Environmental Volunteers caring for Wilsons Promontory National Park
Saturday 9 October
Tree planting at Tidal River. Currently, only volunteers from regional Victoria (but not Shepparton) are permitted to attend because of Covid-19 restrictions.
Friday 5, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 November
Sea Spurge removal at Picnic Bay
For all Friends of the Prom activities, please register your attendance on the Parks Victoria volunteer portal ParkConnect – https://www.parkconnect.vic.gov.au/ (you will first have to register with Friends of the Prom on ParkConnect) or contact the Secretary at <info@friendsoftheprom.org.au>.
Nursery visits take place every second Thursday at the Friends of the Prom native plant nursery, situated in the Parks Victoria works yard at Tidal River.
Common sense social distancing precautions still apply, particularly for higher risk volunteers over the age of 70.
Nursery dates for the remainder of 2021 are –
Please register your attendance in ParkConnect or phone Mary Walker on 0408 530 638
We are counting grazing animal pellets at a number of plots on the Yanakie Isthmus. The counts are used to assess trends in the local grazing animal populations. The data feeds into a long-term project to restore the Coastal Grassy Woodlands on the Isthmus.
The date of the next count is scheduled for Tuesday 28 October. Please register your attendance in ParkConnect or phone Bill Hansen on 0417 341 504 – but please note that only volunteers living in regional Victoria (with the exception of Shepparton) can attend under current Covid restrictions.
Friends of the Prom acknowledges the Traditional Aboriginal Custodians of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to them, their culture and their Elders, past, present and future.