Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare knows that education and is critical to improving our natural environment. Many residents have grown up not realising the district has a long history of land clearing, pest and weed infestation, planting of inappropriate exotic species, local extinction of many native plants and animals and severe damage to our rivers, creeks and wetlands.
From time to time we have information displays at community events to promote our organisation and our goals. We also hold one-off information events, for example, we have run public sessions about the Middle Island Little Penguin Project, local Moths and Microbats, the ecology of Kelly’s and Saltwater Swamps. Our bimonthly general meetings usually include a guest speaker presenting on various topics relating to local fauna, flora or environmental issues.
Our Middle Island project – protecting a threatened Little Penguin colony – has attracted international and Australian media interest for many years. The project has been featured on ABC TV’s Catalyst show, on Italy’s premier science TV show and in the New York Times. The movie, Oddball which is loosely based on the Middle Island project, boosted media interest to a new high in 2015 -16. We build on this interest to create awareness of other landcare and coastcare issues.
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