Climate Change
BCCAN is a network of community members concerned about climate change impacts on the Bass Coast. They are working together for positive solutions and to encourage all levels of government to urgently act on climate change.
Facebook: Bass Coast Climate Action Network
Energy Innovation Co-operative's mission is "working together towards a zero emissions community". It is establishing community owned renewable energy generation, runs activities & events & newsletters, and its Southern CORE Fund supports community groups wanting to put solar PV, solar HW or energy efficiency measures onto buildings they run. It operates mainly within South Gippsland and Bass Coast Shires, but has members beyond, and has no geographic limitations in its rules. From Nov 2017 it can offer tax deductibility for any donations towards its work.
Details:
Location: 8 Banksia Place, Inverloch VIC 3996
Phone: 03 5657 3108
Email: info@eico-op.org.au
Website: Energy Innovation Co-operative Ltd
TRPI is a community group formed in early 2018 in collaboration with a number of community groups including, the Energy Innovation Co-operative, Boomerang Bags and Plastic-free Phillip Island and San Remo, PICAL, Phillip Island Conservation Society, Phillip Island Landcare Group and Bimbadeen Farm. A public forum was held in June 2018 where community members voted to support the formation of Totally Renewable Phillip Island and associated working ground and to pursue the vision: “Phillip Island will be a carbon-neutral community by 2030 through our collective efforts to use clean and efficient energy, reduce pollution and offset carbon emissions"
Website: https://totallyrenewablephillipisland.weebly.com/
Facebook: Totally Renewable Phillip Island
Totally Renewable Tenby is an environmental action group in a small town on the Bass Coast, with big ideas – our goal is to become totally renewable by 2030.
We are working on community energy systems, energy efficiency in homes and businesses, emissions free transport, land regeneration, healthy waterways, and food and waste management.
We want to see small regional Victorian towns like Tenby Point continue to thrive, even in a climate changing world.
TRT welcomes anyone interested to join the TRT mailing list or Working Group.
Email TRT here: totallyrenewabletenby@gmail.com
Like, follow and stay up to date with TRT here: www.facebook.com/totallyrenewabletenby/
Working within our local community to be adaptive and resilient in dealing with the twin challenges peak oil and climate change.
Details:
Location: Phillip Island Adult Learning Centre 56-58 Church Street, Cowes VIC 3922
Phone: 0429 001 214 (Adrian James), 0438 058 672 (Alycia James)
Email: transition.phillipisl@hotmail.com
Environment & Conservation
We are a group of devoted volunteers who monitor Hooded Plover breeding along the mainland coastline between Anderson Inlet (Inverloch) and Davis Point (San Remo). The Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus) is a Vulnerable species of beach nesting birds.
Details:
Location: 5 Campbell Street, Wonthaggi VIC 3995
Phone: 0429 188 330 (Mr Stephen Johnson)
Email: hoodieman198@gmail.com
The main aim of the Landcare Groups that form the Bass Coast Landcare Network is to promote land use and management that ensures integrity and sustainability of land, water and biodiversity. The Network's core purpose is to provide support and resources to the Groups within the Network.
Details:
Location: 2-4 School Road, Bass VIC 3991
Phone: 03 5678 2335, 0488 399 151 (Mr David Bateman)
Email: info@basscoastlandcare.org.au
Website: www.basscoastlandcare.org.au
Supports the South Gippsland Conservation Society in protecting the environment.
Details:
Location: 1 Ramsay Blvd, Inverloch VIC 3996
Email: info@sgcs.org.au
Website: http://www.sgcs.org.au
Phone: 03 5674 3738 (Mr Paul Calvert, Shop Manager), 0438 859 254 (Ms Linda Senhenn)
Preserving & maintaining Cape Woolamai safety beach foreshore. Working bees six times a year, meetings three times a year. New members welcome.
Details:
Email: margpeted@gmail.com
Friends of Scenic Estate Reserve is a community group set up in 2015 to work with the Council, Phillip Island Nature Parks, and Parks Victoria in managing the Reserve for nature Conservation, and in promoting its use by the general public for the appreciation of Nature. The group operates under the auspices of the Phillip Island Conservation Society Inc. New volunteers are always welcome.
Contact:
Jan Fleming, janetjoyfleming1@gmail.com
Carmen Bush, 03 5956 9456, ccbush@bigpond.net.au
Conservation group dedicated to the preservation of koalas and their habitat. Also preservation of indigenous vegetation. Monthly habitat days and koala counts.
