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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 13th August 2025

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Conservation in Kingston Newsletter.
Rossdale meeting 20th August

Kingwood Golf Club

Golf Course Redevelopment Guidelines were set up to allow Kingswood Golf Course to be developed.

Coast & Creek Booklet

1,000 copies have been printed, where can we sell them at $2 each? Suggestions were newsagencies, Kingston Council Offices, libraries, cafes, Mordialloc Neighbourhood house, Historical Society, politicians’ offices. Getting boxes for money and stands for booklets.
Digital copy, and details of where you can get hard copies, to go on website.
Need to get final version from Mick.

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 2nd July 2025

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Kingston Council Update (Foreshore & Bushland)

Team leader Foreshore & Bushland Leader attended our meeting (stayed til 3.30). Agreed to attend every 3 months. Informed us on the Implementation of Biodiversity Strategy.
We went on to discuss the following.

  • Plant giveaway – a thousand people attended the 4 events
  • Braeside Park.
  • Need to incorporate new and existing friends groups. New Group in Bonbeach. Student groups – Carrum Primary and Kilbreda College.
  • DEECA policy on lighting
  • Kingston Heath Reserve policy is a balance between passive and active recreation.
  • Epsom Wetland discussion. What is the cause of vegetation die off?
  • Rubbish issues in Settlement Creek
  • Living Links. Network of Councils to manage waterways.
  • Groves Reserve has been handed over to State Government for 2 years.
  • Kingwood Golf Club. Council and J. Yukovic (BIOSIS) have made suggestions on what vegetation should be retained.
  • Palm trees – unsuitable to plant near foreshore.
  • Council are formulating a Commercial Use of Foreshore Property Policy.

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 4th June 2025

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In – Viva Gas import in Port Phillip (PPCC), Planning Democracy, Enviro Justice invite, Restore the Bay, Friends of the Grange Newsletter, report on Mordialloc Creek meeting

Coast & Creek Booklet

Mick is putting down a deposit.

Kingston Council Update (Foreshore & Bushland)

Invite Candice Mingo (Team leader Foreshore & Bushland Leader) to July Meeting.
Invite Cr Sarah O’Donnell (Yammerbook Ward) to a meeting.
Council Climate Change Update – saved 2 million in power, changing to electric and saving gas.
Urban Forest Strategy. Council voted unanimously to replace 3 for 1 when trees are removed.

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 7th May 2025

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Port Phillip Conservation Council emails of interest have been forwarded
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Submissions regarding removal of Manna gums under threat in Southern Rd.
Emails from Nina and MBCL to encourage councillors to vote in favour of planting 3 for 1 trees to be put into the Urban Forest Strategy.

Coast & Creek Booklet

Mick kindly printed our final draft to be checked before going to printers.

Kingston Council Update (Foreshore & Bushland)

Have Council liaised with LXRP regarding the restoration of Groves Reserve?
Epsom Grasslands has been mown and pathway along wetlands lake is going ahead.
Are they going to plant out the front of factories near the creek (Location?)
Where are the palm trees behind the Mordialloc Chemist going? Or are they staying?

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 2nd April 2025

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Kingston Council Update (Foreshore & Bushland)

Reviewing formalised access points to foreshore.
All access beach matting trialling at Mordialloc and Aspendale Lifesaving Clubs
Continuing to map vegetation across all reserves to complement the 2023 habitat hectares assessment.
National Tree day 27th July preparation sites – Chelsea Foreshore and Namatjira Park

Level Crossing Removal Project – Mordialloc Railway precinct

Two invitations

  • M.Gault – CEO LXRP for Nina. Meet at T. Richardson’s office?
  • Environment Minister’s advisor Oscar Craig to Rosemary.

LXRP have seed banks from Groves Reserve. Not Kingston Council.

Groves Reserve restoration
Plant only Coastal Banksia Woodland species.
4th March 2025 Tim Richardson said “will plant like for like” Will 3 for 1 plants be acted upon?
Seeds to be handed to Council.
LXRP to engage BIOSIS to consult.
Have the removed larger trees had their tree rings counted?
Will SCOPE be removed?

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 5th February 2025

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Coast & Creek Booklet

We viewed the booklet on the big screen and final suggestions were made.

Kingston Council Update including Foreshore & Bushland.

Rosemary attended and asked 2 questions regarding Groves Reserve
The 5th soccer pitch at Kingston Heath Reserve was passed. They have an $800,000 government grant to pay for it.

Level Crossing Removal Project – Mordialloc Railway precinct

Judy, Travis and Bruce are on the Stakeholders Liaison group.
There has been a long trail of emails regarding the future of Groves Reserve.
Station St, Aspendale has been blocked off on both sides of Groves Reserve. Travis reported that trees have been marked for removal. Members have visited before access is denied. They were appalled by LXRA’s disregard for this significant Coastal Banksia Woodland (natural/remnant).
Council want their Reserve protected but are powerless to protect it. This piece of land was gifted to the City of Chelsea in 1920 by Groves.
We need to request a meeting with Tim Richardson.
Read The BIOSIS report 2018
Contact Media, Politicians, post on Social Media
Bruce has had a conversation with an LXR representative and will call again with more questions and alternatives to protect Groves Reserve.

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Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 6th November 2024

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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 recognise 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 decarbonising 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

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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

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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

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MBCL Files
Emily Boucher is organising 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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