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The South Gippsland Conservation Society wishes to acknowledge that the Bunurong and Boon Warring peoples of the Kulin nation are the traditional owners of this land, over which they have never ceded sovereignty, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past and present and emerging.
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Conservation Society News
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Project Updates
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The Inverloch Coastal Resilience Project received great coverage in the 16 November 2021 edition of the Sentinel Times, with strong support from the Surf Club, Bass Coast Shire Council and the Sentinel Times editorial team.
The articles referred to the Surf Beach Coastline Recession Analysis recently completed by the ICRP team. You can view this analysis and find links to the articles HERE.
 As foreshadowed in a previous Newsletter, the ‘Rally Round Our Dunes!’ event will take place on 12 January 2022, from 10.30am to 12.30pm.
Please mark it in your diaries. A strong attendance will demonstrate to the Victorian Government and its agencies how much the Inverloch community and its visitors value the surf beach. The urgent need for short-term beach protection via replenishment of the remaining dunes will also be highlighted at the event.
A refreshed ICRP exhibition at the Bunurong Environment Centre will be open for viewing in early December. All welcome, and when you visit, please complete our petition for urgent short-term surf beach protection.
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Coast to Coast Resilience Project
The Cape to Cape Resilience Project team recently advised that a Project Update will be issued shortly, as well as their Community Values Study report.
A date for the next Stakeholder Reference Group Workshop has not been announced.
Philip Heath, ICRP Representative
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 Bunurong Coast Education
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Summer Activities Program
Bookings are now open for our exciting Summer Activities Program, scheduled from December 27 to January 30.
There are loads of activities to choose from including:
- Walking on Dinosaurs
- Rockpooling
- Paleolab
- Dancing with the Stars
- Inverloch Beach Erosion
- Wildlife at Night
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Summer by the Sea 2022
Summer by the Sea is an annual program of more than 300 free activities along Victoria’s coast between 3 and 24 January.
The program gives Victorians the chance to learn about the coastal environment on their doorstep while having fun at the same time.
Bookings will be open from mid December, please visit the website for program details and to book.
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Bunurong Environment Centre
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Wanted: Old pure wool blankets
The sewing group of Plastic Free Bass Coast, part of Bass Coast Climate Action Network (BCCAN) and SGCS, is sewing pouches for injured native wildlife to snuggle into, and we need old pure wool blankets to cut up and sew.
 The next sewing session is on Thursday 2 December at the Bunurong Environment Centre from 2:00 - 4:00pm.
If you have an old pure wool blanket to donate, or would like to join the group, please contact Michelle Ward on 0418 567 997 or email on michellew@ dcsi.net.au |
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Summer by the Sea Amateur Naturalist Challenge
Are you a budding photographer or movie maker with a passion for Victoria’s stunning marine and coastal environments and its inhabitants? Now is your time to shine! Make a short movie or visual presentation and submit it to our amateur naturalist challenge. Submissions due by 5pm Monday 10 January 2022.
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Coastal Geomorphology
In 2019 the Australia and New Zealand Geomorphology Group (ANZGG) held their five day biennial conference here in Inverloch and so many in the discipline are now personally familiar with our circumstances.
This video is the first of three that look at the impacts of climate change on geomorphology. This one looks at the impacts on coasts. The webinar is introduced by Ian Rutherford and moderated by Associate Professor David Kennedy from the University of Melbourne.
View the video HERE.
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Webinar - COP26: What happened and what does it mean for Australian farmers?
 Friday 3 December - 12 pm
Farmers for Climate Action are hosting this event. They have invited Dr Kate Dooley and Dr Natalie Doran-Browne, both of the University of Melbourne, to discuss where COP26 leaves farmers with carbon, methane and commodity markets, plus on-farm actions to take now.
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Monday 27 December Summer Activities Program begins
Monday 3 January Summer by the Sea activities begin
Wednesday 12 January Rally 'Round the Dunes - Inverloch Surf Beach - 10:30am
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Deadline for contributions
We would love to share your photographs and stories in the newsletter. Please send your contributions by Friday 10 December. Email to newsletter@sgcs.org.au.
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Newsletter archive
Read past copies of the newsletter in our archive.
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