SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 13: Alberton Cemetery Sunday afternoon Leader: Lorraine Norden Facilitator: Julie Murray Our visit to the historic Alberton Cemetery coincided with an attractive display of a range of bright, colourful flowers nestled among the grasses and sedges. This site is known for its native grasses; these flower and seed later in Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 12: Old Port Trail at Port Albert Sunday morning Co-leaders: Jay Duncan and Julie Murray On the day of the Port Albert excursion, we had a great deal of rain and blustering wind. While the bird-watching planned from the Victoria Street vantage point for the first part of the tour Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 11: Birding around Toora Sunday, all day Leader: Ron Greer Facilitator: Linda Hayes The purpose of this excursion was to showcase some of the birdlife of Corner Inlet, provide an overview of Corner Inlet from Mt Best and observe a different grouping of birds in and around Agnes Falls. As Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 10: Northern end of Wilson’s Promontory NP Sunday full day Leader for Vereker Range: Greg Gilbert Facilitator: John Poppins We departed Yarram (which was then fine) soon after 8:00 am. Along the way, fine drizzle turned to steady rain. Just over an hour later, we arrived at our destination of Read more…

Excursion 9a: Alberton West State Forest No. 1 Saturday afternoon Leader: Melinda Darer (FOAWSF) Facilitators: Wendy & Norbert Fuessel A full group of some 20 plus participants ultimately met at a western corner of the state forest, cars ‘higgledy-piggledy’ on the gravel roadside end off in the scrub. We met our leader Melinda from the Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 8A McLoughlins Beach Saturday afternoon Leader Mitch Smith Facilitator Joelle Champert We travelled by car 25 km east of Yarram and met the rest of our group at the McLoughlins Beach boat ramp and footbridge. The day was overcast ,with a gentle to fresh breeze. We could hear the roar Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 7a: Shorebirds Boat Trip No. 1 Saturday morning Leader: Tania Ireton Facilitator: Jay Duncan Eight enthusiastic birdwatchers from various Field Naturalists’ Clubs, joined Brian & Belinda from “Port Albert Fishin’ Charters” on their boat, for a four-hour birding trip around the shallow, inner waters of Nooramunga Marine Park. The park Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 6a: Won Wron State Forest No. 1 Saturday morning Leader: Dr Margaret Rowe Facilitator: Phil Rayment Led by Margaret and assisted by Phil, our first stop in the Forest was White Woman’s Waterhole, where we were greeted by many King Parrots, used to being fed by the visitors. This site Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 5: Seawalls Edge Nature Reserve Saturday morning Leader: Diana Droog Facilitator: Ron Greer This is an amazing site where the owners and a biologist, led by Diana Droog, have created a 15ha Wildlife Nature Reserve in Corner Inlet at Toora. Corner Inlet was declared a RAMSAR site in 1982. The Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 4: Birding around Toora & Foster area Reserves Saturday, full day Leader: Rohan Bugg Facilitator: Wendy Davies We picked up a couple of people who needed a lift to the Toora bird hide and headed down with much anticipation as Rohan had reported that the tide was just on the Read more…

SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Excursion 3: Mullungdung State Forest Saturday, full day Leaders: Jack Weerts & Marja Bouman Facilitator: Julie Parker The excursion involved a drive along bush tracks with several stops to explore particular vegetation types. Mullungdung SF covers 13,800ha of bush, dry Eucalypt woodland interspersed with more damp areas. The area is known Read more…

Latrobe Valley FNC and Sale & District FNC jointly organized a very successful get-together over the
weekend 20th October to 23rd October at Yarram.

SEANA SPRING 2023 CAMP AT YARRAM – Phil Rayment, SEANA Spring 2023 Camp Convenor Excursion 3: Mullungdung State Forest Excursion 4: Birding around Toora & Foster area Reserves Excursion 5: Seawalls Edge Nature Reserve Excursion 6: Won Wron State Forest Excursion 7: Shorebirds Boat Trip Excursion 8: McLoughlins Beach Excursion 9: Alberton West State Forest Read more…