The Macedon and Mount Macedon region has a new landcare group.
A launch event was staged last month at the Macedon and Mount Macedon Community House and included a Welcome to Country by Aunty Karen Jones.
Macedon Ranges Shire mayor Annette Death and deputy mayor Jennifer Anderson spoke about the critical role that volunteer environmental community groups played in protecting the region’s environment.
Greg Boldiston, a well-known local with a passion for natural science, spoke about the geological history of the mountain.
A strong focus of the new landcare group will be local waterways.
Group president Kate Lawrence highlighted the vital role waterways played in connecting every aspect of the local ecosystem, referencing how the platypus was emblematic of the condition of the region’s waterways.
“My dream is to imagine our waterways fit for the reintroduction of platypus,” she said.
“The magnitude of the task can feel overwhelming, but the history of landcare is one of hope. And being in and of community, and taking action through landcare we have the perfect counterweights to being overwhelmed.”
For more information or to get involved with the group, email: mmm.landcare@gmail.com and request to be put on the e-list.
