Friends of Royal Park are doing a Bird Survey this coming Sunday April 30, 9-11am.
Meet at Trin Warren Tam-boore car park, Oak St, Parkville West, 15 mins prior.
Leader: Chris Nicholson. Binoculars and guides provided. All welcome.
Category Archives: Events
Royal Park Plantings – 25 JUNE 10-12 noon
Planting in Royal Park
When: June 25th 10am to 12 noon
There will be a planting in part of the grasslands in Royal Park.
This is first step in increasing the diversity in this special grassland area.
The plants to be planted are:
Austrostipa bigeniculata – Tall Spear-grass
Chrysocephalum semipapposum – Clustered Everlasting
Dianella admixta – Black Anther Flax-lily
Eryngium ovinum – Blue Devil
Rytidosperma setaceum – Bristly Wallaby-grass
Themeda triandra – Kangaroo grass
Entry is from Gatehouse Street at Bayles Street.
Car parking is in Gatehouse Street and surrounds but is restricted so watch the signs. Limits vary from 1 to 4 hours.
Equipment and morning tea provided. BYO gardening gloves.
All welcome. Do invite your friends.
Call Anne on 0412279156 with any queries.
Remnant Vegetation Planting 28 May 2016
Dear Members and Friends,
DETAILS – Planting of Remnant Vegetation
When : Saturday 28 May 10-12noon
Where : Ross Straw Pavilion (Melway 29 C12)
RPPG with Friends of Royal Park are getting together to help with the planting of another batch of propagated stock in the Remnant Native Vegetation Site in Royal Park West on Saturday May 28, 10am-12noon.
Meet at the upper, northern gate into the Remnant Site; accessed via the steps behind the Ross Straw Pavilion; parking available along the access driveway off Manningham Street (Melway 29 C12).
Equipment provided but BYO gardening gloves.
Morning tea provided.
All members, family, friends and neighbours will be welcomed.
Looking ahead:
Planting of grasslands in the Circle in June Date to be confirmed. Access from Gatehouse Street.
2015 Notice of AGM & Committee Nomination Form
Royal Park Protection Group Inc
Registration No A0035478L, PO Box 197 Parkville 3052
Contact Paul Leitinger (Convenor) mobile 0401 99 2000
Email: royalparkprotectiongroup@gmail.com
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015
AND
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting for 2015 of the Royal Park Protection Group Inc.
Saturday October 24th 2015
At
Flemington Community Centre at Debneys Park.
2.00 pm for 2.15pm start
GUEST SPEAKER: Rod Quantock OAM
Do join us for this important meeting.
The AGM will be held prior to the talk by our Guest Speaker.
It is intended that the formalities of the AGM take 30-45min.
Take the opportunity to catch up with other members over a cuppa.
Nominations are invited for the Committee of the Royal Park Protection Group Inc. The positions are: Convenor, Deputy Convenor, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee Members. Do consider nominating.
These nominations should be received one week prior to the Annual General Meeting. Please return to the PO Box 197, Parkville , 3052
If you would like to stand for a position and require someone to nominate you please let us know. Nomination form is here.
Hope to see you there.
Would you believe it – “Pro EWL Rally”!!
Unbelievable!
The Federal Member for Deakin Michael Sukkar has made the extraordinary announcement that he is holding a Pro-East West Link Rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament this Saturday 8 August 2015.at 10 am. See http://rallyto.buildthelink.com.au for information but on no account sign up to attend Mr. Sukkar’s rally! What a nerve!
Please attend with your tried and true placard/banner in support of the termination of the East West Link. PTUA will also be in attendance.
We have to respond every time this zombie project threatens to rise from the dead.
Note from Convenor
Dear Members and Friends,
Wishing you all the best for 2015
Thankyou all our loyal members and friends for your wonderful support through the year. Let’s look forward to being able to enjoy our park forever more!
Our thanks to the incoming Victorian Labor Government for the promise to cancel of the project and the Greens for their stand against the EW Link. Thank you to the hundreds of community organisations, local councils, in particular Yarra, Moreland, Moonee Valley and Darebin, inner city residents and local MP’s. Everyone who fought helped save our precious Royal Park.
However there are still outstanding issues to be resolved eg the inclusion of Royal Park on the State Heritage Register and the need to delete exemptions provided by the Napthine Government for the East West Link to be constructed through the Park.
The fight will continue in the New Year.
When the EWL contracts are finally cancelled we plan to hold a big celebration in the park.
Yours sincerely
Paul Leitinger
Convenor – Royal Park Protection Group Inc.
Lovely hand made cards available
Margaret, a committee member, has crafted a large range of beautiful cards. Dislaying images taken in Royal Park.
These are available at $2 per card or in mixed pack of 6 for $10.
Send to your friends or your favorite politician.
Email or call Anne on 0412 279 256 to place order.
MELBOURNE’S TRAFFIC MESS
Speech to the Annual General Meeting, Royal Park Protection Group Inc.
Flemington Community Centre, 8 September 2012
Kelvin Thomson MP – Federal Member for Wills .
There are many great things about Australia, but to my mind the greatest is the proximity we have to the natural world, to our physical surroundings. Continue reading
Snap Protest – Say No to East West Link – Yes To Doncaster Rail Link
Tuesday 21 August 12:30 pm Outside Dan O’Connell Hotel Carlton
RPPG joined with Protectors of Public Landands Victoria Inc. and Carlton Residents’ Association at theirsnap protest – Say No to East West Link Yes To Doncaster Rail Link next week. Continue reading
Meeting with Linking Melbourne Authority
Briefing Session by LMA to Community Groups on Drilling Program: A request was made that LMA brief community groups on the drilling program as a matter of urgency as – to our alarm – it had already started on the roundabout in Carlton at the intersection of Swanston Street and Cemetery Drive and in Alfred Street Continue reading