Details:
Location: PO Box 231, Cowes VIC 3992
Phone: Ms Jan Beales (03 5952 1029), Ms Patricia Hunt, President (03 5952 2407)
The group monitors the flora and fauna of local reserves and parks, keeping a watching brief on public land and biodiversity of the Wonthaggi area.
Details:
Location: PO Box 849, Wonthaggi VIC 3995
Email: fowh@capepaterson.asn.au
Website: http://www.capepaterson.asn.au/index.php/fowhcr
Phone: Ms Anne Looney (0408 101 399), Mr Geoff Glare, President (0408 131 764)
PICS was established in 1968 and is active in protecting the Phillip Island environment.
PICS has quarterly meetings with speakers and auspices Red Rocks Coast Care, Saltwater Creek Coastcare, Preserve Western Port Action Group and Friends of Scenic Estate Reserve.
Contact:
Anne Davie, bimbadeenanne@outlook.com.au
Laura Brearley, laura.brearley@tlc21.com.au
Promotes and coordinates improved land and biodiversity management.
Details:
Location: Level 1, Landmark Corporate Centre 454-472 Nepean Hwy, Other VIC 3199
Phone: 03 8781 7900
Email: enquiries@ppwcma.vic.gov.au
Website: http://www.ppwcma.vic.gov.au
Aim is to protect and enhance the natural environment of Silverleaves, eliminate introduced environmental pests and help maintain a sense of community. To advocate and collaborate towards these aims.
Details:
Location: Silverleaves Ave, Cowes VIC 3922
Phone: 0428 187 278 (Jarvis Weston)
Email: jweston@penguins.org.au, keithmcdougall804@gmail.com
Conservation group active in preserving our natural resources. Environment Education. Branches undertake on-going programs of planting and weeding, wildlife monitoring, walking track development and maintenance.
Details:
Location: Bunurong Environment Centre 1 Ramsey Blvd, Inverloch VIC 3996
Phone: 03 5674 3738 (Julie Matthes), 0437 433 365 (Annette Read)
Email: info@sgcs.org.au
Website: http://www.sgcs.org.au
Responsible for river health and accountable for regulation of works on waterways and floodplains, rural drainage and waterway and floodplain management.
Details:
Location: 16 Hotham St TRARALGON, Other VIC 3844
Phone: 1300 094 262
Email: westgippy@wgcma.vic.gov.au
Website: http://www.wgcma.vic.gov.au
Gardens
Barb Martin Bush bank supplies an array of native plants, many of which have been locally sourced and grown, for the local community to plant in their gardens. With wildlife habitat disappearing at an alarming rate, you can help provide the natural environment wildlife needs to thrive, by sourcing your backyard plants from us.
Details:
Email: barbmartinbushbank@penguins.org.au
Address: 1810 Phillip Island Road, Phillip Island
Opening Hours: 9am-3pm Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
The Bass Coast Community Gardens Network was setup in partnership with the Bass Coast Healthy Communities initiative, with the recognition that getting community garden and local food projects off the ground and maintaining them is hard work and takes allot of time, energy, effort and resources. So the Network is creating an opportunity for these projects to share resources, knowledge, and skills and most importantly to learn from each project experiences. This will be achieved through the publication of a bi-monthly newsletter emailed out to all network members, regular updates on this site, access to a drop box full of resources, a bi-monthly meeting, and potential training and skills sharing opportunities.
Details:
Location: 119 Scenic Drive, Cowes VIC 3922
Phone: 0429 001 214 (Mr Adrian James)
Email: community.garden@pical.org.au
Located at 6 Murray St, Wonthaggi (behind the Wonthaggi Neighbourhood Centre at Mitchell House, across the Rail Trail).
Meets every Wednesday 9.30am -12.00. Gardeners work together to harvest vegetables, fruit in season, ideas and inspiration. Excess produce goes to the Community Pantry at Mitchell House. Gold Coin donation.
Produce Swap on second Saturday of the month at 10.30am, followed by the Wonthaggi Food co-op monthly distribution.
Details:
Location: Bolding Place Inverloch, Inverloch VIC 3996
Phone: 03 5674 1969
Email: liz@cattfamily.net
Primary: Mr Liz Catt (03 5674 1969), Mr Bev Phillips, President (0408 502 707)
Location: Beaton Place, Inverloch VIC 3996
Phone: 03 5674 1969
Email: liz@cattfamily.net
Phone: Mrs Elizabeth Catt (03 5674 1969), Mrs Robyn Allen, President (03 5662 4159)
A volunteer organisation committed to re-vegetating local land with indigenous plants. Volunteers collect local seed and propagate in our nursery at the State Coal Mine. Seed and plants are made available to local landowners at a cost which enables money to be used for further environmental projects.
