Becoming Fire Wise on French Island Field Day- November 29th 2024.

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.

Owen was also a member of the national Task Force investigating house loss in the 2009 Victorian bushfires. Owen will talk about what we know about bushfire losses and the role of vegetation in contributing to or mitigating bushfire risk.

Topics covered will include plant flammability, plant responses to fire, cultural fire use, fire ecology, climate change, and the use of vegetation plantings and soil moisture conservation to reduce fire intensity and protect assets.

This will be a fantastic interactive farm walk and we hope to see you all on the day.

Event Details.
Date: Friday 29th November 2024.
Time: 10am registration and morning tea for 10.30am start. Finish at 2.00pm.
Venue: French Island Community Hall.
Google Maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tV4rVDVWcbzJEjdn9
We will also be visiting a local farm for a farm walk after lunch.
Morning tea and light lunch provided.

​Please RSVP for this event by Monday 25th November.
For further information and to RSVP please email Joel Geoghegan on
[email protected] or call on 0409 705 652.
Please include any dietary requirements in your RSVP.

Biosecurity measures will be in place on the day. Please ensure your vehicles and
footwear are clean prior to this farm walk.

For further details and to RSVP click on the flyer below. 

​This Fire Wise Project is funded by the Australian Governments Preparing Australian Communities
Program in partnership with the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (FNPW).

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