At the beginning of what has been predicted to be a highly dangerous fire season, Hepburn Shire Council has announced that the Neighbourhood Safer Place at the Hepburn Recreation Reserve has been decommissioned. Residents in the Hepburn and Hepburn Springs areas should reconsider their Bushfire Plans urgently.
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With the warmer weather comes the emergence of our loveable lizard friends – the blue-tongues! In the Hepburn region we have two species of blue-tongues: Eastern and Blotched Blue-Tongues.
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The best thing you can do now to assist plants to survive summer is to use an organic mulch on areas of bare soil but in Bushfire Prone Areas, a gravel for mulch may be more practical. And if you want to add the wow factor in your garden, plant some Kangaroo Paws in a group.
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November started very dry with only 8mm of rain in the first three weeks after an October that had only half its average rainfall. Fortunately, we had some reasonable rain in the last few days of November to bring the monthly rainfall to 57mm, close to the monthly average.
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Daylesford Rotary has four members taking turns to lead the Club during 2024-25. Usually a Rotary President takes on this important role for a year but this year three past Presidents and one other member agreed to share the responsibilities.
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