Details:
Location: State Coal Mine, Garden Street, Wonthaggi VIC 3995
Phone: 0413 585 686 (Margaret Barnard), 0411 471 712 (Peter McKenzie)
Email: contact@wsbn.org.au
Website: wsbn.org.au
Oceans, Beaches & Foreshores
Email: corinellaforeshore@gmail.com
Website: https://www.corinellaforeshore.com.au/
Primary: Mrs Barbara Oates, 0427 780 245
Alternate: Mr Michael Johnson, Chair 0411 882 801
We are a Coastcare group for Cowes, Victoria, Australia. We aim to hold working bees to weed out problem species, enhancing the foreshore and plant indigenous plants. Our working bees are held on the second Sunday of every second month, 10am-12pm.
Contact:
Marilyn Shaw (Coordinator), maz4shaw@gmail.com
Heather Liney (Coordinator), heather_liney@yahoo.com.au
The aim of the Fishcare Volunteer Program is ‘to foster a concept of stewardship and personal responsibility by Victorian recreational fishers to fish resources and the aquatic environment’. Fishcare run activities to promote sustainable fishing and caring for our fishing environment. We run fishing clinics free of charge for school groups, during school holidays and community events.
We are always on the lookout for more volunteers, if you are interested in volunteering, please fill out our Fishcare Volunteer Nomination https://goo.gl/forms/H4LYnyEpW...
If you are interested in having Fishcare participate in a community event or come to your school, please feel free to contact us!
Details:
Location: Suite 2309, 442 Auburn Road Hawthorn, Other VIC 3122
Phone: 0423 588 345 (Ms Jacinta Early)
Email: jearly@fishcare.org.au
Website: http://www.fishcare.org.au
Land managers for Grantville & District Foreshore Reserve: Broome Court to Pioneer Bay.
Phone: 0429 452 808
Helping to create a more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable future.
Visit www.biosphere.org.au for more information about the Biosphere and our projects.
Details:
Location: Unit 2 184 Salmon Street, Hastings, Other VIC 3915
Email: admin@biosphere.org.au
Website: http://www.biosphere.org.au
Phone: Ms Cecelia Witton (03 5979 2167), Ms Karen Sprey (03 5979 2167)
Restoration and maintenance of shoreline and foreshore.
Details:
Email: penmanning@gmail.com
Phone: 0400 591 915 (Penny Manning)
Red Rocks Coastcare undertakes re-vegetation, weed control, rubbish clean-up in the Red Rocks area. RRCC is auspiced by the Phillip Island Conservation Society Inc.
Details:
Website: picsvictoria.org.au
Nick Stephens (snickers162@gmail.com)
Meg Anderson (meganderson213@gmail.com)
Rhyll Coast Action in conjunction with Bass Coast Shire Council work to revegetate the Rhyll coastline to minimize erosion and beautify the area with indigenous plants. New members are always welcome. Non-members can also join in with working bees, just ring Gabrielle or send an email.
Details:
Phone: 03 5956 9456 (Carmen Bush)
Email: ccbush@bigpond.net.au
Residents Group encouraging the orderly management, maintenance, supervision, protection & development of the natural, cultural, civic, wildlife, environmental & recreational resources of Smiths Beach.
Details:
Location: PO Box 735 CAMBERWELL SOUTH, Other VIC 3124
Email: phildressing@waterfront.net.au
Website: https://smithsbeachcomber.com/
Phone: 03 9889 1519 (Noel Halford)
We are a volunteer Coastcare group formed in 2007 by Rob Scalzo with Lars and Andrea who knocked on doors of 600 local houses and 65 people signed up! We meet at Surfies Point carpark at Surf Beach every 3rd Sunday of the month. We focus on weeds, revegetation and controlling erosion in partnership with Phillip Island Nature Park. For more information contact us at sbsbcoastcare@gmail.com.
Details:
Location: PO BOX 6003, Surf Beach VIC 3922
Email: sbsbcoastcare@gmail.com, Gavanoc22@gmail.com
Website: http://surfbeachsunderlandbaycoastcare.wordpress.com
Phone: 0422 174 217 (Gavan O'Connor), 0417 896 288 (Gayle Seddon)
Email: ventnorcoastcare@gmail.com
Judy Glover (judy.glover1@bigpond.com)
Meg Anderson (meganderson213@gmail.com)
