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ANGAIR (Anglesea, Aireys Inlet Society for the Protection of Flora and Fauna) is dedicated to protecting our indigenous flora and fauna, and to maintaining the natural beauty of Anglesea and Aireys Inlet and their local environments. It was established in 1969 through the influence of a local resident Mrs Edith Lawn.
We hope you enjoy your visit to the ANGAIR website and will consider joining our Society. You do not have to be a specialist to become an active member of ANGAIR. If you are interested in the environment, want to learn more about the flora and fauna found in it, and wish to conserve it for future generations, you will gain satisfaction and enjoyment from being an ANGAIR member.
Read more about ANGAIR's special achievements
One summer evening Andy Gray from DSE shared his passion for marine creatures with 16 members, including five children.
I am finding it really hard to see so many of our plants suddenly browning off and curling up in the summer heat after the wonderful, luscious growth we have been seeing until recently.
The January walk was organised especially to use, for the first time on a bird walk, Angair’s great new spotting scope. A total of 54 species were identified.
ANGAIR has joined with the Friends of Eastern Otways and Parks Victoria in a project to replace the out-dated interpretive signs at the Distillery Creek picnic ground.
We were thrilled to have 44 people come along to the Distillery Creek Picnic Ground on December 10 to celebrate the end of another successful year in the field of conservation, and in particular to share in the installation of the new interpretive signs on the Distillery Creek Nature Trail.
Read more: End of Year Celebration at Distillery Creek Picnic Ground
A visitor from as far afield as Nottingham joined with members from Forrest, Melbourne, Barwon Heads, Torquay, Anglesea, Aireys Inlet and Moggs Creek for our December Nature Ramble that took us around the Moggs Creek circuit track. There certainly was a great deal of vegetation to admire as many species had responded well to the fuel control burn that was carried out in the area in March this year.
On one of the year’s wettest weekends in Melbourne and Anglesea (25th and 26th November), an intrepid group from ANGAIR prepared for the worst and bravely set out for Moyston on Friday.
Victor Hurley, from the Victorian Peregrine Project, spent a few days in this area checking on nesting Peregrine Falcons.
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Flax-leaf Broom Genista linifolia has escaped from cultivation, and become a very invasive, problem plant in Victoria. Plants can grow up to 3 m high, and often grow in thickets. The leaves consist of three leaflets with rolled edges, light green on top and silvery underneath. Yellow pea-like flowers form dense clusters in spring, at the tips of branches. Seed numbers in the soil can reach several thousand per square metre, and can remain dormant for at least ten years. Disturbance around infestations usually stimulates mass seed germination.
More details about this weed can be found in the archive of Weeds of the Month.
There are a number of wonderful local Friends Groups that provide ANGAIR members and the community with opportunities for involvement. Access a full list of Friends Group here.
Membership renewal forms will be sent out with future Newsletters but members can renew now by downloading the membership form here. As always, your support is very much appreciated, and enables us to continue the good work.