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FNCV Updates
We get many invitations to environmental events and conferences here at the office that we just can’t get to you quick enough in the FNN. Also, in spite of good planning sometimes meetings and excursions are cancelled at the last minute and in the past we have had no way of informing the club at large. In reponse to this, a new web-based forum was recently set up through the Yahoo Groups Network to increase the speed with which we can communicate with each other. We’ve had a great response so far from those who’ve signed up so I’m reminding everyone else to get online and sign up too!

When you sign up to FNCV Updates, you will receive regular notices informing you of relevant seminars, projects and events. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fncvupdates/ and follow the links. 
This is a moderated group available to members only so remember to include either your member number or your full name so I can identify you!  Hope to see you online soon! Any questions, please call Mimi in the office.

If you have queries about any of the events listed below these are the people to call:
Bat Group:                              Megan Davidson AH 9380 5062
Botany:                                    Karen Muscat - Mob 0411 219 940
Day Group:                             Gary Presland - 9890 9288
Fauna Survey Group:             Sally Bewsher - AH 03 9752 1418
Fungi Group:                           Virgil Hubregtse - 9560 7775
Geology Group:                      Rob Hamson - AH 03 9557 5215
Microscopy:                            Ray Power - AH 03 9717 3511
Marine Research Group:       Leon Altoff - AH 03 9530 4180
Juniors:                                    Wendy Clark - AH 03 9877 9266
Terrestrial Invertebrate:        Alan Yen - Mob 0409 194 788

Calendar of Events Jan2010

January

Fri 1st – Marine Group
Field trip to Point Addis. Meet at 4:15 pm at the car park 400m before the lookout at Point Addis. Contact Leon Altoff.

Mon 4th – Fungi Group
No meeting.

Tues 5th - Fauna Survey Group
No Meeting.

Sat 16th - Fauna Survey Group.
Stagwatch. Look for some of Victoria’s nocturnal wildlife (especially Leadbeater’s Possum) and enjoy an evening in the bush. Contact: Ray Gibson.**

Sat 23rd to Tues 26th. - Fauna Survey Group
Terrick Terrick N. Pk. TBC Contact: John Harris **

Tues 26th - Day Group
Meeting - See FNN for details. Contact: Gary Presland

Wed 27th - Geology Group.
No meeting.

Wed 27th - Bat Group
Grey-headed flying-fox count. Meet at Yarra Bend Golf Course carpark Mel 2D G7 at 8-15pm. RSVP by e-mail or phone Megan Davidson.**

Fri 29th – Juniors Group
Meeting - Presentations by Council Members. Contact: Rob Knottenbelt

** One week’s prior registration necessary

February

Fungi Group.
No monthly meeting.

Tues 2nd - Fauna Survey Group.
Evolutionary Relationships of Bandicoots. Speaker: Dr Mike Westerman. Contact: Ray White.

Sat 6th – Marine Group.
Field Trip – Fingal Beach. Meet at 9.50 am. Contact: Leon Altoff.

Mon 8th – Marine Group.
Marine plants and algae. Speaker: Val Stajsic. Contact: Leon Altoff.

Sat 13th — Fauna Survey Group.
Stagwatch. Visit the Central Highlands to search for the elusive Leadbeater’s Possum and spotlight for other nocturnal wildlife. (Evening excursion). Contact: Ray Gibson.

Wed 17th – Terrestrial Invertebrates Group.
Meeting . Speaker TBC. See FNN for details. Contact: Alan Yen

Thurs 18th – Botany Group.
Local algae ecology. Speaker: Mary Gibson. Contact: Sue Bendel.

Sat 20th – Sun 21st – Fauna Survey Group.
Pyrite Range & Long Forest areas, near Melton. Assist with erecting and checking of nest boxes, also surveying for bats and other fauna. Contact: John Harris.**

Sun 21st – Juniors Marine Excursion.
Port Phillip Bay. Marine sledding, Chinaman’s Hat seal colony, Gannet colony. See Nov ’09 JFNCV Mag for details. Bookings essential. Contact: Wendy Clark**.

