Minutes

Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 6th November 2024

Guest Speaker – Bruce Cutts

Bruce is a volunteer for SE Environment Victoria. He has a background in Agricultural Science and Plants (Orchids).
Points of discussion –

  • Involved in lobbying in Council Elections (Sandbelt Councils) to encourage councillors to recognize the impacts of Climate Change.
  • Degradation of farmland is a problem. Growing beef and feeding them. If we were vegetarian there would be five times the food available to people.
  • Councils need to plan for sea level rises.
  • Environment Victoria current activities – Launch into Multi- cultural outreach to employ multi- cultural people
  • Built an Action network e.g. Focusing on rivers.
  • Built a coalition of 4 main environmental groups involved with the Murray Darling Basin.
  • Gas – focusing on its domestic use. Bass Straight gas is virtually finished. When demand is high, Victoria is using fracked gas from Queensland.
  • Not decarbonizing fast enough. Nuclear – storage of waste? For emissions to decrease we need to do away with coal and gas.
  • Discussed photos of Mountain Ash. Argument – if you left a forest for 50 years it would be less flammable. Friends of the Earth would like to use technology to spot fires. Vic Forest (now the Healthy Forest Foundation) see forests as a commodity. Running at a loss not profit. Native forests are being destroyed instead of using plantation timber. Regeneration has been a failure in many cases. Salvage logging and indigenous thinning is contentious. Strategic fuel breaks resulted in 6,000 kms of trees being felled.
  • Planning Scheme Amendments – the Green Wedge and Agricultural Land Plan finally released last March has been described as a non action plan.

It was a very interesting discussion and a big thank you to Bruce for his time and sharing his expertise.

Other business

Request for funds from the Save Rossdale group.
Nomination for Life Membership

Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League Inc.

Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 9th October 2024

Correspondence

Emily Boucher. Discussion re Mordialloc Creek Asset Responsibility Plan.
DEECA doesn’t want to be the responsible authority.
The Mordialloc railway upgrade will delay the publication of Mordialloc Pride of the Bay.
Kingston Residents Association– Candidate Forum.
Mornington Peninsula News. Brendan Rees requesting our opinion on the Council decision not to replace the boardwalk in Epsom Wetlands.

Annual General Meeting

Will be held on November 6th 2pm

MBCL Files

Wayne has put the photos on a USB and it has been given to Travis

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 4th September 2024

Correspondence

Planning for Victoria
Kingston Residents Association and Nina – Housing Strategy
Port Phillip Conservation Council– Western Woodland Report
Travis – Mordialloc Creek Community Report

Annual General Meeting

Will be held on November 6th

MBCL Files

Have been collected. Wayne has been scanning lots of photos and maps and will return to Judy. Travis is working on the submission files

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 7th August 2024

Correspondence

MBCL Files
Emily Boucher is organizing the remaining documents to go to the Council Depot to be offered to Melbourne Water and Parks Victoria

Kingston Council Update including Foreshore & Bushland

Team Leader Bushland & Foreshore Paul Sandells attended and reported to us. He is on a short term contract until the end of the year. He recently worked on Phillip Island as Chief Operations Officer working with and educating the Community. Worked with local indigenous groups.
Spoke highly of his new team. Impressed by the recent plant give away and the Gardens for Wildlife Program. National Tree Day saw a lot of planting by community groups.

  • Draft of Biodiversity Strategy to be released in September. Opportunity to get the big picture.
  • Open space management needs to go beyond Council.
  • Environment Education Centre to be developed by 2029.
  • Three golf courses are to be supported in their biodiversity.
  • Hopes that the Horticulture team will provide proper care for remnant vegetation.
  • Are Environmental Management Plans needed for recreational reserves? Many reserves are multifunctional and therefore many interest groups.
  • Wild life cameras in Bradshaw Bushland Reserves are being rotated to gain a better snapshot.
  • Team leaders are Rachel Devlin (Bushland) and Luke Kapatini (Foreshore)
  • Wayne asked about the plantings on Lambert Island
  • Penny’s concerns about tree planting at foreshore car parks was raised
  • Travis was concerned about Avian Bird Flu. Is there a plan of action if affected birds are seen?

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 6th June 2024

Correspondence

MBCL Files
A group of us met and started to sort.
Wayne took maps, a shoe box of photos and a photo album of the Creek. He plans to scan them.
Travis took Minutes dating back to 1966, A3 file on the Creek, submissions and the 1972 LP gas pipeline protests.
Peter Radcliff (President of Mordialloc Historical Society) – Photo of Stantons.
Council reps (Paula and Monica) attended pre meeting and were interested in the older minutes which Mary Anne miraculously found.
Judy will reconnect with Council Heritage group.

Kingston Council Update (Foreshore & Bushland)

Team Leader Bushland & Foreshore Paul Sandells has offered to speak to us at this Wednesday’s meeting. Also he may bring along one of the three Conservation Officers.
Tarella Rd/ Dents Paddock has been renamed to Woolepe Bushland Reserve – provided by the Bunurong Land Council meaning Tea-tree.

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