Fishcare Geelong/Bellarine has had a great month conducting school clinics with Whyndam Central College in Werribee and Saint Francis Xavier College in Corio. This marks the start of our school programs for the year as the group continues to gain momentum in the region. We have also under taken volunteer training to get our volunteers…
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Within the Port Phillip Bay region, we have been working on further strengthening is our Partnership with The Portsea Camp. The Portsea Camp is a not-for-profit organisation who run five week-long school holiday camps for disadvantaged and rurally isolated children aged between 9 and 16 years, these are our Making A Difference (MAD) camps. As…
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Over a period of 9 days Central has attended the Ballarat special school where students were instructed in knot tying, bag and size limits, bait ID then went fishing to Lake Esmond in Ballarat for 3 short sessions then to St Georges Lake in Creswick for another 3 Sessions. Central Highlands attended the Nagambie fishing…
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Each year in Port Phillip Bay, there has been an increasing awareness of the incredible migration of the Spider Crabs around the Piers of the south eastern side of the bay. There is little known about why specifically Port Phillip Bay or why this time of year – it is thought it potentially has something…
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Fishcare Geelong/Bellarine combined forces with Fishcare Melbourne Mornington Peninsula and Westernport (MMPW) to deliver the first VicFishKids of 2019. Each VicFishKids are a fun and free event for families to learn how to cast, tie knots and of course to try and catch some fish! The VicFishKids at Williamstown celebrated Cultural diversity in fishing with…
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For over 10 years, Fishcare East Gippsland has supported the Nagle College Year 9, Eco-warrior science students. The Mitchell River flows through the edge of the school grounds and originally was heavily impacted and degraded over with major loss of native vegetation and bank erosion. Science Teacher – Andrea Savage created the Eco-warriors program over…
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January is always a busy month for the Fishcare EG volunteers with the delivery of “Come Try Fishing workshops” as part of the Coastcare Summer by the Sea program to the holiday makers enjoying the great weather along the East and Far East Coast. Eight workshops were conducted along the coast with a 279 participants…
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Fishcare Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula and Westernport had a very busy summer running our community Come and Try Fishing series with great success! We ran 3 Come & Try Fishing sessions in Carrum, Wheelers Hill, Elwood and unfortunately due to extreme heat had to cancel our 4th session at Albert Park. The first fishing session on…
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At the Fishcare East Gippsland March General Meeting held on the 4th of March, Martin annouced to everyone that he will be resigning on this day from his duties as a Fishcare volunteer. Martin has been with Fishcare East Gippsland for 10 years and has been instrumental part of the Fishcare Program on a state…
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I first started volunteering with Fishcare in the South West to help me gain workplace skills while studying an Environmental Science degree (Fisheries Management and Aquaculture) at Deakin University in Warrnambool. 14 years later I’m still volunteering but it’s to see the look of excitement on a young persons face when they catch their first…
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