Sun 21st – Botany Group.
Excursion - Flinders to look at algae. Details TBA, see FNN. Contact: Sue Bendel

Tues 23rd – Day Group.
The Yarra River, Speaker: Rod Ingham, Yarra Riverkeeper Assoc. 10.30 am. Contact: Gary Presland.

Wed 24th- Geology Group.
Kanawinka Geopark- The Geology that forms the landscape, culture and communities of SW Victoria and SE South Australia. Speaker: Dr Juliet Bird, Honorary fellow, Melbourne University. Contact: Ruth Robertson.

Wed 24th– Bat Group.
Grey-headed flyingfox count. Meet at Yarra Bend Golf Course carpark Mel 2D G7 at 7.45 pm. RSVP by email or telephone Megan Davidson.**

Fri 26th – Juniors Group.
Meeting . See FNN for details. Contact: Rob Knottenbelt.

March

Mon1st – Fungi Group.
Meeting - See FNN for details. Contact: Virgil Hubregtse. Tues 2nd - Fauna Survey Group. Wildlife of the Wetlands and Grasslands of inner Mongolia. Speakers: Damien Cook and Elaine Bayes. Contact: Ray White..

Fri 5th – Mon 8th – Marine Group.
Field Trip - Port Welshpool area. Exact locations to be determines on site. This trip is over the Labour Day long weekend, so please book your accommodation early. Contact: Leon Altoff.

Sat 6th – Mon 8th - Fauna Survey Group.
Bush Heritage property near Wedderburn. Come and join in a Fauna Survey. Contact: Sally Bewsher.

Mon 8th – Marine Group.
No Meeting.

Wed 17th – Microscopy Group.
The identification of foreign objects in food. Speaker: Mr Lee Kenedy. Lab Director “Silliker Australia” Contact: Phillippa Sterpin. Thurs 18th – Botany Group. The beauty of the family Sterculiaceae. Speaker: Trevor Blake. Contact: Sue Bendel.

Sat 20th – Botany Group.
Excursion - Maranoa Gardens, Parring Rd, Balwyn. Meet at 12 noon to look at native plants in the family Sterculiaceae. Contact: Sue Bendel

Sat 20th – Fauna Survey Group.
Stagwatch. Enjoy an evening in the bush, as we look for, listen to and spot some native fauna, especially Leadbeater’s Possum. (Evening excursion). Contact: Ray Gibson.

Tues 23rd – Day Group.
Visit to Melbourne Museum. Gary Presland (former Head Curator) will conduct a walk through museum. Entry free to Seniors. Meet at 10.30 at museum entrance. Melway 2B J10). Contact: Gary Presland.

Wed 24th- Geology Group.
Waste Management and Sustainability - Welcome to the Anthropogene. Speaker: Dr Trevor Thornton, School of life and Environmental Science, Deakin University. Contact: Ruth Robertson.

Wed 24th – Bat Group.
Grey-headed flying-fox count. Meet at Yarra Bend Golf Course carpark Mel 2D G7 at 7.00 pm. RSVP by email or telephone Megan Davidson.**

Fri 26th – Juniors Group.
Meeting. See FNN for details. Contact: Rob Knottenbelt.

April

Thurs 1st – Mon 5th (Easter Camp) – Fauna Survey Group.
FSG Camp. Fauna survey of private property near Balmoral. Contact: Russell Thompson.

Fri 2nd– Tues 6th – Marine Group.
Field Trip – Apollo Bay area. Exact locations to be determined on site. This trip is over the Easter, so please book your accommodation early. Contact: Leon Altoff.

Mon 5th – Fungi Group.
Meeting - See FNN for details. Contact Virgil Hubregtse. Tues 6th Fauna Survey Group. Meeting. Speaker TBC. See FNN for details. Contact: Ray White.

Mon 12th – Marine Group.
Meeting. Speaker TBA. See FNN for details. Contact: Leon Altoff.

Thurs 15th – Botany Group.
Mossing around at Lord Howe Island Speaker: Bryologist David Meagher. Contact: Karen Muscat

Sat 17th- Geology Group
Excursion. Mt Piper- A significant flora and fauna habitat; thanks to its geology. Leader: Ian Julian, SW Goulburn landcare facilitator. Contact Ruth Robertson.

