Community
22 November, 2024
Open day at Pallisters Reserve
THE Friends of Pallisters Reserve has invited the community to a special Open Day on Sunday, November 24.
The group is hoping local residents will enjoy the opportunity to listen to a special guest speaker and enjoy a walk in the bush.
Guest speaker for the day will be Dr Ernest Healy, a researcher at Monash University’s Centre for Population and Urban Research.
Dr Healy is a dingo protection advocate, a member of the Association for Conservation of Australian Dingoes, and also an owner of a dingo.
He has been involved with a submission to the Victorian Legislature to implement the protection of dingos as a threatened indigenous species.
Morning team will be enjoyed at the Orford Memorial Hall at 10am, followed by Dr Healy’s talk from 10.30am.
The group will then continue on to Pallisters Reserve for a walk in the bush with local members and to do the quarterly koala count.
Pallisters Reserve is a ‘Trust for Nature’ reserve managed by local volunteers.
It is a 254 hectare wetland reserve of which about half is native woodlands, home to indigenous species of plants and birds including koalas which are monitored regularly.
It is an important sanctuary for biodiversity in the region and brolgas, native orchids and other threatened species are found there.
