Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 2nd April 2025
Kingston Council Update (Foreshore & Bushland)
Reviewing formalized access points to foreshore.
All access beach matting trialling at Mordialloc and Aspendale Lifesaving Clubs
Continuing to map vegetation across all reserves to compliment 2023 habitat hectares assessment.
National Tree day 27th July preparation sites – Chelsea Foreshore and Namatjira Park
LXRA and the 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?
Mordialloc Beaumaris Conservation League – Minutes – 5th February 2025
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.
LXRA and the Mordialloc Railway precinct
Judy, Travis and Bruce are on the Stakeholders Liasson 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.
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
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