August 2026 Kinglake Landcare News

Winter

Kinglake district is the traditional land of the Taungurung and Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and August is Guling or Orchid season when the cold weather eases and wattle and orchids bloom.

Coming up

All welcome to our Kinglake Landcare Group (KLG) National Tree Planting nr Kinglake Community Centre on 2nd August (see event details below). Further activities will be advised by email or on our website.

Next events: 

• NTD planting 10.30am Sun 2^nd Aug, Kinglake Community Centre, Extons Rd, BBQ following.

• KNP Lyrebird Survey 8-9 August. Contact Kinglake Ranger James on 0400153667 if interested.

• UGLN Kids Teaching Kids Conference, Yea Wetlands, 10.15am-2pm Tuesday 1^st September.

Activities just gone or continuing

KLG, Upper Goulburn Landcare Network (UGLN), and Murrindindi Shire Council (MSC) are continuing to celebrate National Tree Day into August following the July plantings with the Toolangi and the three Kinglake primary schools (more next MM).

Interesting webinar “Love Your Pollinators” was presented by Zoos Victoria online and at Kinglake Library in July (see photo) featuring Bogong Moths. Free plants for pollinators distributed. More details next MM.

King Parrot Pest Animal Cooperative (KPPAC) fauna monitoring is a project of UGLN. The objective of the project is to reduce the impact of foxes and feral cats on biodiversity and stock/agriculture assets in the King Parrot Creek catchment.

Monitoring is carried out annually on participating KPPAC properties using 36 remote sensor cameras.

Photos attached are from our YouTube channel recorded in 2025

https://youtu.be/-bl6OeWAFyo?si=1UdeAHPadmymVVbV

The project has been funded by the Victorian State Governments Partnerships against Pests program.

Also, UGLN through Fencers Without Boundaries is still actively seeking volunteers and donations to assist landowners impacted by the 2026 Longwood Fires in the Murrindindi and surrounding shires and is calling out for skilled and unskilled volunteers to assist. For more information contact Chris Cobern on 0413 855 490 or by email ugln.projects@ugln.net

On the fire theme, UGLN is currently working with others to provide assistance with updated post fire landscape restoration information.

Get our free booklet

“Caring for Your Patch” covering backyard garden design, food growing, plant selection, weed and pest animal management and more, is available from Kinglake Library, KRNH, Kinglake Heritage Centre, local garden suppliers, Landcare events, some local shops and servos, or online from our website kinglakelandcare.org.

Membership

New members can contact Landcare through our website kinglakelandcare.org for membership details or to be added to our free “friends” mailing list for notification of events.

Next meeting: 7.30pm Monday 21^st September upstairs at Kinglake Memorial Reserve Hall. A spring welcome to all after the winter break.