Introduction

The Wandi Landcare Group (WLCG) has taken a new direction and is initiating activities for it’s members. We are currently running three courses from now till the end of 2009. They are exclusively for WLCG members and this year they are proudly funded by International Power Mitsui. I hope that over time, I will be able to increase the courses available. If you can suggest a worthwhile project for a course or you would like to join up and become a member so you can participate in a course, please feel free to contact me on the Contact Me page. Expressions of interest are also sent to me here.

Planned Courses for 2009

Native Seed and Cuttings Propagation Course

A Native Seed and Cuttings Propagation Course for 12 members will be run on the 6th September 2008 at the the Ngulla Community Nursery which is located 68 Born Road Casuarina WA 6167. The course will kick off at 9:30 AM and finish at 3:30PM. The WLCG will provide a sausage sizzle lunch.

We will be using acacia seed and olearia cuttings to work with and all the materials will be supplied by the Ngulla Community Nursery. The schedule is as follows;

9.30 am introduction and welcome, site orientation,
10.00 am chalk and talk, Q&A session, cuttings, seed, soil, pretreatment and storage,
11.30 morning tea,
11.45 take cuttings, treat and plant,
1.00 lunch. sausage sizzle is provided by WLCG. Tea coffee and milo is supplied,
1.45 seed selected species planted,
2.30 clean up. hygiene and oh&s Q&A session,
3.30 finish.

The 2008 course has been completed (see Photo section) but expressions of interest can be made for next year’s course now.

Safe Use of Chemicals in the Workplace

This course will by run by George Mathews at the Wandi Resource Centre located at the Magenup Equestrian Centre just before the Wandi Hall on a date in October still to be decided though it will be a Saturday. The group will be made up of 6 participants and the course is fully booked. There is still funding for a second course to be run next year so pre book your place now. The participants receive course booklets as well as certificates to keep. A sausage sizzle lunch is included.

Course covers the following:

• Methods of Weed Control
• Integrated Weed Management (IWM)
• Formulations
• Spraying Equipment
• Toxicity- LD50
• Poison Schedules
• Pesticide Safety
• Storage of Chemicals
• Disposal of Chemical Containers
• Weed Characteristics
• Weed Identification
• Selectivity of Herbicides
• Weed Infestation
• Principles of Weed Control
• Practical Spraying Demonstration.

Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) and chemicals will be supplied on a share basis.

Native Seed collection and processing workshop

A native seed collection and processing workshop for 12 members will be held at the Wandi Resource Centre located at the Magenup Equestrian Centre just before the Wandi Hall. The course date is Wednesday, 5th November 2008. Below is a breakdown of the day’s activities. This course is currently fully booked but anyone that is interested can give me an expression of interest. Lunch is not covered by this course so please bring your own. Morning tea will be supplied.

Time	Detail
0800	Meet at local venue
0805-25	Introduction. General discussion about seed collection and methodologies
0825-45	Demonstration of collection equipment
0845-1000	Travel to collection site Practical collection
1000-1020	Morning tea
1020-1130	Practical collection
1130-1200	Batching & coding of collections
1200-1300	Return to local venue and lunch
1300-1330	Powerpoint presentation ‘Provenance Seed Collection’
1330-1400	Seed testing – cut/smear test, examination and pre-treatments. Seed cleaning equipment demonstration
1400-1430	Voucher collections & herbariums, technical references
	Inventory systems
1430-1500	Afternoon tea - Questions and discussion
1500	Course finish

These Courses are Proudly Funded by