Friends of Braeside Park has a committee of management which meets monthly.  It is responsible for organising major activities and managing the organisation’s finances.

Friends of Braeside Park have many activity groups.  New members for these groups are always very welcome.  Contact Bev Bancroft Ph 9551 4578

The committee of management is responsible for  producing a monthly newsletter which contains up-to-date information about the activities of the Friends group and other park activities. Financial members receive a copy of the newsletter (click HERE for current membership costs and to download a membership application form).

NEWSLETTER EXTRACTS

There is a modern plant nursery at Braeside Park where Friends produce more than 20,000 plants each year.  All the seed stock and cuttings come from within the park or the immediate vicinity.  This ensures the integrity of the stock.

More than 200 local indigenous species have been found in the park.

The plants are used for the revegetation of the park.  Excess plants are made available to other local groups.

The group meets on the first Saturday, the first Monday, the third Wednesday and the third Sunday each month from 10.00am to 12 noon.  New members are always welcome.

INDIGENOUS PLANT LIST OF BRAESIDE PARK

From its beginning in 1989, plantings have been a feature of community involvement in the park.  Some current members have watched the trees they planted grow to maturity over the past thirteen years. 

Plantings are held autumn to spring each year.  They usually occur on Saturdays and Sundays.  Notification of planting days are always contained in the Friends monthly newsletter.  Community groups can arrange to plant a specific area during these regular days or during the week.  Schools, ethnic organisations, scouts and guides have all organised plantings for their groups.

Each Wednesday a group meets to work with one of the rangers.  Their tasks are varied – tree, shrub and grass planting, and caring for areas already planted out.

The trunks and branches of the dead trees in the southern area of the park would seem to indicate that there has been a salinity problem in the past.  To monitor salinity throughout the whole of the park nine wells have been sunk to measure the salinity and water tables on a regular basis.

This work is carried by a group of Friends.  The result of their work is reported in the monthly newsletter.

The Friends of Braeside Bird Group was formally established at an inaugural meeting on Sunday 29 September, 2002

There was a great deal of interest in future bird talks, outings, campouts etc.

The first activity for this new group was a Morning Tea with the Birds on 13 November 2006, where morning tea was provided by the Friends group.

For more information about this group please contact Ian Parsons, c/- the Rangers office Ph 9265-7300

Over a number of years records have been kept of the various bird species found in the park.  These records need continual updating so that changes in the number and range of species can be monitored.   If you are interested in becoming part of the team of people involved in this work you may like to print the following chart and take it with you on your next park visit.

BRAESIDE PARK BIRD LIST