Sat 17th – Fauna Survey Group.
Stagwatch. Join us for a few hours, as we look for Leadbeater’s Possum and other nocturnal wildlife close to Melbourne. (Evening excursion). Contact: Ray Gibson.

Sun 18th – Fungi Group.
Fungal Foray - 10.30 am Macedon. Meet at Sanatorium Lake Picnic Ground. (Melways 527 E3) Drive north uphill on Mt Macedon Road C322 through the town; near top of hill do not turn left on C328 to Camels Hump and Memorial Cross; about 100 m further on C322 turn right onto Barringo Road (first section may be called Lions Head Rd). Picnic Ground is about 1.5 km along Barringo Rd. Contact: Virgil Hubregtse.

Sun 18th – Botany Group.
Excursion - Harbury Reserve in Pakenham North. Leader David Meagher. Contact: Karen Muscat

Wed 21st – Terrestrial Invertebrates Group.
Meeting . Speaker TBC. See FNN for details. Contact: Alan Yen.

Sun 25th – Fungi Group.
Fungal Foray - 10.30am Greens Bush, Baldry Crossing (MEL 254 G6) Contact: Virgil Hubregtse.

Tues 27th – Day Group.
Meeting – Speaker: Leon Costermans. (Topic to be advised) 10.30 am. Contact: Gary Presland.

Wed 28th- Geology Group.
Something Old, Something New - The earliest and most recent invertebrate fossil discoveries in Victoria. Speaker: Clem Earp, member FNCV. Contact: Ruth Robertson.

Wed 28th – Bat Group.
Grey-headed flyingfox count. Meet at Yarra Bend Golf Course carpark Mel 2D G7 at 5.30 pm. RSVP to Megan Davidson.**

Fri 30th – Juniors Group.
Meeting. See FNN for details. Contact: Rob Knottenbelt.

Fri 30th – Sun 2nd May. – Fungi Group.
Fungal Foray weekend at Apollo Bay. For further details Contact: Virgil Hubregtse.

May

Mon 3rd – Fungi Group.
Meeting - See FNN for details. Contact: Virgil Hubregtse.

Tues 4th - Fauna Survey Group.
Meeting. Speaker TBC. See FNN for details. Contact: Ray White.

Tues 4th- Geology Group
Excursion (half day). The Synchrotron - Faster than a speeding bullet. The Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Rd Clayton. Max no participants 20. Contact: Ruth Robertson.**

Sun 9th – Fungi Group.
Fungal Foray - 10.30am Bunyip State Park (Gembrook), Mortimer Reserve Picnic Ground, off the Gembrook-Tonimbuk Road (MEL key map 14). Contact: Virgil Hubregtse.

Mon 10th – Marine Group.
Meeting – Field Trip Roundup. Discussion and images of the animals found during this year’s field work. Contact: Leon Altoff.

Sat 15th –Sun 16th – Fauna Survey Group.
Rushworth. Help check, maintain & put up nest boxes. Contact: Ray Gibson.

Wed 19th - Microscopy Group.
Meeting. See FNN for details. Contact: Phillippa Sterpin.

Thurs 20th – Botany Group.
Meeting. Speaker TBA see FNN for details. Contact: Karen Muscat.

Sun 23rd – Botany Group.
Excursion – TBA see FNN for details. Contact: Karen Muscat.

Tues 25th – Day Group.
Meeting – See FNN for details. Contact: Gary Presland.

Wed 26th- Geology Group.
Evolution and Anatomy of Early Devonian lungfish-Osteichthyes Dipnoi. Speaker: Alice Clement, Museum Victoria and Research school of Earth Sciences, ANU. Contact: Ruth Robertson.

Wed 26th – Bat Group.
Grey-headed flyingfox count. Meet at Yarra Bend Golf Course carpark Mel 2D G7 at 5.00 pm. RSVP by email or phone Megan Davidson.**

Fri 28th – Juniors Group.
Meeting. See FNN for details. Contact: Rob Knottenbelt.