all ages.

A BIG grateful thank you to ALL who donated resources, volunteered their time and efforts and contributed toward our stall, and also toward the fete itself. What a smashing day!

It was lovely connecting with the community and sharing our love for caring for the land .

Congratulations to our raffle winner Angela, who took home a hamper consisting of 10x Indigenous Plants and $50 Melaleuca Nursery Voucher.

SOUTH GIPPSLAND BIRDLIFE INFORMATION SESSION

What a great turn-out at the Kongwak Hall on Saturday 4 Feb 2023 for Kongwak Hills Landcare Group’s first event of the year, “South Gippsland Birdlife - attracting, identifying and monitoring birds on your property”. 

Presenter, environmental educator Jane Taylor, engaged attendees with fascinating facts on birdlife, focusing on how to attract, identify and monitor birds in the local area. 
Using a Kookaburra nesting box, (one of the various designs that have been installed on KHLG members properties as part of the boarder citizen science project that this event falls) Jane demonstrated how monitoring equipment that has been purchased by the group, is used on a telescopic pole to illuminate, view and take photos inside the box. 

The session was supported with images of birds taken in the Kongwak Pioneer Reserve by local wildlife photographer Robyn Bolding, who also had some lovely greeting cards for purchase showcasing her work of the Eastern spinebill, Supurb fairywren, Spotted pardalote and more. 

And… what a great spread for the “pot luck” lunch to cap off the day?

Thank you to all that contributed to a great event.

When you next visit the Kongwak Pioneer Reserve, take your binoculars and keep an eye (and ear) out for resident species such as:
Crested Shriketit and White-throated Treecreeper (species of conservation concern in South Gippsland)
Blue-winged Parrot (declining populations)
Southern Boobook
Satin Flycatchers
Wren species 
Rosella species
And even birds of prey.  

The reserve is located on Williams Street Kongwak, accessed best by parking near the tennis courts of R.N Scott Memorial Park 1455 Korumburra Wonthaggi Road. 

This event was an educational component for KHLG’s project, “Kongwak Hills homes for wildlife - Engaging Volunteers in Citizen Science”. 
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Project funded by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action  - Community Volunteer Action Grant 2021.
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MEMBERS AND FRIENDS CELEBRATE AT COMMUNITY BBQ
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To commemorate 10 years of Kongwak Hills Landcare  Group, members and friends gathered at the R.N Scott Memorial Park in downtown Kongwak, on the cool, but calm evening of Saturday 12th November 2022.
We celebrated with shared food, Urban Wolf's gourmet sausages, bubbles, cake, music and great company.
But mostly, we celebrate every day by looking out our windows at the beauty of the forests we create and the wildlife that returns - a sort of theatre from your lounge room.

Happy birthday Kongwak Hills Landcare Group.

Project funded by South Gippsland Shire Council Community Grants Program 2022.

KHLG FEATURES ON ABC GIPPSLAND RADIO!

Our Chairperson, Grace Couchman, recently spoke with Melissa Fistric on ABC Gippsland's Saturday Breakfast program.

They chat all things Kongwak Hills LG and landcaring beyond!
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Hear the audio from the broadcast below:
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KONGWAK HILLS FACEBOOK PAGE

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RESOURCES

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Download the file which explains the 3 easy steps to renewing your Kongwak Hills Landcare Membership.
Membership How To
File Size: 656 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

SOUTH GIPPSLAND BIRDLIFE INFORMATION SESSION RESOURCES
Handout: Common Bush Birds of the Kongwak Region
handout.pdf
File Size: 385 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Birdlife Australia: bird information website and app
Ebird: bird information website and app
Xeno canto:
 bird call database website
The Australian Bird Guide (Second Edition): field guide book/hardcopy
Morcombe's Birds of Australia: field guide app
Local plants to encourage birds: Prickly Moses, Hazel Pomaderris, Narrow-leaf Peppermint (E. radiata), Messmate Gum (E.  obliqua), Manna Gum (E. viminalis), Lomandra, Dianella, Hop Goodenia.
More group resources to come soon!

CONTACT US

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If you'd like to know more about our group or get in contact:​
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kongwakhillslandcare@gmail.com
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The Bass Coast Landcare Network would like to acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Land Owners within the Network area, The Bunurong and Boon Wurrung people. We also recognise the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations in Land and Natural Resource Management.