Events

Water Whisperers Movie

Re-scheduled date for Water Whisperers Movie - 20 March at 4pm at the Reading Cinema. $15 - tickets from the Invercargill Environment Centre.

Trip to Home Creek, Manapouri

9.00am Car pool from Museum. 11.00am at Home Creek for restoration planting. Lunch (bring your own) followed by trip to wetlands. Leader Edith Jones ph 213 1571.

Southland World Wetlands Day 2011

Southland World Wetlands Day 2011 - Waituna Wetlands Area.

Bus to depart Feldwick Gates, Queens Park, at 9.30am ($5 per person, bbq lunch and afternoon tea provided - booking essential for bbq). World Wetlands Day – Restoration of lower Waituna Catchment Wetlands

Saturday, 5th February 2011

A Waituna Landcare Group event, supported by the Southland Wetland Working Party.

Open to all to join in at any stage of the day, but registration for bus or bbq lunch is required.

Bus to depart Feldwick Gates, Queens Park, at 9.30am
($5 per person for bus; bbq lunch and afternoon tea provided)

10.00am - Gravel Pit
Welcome - Janice Kevern, Chairperson, WLG
Bonnie Rowell, SWWP
Dave Taylor, DOC
Gravel Pit Restoration overview – Gay Munro, WLG
Honda Tree Fund – Kat Robertson, ES
Planting tussocks & toe toe

10.45am - Waghorn property drive through.
Fish Friendly Drain Management – WLG Sustainable Farming Fund
AWAG - fencing programme and current projects
Donatia - preservation techniques

12.15pm Lunch at Waituna Lagoon lookout carpark (Kapuka South Community Centre – wet weather option)

1.30pm - Munro property drive through
QEII Covenant protection
Giant kokopu habitat
Biocontrol options
Riparian fencing and planting on Armstrong Creek

3.00pm Afternoon tea at Mokotua Hall. Displays. Otatara Landcare Group, Southland Community Nursery, Landcare Trust, SWWP, Arawai Kakariki
3.30pm Launch of new Southland Community Nursery website

Bus to return Feldwick Gates by approx. 4.30pm

To register for the bus or the bbq lunch please email [Enable JavaScript to view protected content] or ph Gay on 239 5827 by Wednesday, 2nd February.

Hidden Secrets of South Invercargill

Hidden Secrets of South Invercargill - a 2 hour walk. Meet at Kew Bush North Entrance (back of Kew Hospital off Elles Road). Looking at Kew Bush with John Tait and Alan McPherson, going on to the Kingswell Creek walkway and the Estuary Boardwalk. Leader Sheryll Ashton, ph 214 2319.

Te Rere full day penguin count

Visit Forest and Bird’s Te Rere Penguin Reserve in the Catlins for the annual full day penguin count. Two shifts 10am-4pm and 4pm-10pm. Contact Brian Rance [Enable JavaScript to view protected content] or ph 213 1161.