”State of the Nation”
Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine
Thursday 1st May
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Tickets $15.00
Bookings: http://www.trybooking.com/EHAG
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Churches and settlement of Yandoit, Franklinford and Clydesdale
When: SATURDAY MAY 10th, 1.45pm for 2pm start
Where: meet at the YANDOIT UNITING CHURCH
Afternoon tea at 4.00 followed by optional visit to several local churches between 4.30 to 5.30pm.
See the May 2014 Chronicle for details
Dare to be square! … at the Guildford Music Hall on 17 May 2014 from 7.30pm, when APPALACHIAN HEAVEN STRING BAND will be playing and calling square dances!
24-27 March 2014 in Bendigo.
Of interest to farmers, horticulturalists, ag scientists etc.
”You are invited to attend ‘Soil Change Matters’ an international workshop concerned with the scientific investigation of changes in soil and their effect on critical soil functions and ecosystem services.
The workshop is hosted by the Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries, and supported by Soil Science Australia and the following Working Groups of the International Union of Soil Sciences – Global Soil Change, Soil Monitoring, Proximal Soil Sensing, and Digital Soil Mapping.
The workshop is designed to bring together practitioners in policy, science and management to address the questions –
• What is changing in soil?
• Why does it matter (impact, extent, critical thresholds, system collapse) or does it? Who cares and who pays?
• How do we measure change and are we monitoring important changes?
• How fast are changes occurring and expected to occur?
• Should anything be done about these changes – science understanding, technical ability to measure and monitor change, policies for intervention or prevention.”
Franklinford Brigade are much more handsome than these guys…
(from the Qld and NSW Firefighters Calendar, https://www.facebook.com/FirefightersCalendarQLDandNSW)
This summary has been compiled from various sources by John Ross, in response to a thread on the Castlemaine Bushfire Help FaceBook group page.
It provides advice and links about managing animals in a bushfire. Continue reading
Shameless self-promotion!
Well I put the website together, so occasionally I get to indulge!
This is my hot new band with Doug Owen (vocals, guitar), Sean Hanrahan (lead guitar), Martin Myles (drums) and myself on electric upright bass.
Come early for dinner and stay for the show. $10 cover.
Bridge Hotel, 21 Walker St Castlemaine (near the botanic gardens)
Present: June Smith, Stephen O’Connor, Roni Nettleton, Claire Collie and Benoit Oury, Adele Cammeraat and Kerrie Moore, Terry Willaims, Cheryl and George Teng, Ross Sartori, John Ross, Greg Pridmore, Steve Catterall, Cathy Westcott, Leslie McGilvray, Mary Grant, Alan Straub, Steph … Continue reading
The hot weather decimated the remains of the crop. The next generation won’t be ready for a month or so.
Facebook groups for bushfire information sharing:
Castlemaine:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/504594886306492/
Daylesford:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/286331024825528/
GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems. This is the type of software used by Emergency Victoria, the Powercor outage map, Victoria Land Channel, and Google Maps. This article introduces Quantum GIS, a free GIS application for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.
Quantum GIS software used to map 64 Mystic Drive. Fences, buildings, dams, etc, have been marked on separate layers. The base maps are from Land Channel and Google Maps.
What can I do with it?
You can:
- Import existing maps, for example, property boundaries from Land Channel
- Plot the location of particular features of your property.
- Measure distances without having to march around with a tape measure.
- Measure the area of an irregularly shaped paddock.
- Superimpose a contour map.
- Create layers for, for example, fences, water, buildings, geology, cropping.
The learning curve is a bit steep for the new user, but there is plenty of help available online, as with most open-source software. Here is an excellent Training Manual.
GIS software is a growing field of Information Technology and such skills are in demand. It has a multitude of applications in farming, forestry, mining, geography, epidemiology, conservation, defence and the social sciences.
Click here to download Quantum GIS.
Screenshot of Quantum GIS running on Linux
It’s on again from 24th to 27th January at various venues around Newstead.
See http://www.newsteadlive.com/
Tickets: Weekend $95 ($90 on line). Children under 13 free.
Youth under 18 $20 if accompanied by an adult .. buy at the festival.
Day ticket Sat, Sun $50…buy at the festival
Day ticket Monday, evening ticket Fri, Sat, Sun, $30..buy at the festival.
This map shows current outages, with a clickable brief explanation:
http://m.powercor.com.au/outage-map
I have added the link to the Emergency section in the sidebar (right).
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke makes the bold claim that one day computers will allow people to work from home and access their banking records.
Websites: specialising in WordPress. With a bit of flair, a bit of help, a few carefully chosen add-ons, you can have a site…
- like yandoit.net… you’re looking at it!
- or like this… taringastud.com.au
- or like this… mystichill.net
and you will be able to update it yourself.
Computer help: Windows, Mac and Linux
Mobile: Android and iOS smart-phones and tablets
LAN
Landline: 03 5476 4126
Mobile: 0419 588 679
yandoit.net has been updated to the latest WordPress (version 3.8) and the latest version of the theme. If anyone notices any problems, please let me know.
You’ll notice we now also have Share buttons, so you can share with Facebook, Twitter and such.
See this page for transfer station opening hours and fees: http://www.hepburn.vic.gov.au/page/Page.asp?Page_Id=170&h=1
Note that the following items are recycled free of charge:
- Batteries (dry cell or lead-acid)
- Fluorescent lamps
- Oil
- Paint
- Paper (non-commercial quantities)
- Bottles
- Steel
- Car bodies
Get picked up from anywhere (where possible) along the route (Yandoit/Franklinford/Clydesdale) in or out of Daylesford. The bus leaves Daylesford after 9am and returns at 10.30am. It leaves Daylesford at 1pm and returns before 2.30pm.
Bookings are ESSENTIAL – call 1300 44 35 34 before NOON the day before.
Child seats (0-7 years) and a hoist are available on request.
Produced by Alfred Selwyn, Mineral Surveyor for Victoria, in 1853, this map notes the vegetation types and distribution not long after white settlement.
See also:
http://www.fobif.org.au/2013/03/the-selwyn-map-quiet-calm-terrible-disturbing/
Click here to download the full-size map:
large.selwyn_map2-3.pdf