The Bass Coast Landcare Network in partnership with Western Port Catchment Landcare Network and South Gippsland Landcare Network are pleased to announce the successful funding of a new multiyear project, the Creating Climate Smart Communities project, supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.

Bass Coast Landcare Network and Mulloon Institute invite you to get hands-on with a small sub catchment land restoration project at a Bass Coast farm property. 

On Thursday, December 5th, the Bass Coast Landcare Network (BCLN), in partnership with the Kongwak Ellipak Beef-Cheque farmer group, hosted a Partnerships Against Pests field day at the property of Marie and David Triggs in Woodleigh. More than 25 local landholders attended the event, which focused on educating farmers about managing weeds and pest animals such as foxes, rabbits, and deer on their properties.
The day began with morning tea and an introduction from BCLN’s Executive General Manager, Dave Bateman. Dave acknowledged the generous funding support for these field days from DEECA and the Department of Agriculture.
BCLN's Works Crew Team Leader, Bill Barry, led the first session, providing a thorough overview of common weed species in the region. Bill also discussed the most effective control methods and products, concluding with a Q&A session that addressed specific concerns from landholders about which chemicals and techniques work best for different types of weeds.

​The inaugural Landcare Art Prize showcased the best of the best in art in many forms as a major fund raiser for the Bass Valley Network Public Fund.
Bass Valley Landcare Network Public Fund plan to use the funds raised by the art show in programs that will educate young people, encourage responsible care for our environment, and planting programs to mitigate the effects of climate change.
The opening night saw a record crowd fill the Kernot Community Hall to hear the judge Herman Pekel, who battled holiday traffic to come from Melbourne for the event, make his selection from almost 250 paintings, sculptures and photographs entered by artists from around the state.

Bass Coast Landcare in partnership with the Kongwak Ellipak Beef-cheque farmer group are hosting an informative field day to help farmers better understand weed control techniques and timing for control of our common Summer/Autumn weeds, that we tackle on the Bass Coast. Bill Barry from BCLN works crew will be one of our guest speakers. BCLN will also have Aaron Stephens our Invasive species coordinator to talk through Fox and Rabbit control techniques and timing.
 As well as Bill and Aaron we are lucky enough to have Emanuel Vlamis from Skyline management.  Emanuel will speak about his team's recent success in partnership with the Triggs to obtain the first-ever trapping permit in Victoria, with information on how this will be implemented and future opportunities for other landowners to enter into a potential cross-tenure trapping program. 
Dates:  Thursday the 5th of December
Time:  10am – 2pm
Venue: David and Marie Triggs - 230 Gaws Rd, Woodleigh
Catering: Morning tea and lunch provided (Venison Schnitzels will be on offer for lunch)
What to Bring:  Please dress according to weather conditions, long pants, sturdy shoes or boots, hat, insect repellent, water, and a camping chair.
RSVP: [email protected] by the 3/12/2024.

​Every good story has a beginning. I hope this is one.

His name was Warren Thompson. I didn’t know him, had never met him, and didn’t want to. Through no fault of his own he had come into my orbit at a time I wasn’t ready.
Lew, a mutual friend, had called me and said that he had been tasked with the job of getting Warren and I together with the aim of running an art show, as I had experience in that field.
But I had just wound up the KernArt Prize, a charity art show that ran for six years, and my tank was low. I wasn't interested.
He called again. I said no.

Some time later, at an event at our local Woodleigh Hall, there was a strange man sitting at our table. He stood, put out his hand and said, "I’m Warren Thompson, and we need to talk". Talk about being ambushed!
It’s a lot harder to say no face to face. The following Sunday Warren came to our house and, as he, my partner Rob and myself sat at the kitchen table with a bottle of Pepperjack between us, he laid his dream in front of me...

This is a great opportunity for you to participate in this 3-year training and mentoring program facilitated by Bioferts expert, Daniel Hodges from Soil, Water and Plants.

You are invited to this exciting and informative event on Becoming Fire Wise on French Island with guest speaker Owen Gooding. Recently retired, Owen has over 18 years experience with the CFA working on land use planning, planned burning, and the management of biodiversity and cultural heritage values in bushfire mitigation work.

​You are invited to this exciting and informative event on Becoming Fire Wise in Bass Coast with guest speaker Owen Gooding.   Recently retired, Owen has over 18 years experience with the CFA working on land use planning, planned burning, and the management of biodiversity and cultural heritage values in bushfire mitigation work. Owen was also a member of the national Task Force investigating house loss in the 2009 Victorian bushfires. 

The 'Promoting and demonstrating Fire Wise planning and implementation in the Bass Coast' project is hosting two community planting days in September.  The aim of the plantings is to demonstrate 'green fire wall' plantings in agricultural situations.