1. science
2. biology
3. zoology
4. endangered species

OBJECTIVES: To stimulate interest in our
natural environment and to preserve and
protect Australian flora and fauna.
The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc. (FNCV)
is Victoria’s oldest natural history group,
established in 1880.
Today we have many special interest groups
which focus on: Botany, Fauna Survey, Fungi,
Geology, Marine Research, Microscopy and
Terrestrial Invertebrates. We even have a
group especially for the Juniors.
Members are welcome to attend activities of all of
the various special interest groups. Visitors are
welcome, but please note a $5 fee will apply to
non-members on excursions and $2 for meetings
(this is to cover costs and includes insurance).
Membership is open to any person interested
in natural history and includes beginners as
well as experienced naturalists.
Membership Benefits:
significant
discounts off a wide selection of
natural history books through our bookshop.
an
opportunity to meet
and
exchange
information and ideas with others who have a
passion for our natural environment.
weekly meetings with leading speakers in all
areas of natural history
regular excursions and field surveys
training and workshops
six issues each year of our prestigious natural
history journal The Victorian Naturalist which
has been published since 1884
our monthly newsletter the Field Nats News
access to our extensive natural history library
(individual membership only)
discounts on our FNCV publications
The
Calendar Contacts
Botany Group
Heather Eadon ………....……....…..9894 1236
……………….…heathereadon566@gmail.com
Sue Bendel ………..…..…………0427 055 071
Field
Naturalists
Day Group
Gary Presland………..…….………..9890 9288
Fauna Survey Group
Robin Drury………..……...…......0417 195 148
…………….....…...robindrury6@gmail.com
Ray Gibson………..………….….0417 861 651
John Harris………………...……. 0409 090 955
Su Dempsey….……...…….….…0437 172 333
Russell Thompson…...…....…...AH 9434 7046
Ian Kitchen…………………………...9795 7423
Fungi Group
Virgil Hubregtse.. ……………………9560 7775
Geology Group
Ruth Hoskin ………….......…………9878 5911
………...…...…..…..….rrajh@optusnet.com.au
Kaye Oddie ………....……………….9329 0635
…………...…….………...koddie@bigpond.com
Juniors’ Group
Claire Ferguson………….…….. ….8060 2474
……………………..……..toclairef@gmail.com
Marine Research Group
Leon Altoff………….…….….….AH 9530 4180
……………………..……………..0428 669 773
Microscopy Group
Philippa Burgess………..….…...0409 866 389
Terrestrial Invertebrates Group
Max Campbell………...………….0409 143 538
……………………..…...…..……AH 9544 0181
………...…...…….mcam7307@bigpond.net.au
Bookshop
Kathy Himbeck……….bookshop@fncv.org.au
Please be considerate when contacting
members by not calling too early or too late in the day.
Club of
Est. 1880
Victoria Inc.
Understanding our natural world
FNCV OFFICE &
LIBRARY HOURS
O f f i c e : Monday and Tuesday
9.30am - 4pm
L i b r a r y : Tuesday 11am - 2pm
FNCV Office, Library &
Meeting Rooms
1 Gardenia Street (PO Box 13)
Blackburn 3130
Telephone (03) 9877 9860
email: admin@fncv.org.au
Website: www.fncv.org.au
A.B.N 55 791 612 829
Reg No. A0033611X
Visitors welcome
at all activities!
October
Sunday 5th – Juniors’ Group
Excursion: Macro-invertebrate session
with Priya Crawford-Wilson from
Melbourne Waterwatch team
Contact: Claire Ferguson
Monday 6th – Fungi Group
Meeting: Planning for 2015
Contact: Virgil Hubregtse
Tuesday 7th – Fauna Survey Group
Meeting: Ecology of the endangered
Southern Brown Bandicoot in peri-urban
Melbourne
Speaker: Sarah Maclagan, PhD Candidate,
School of Life and Environmental Science,
Deakin University
Contact: Robin Drury
Sunday 12th – Botany Group & Juniors’
Group
Field Trip: Toolangi including Wirra Willa
Rainforest Walk
Come with Bernie Mace and see Leadbeater's
Possum habitat and enter a giant Mountain
Ash that thirty people can stand in!
Meet at 11am Myers Creek Rd and Sylvia
Creek Rd, Toolangi
Contact: Sue Bendel
Monday 13th -– Marine Research Group
Meeting: Refer Field Nats News for details
Speaker: To be advised
Contact: Leon Altoff
November Continued
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th – Juniors’ Group
Excursion: Baw Baw lodge weekend
$25 per person. Bookings essential
Contact: Claire Ferguson
Sunday 9th – Botany Group
Field Trip: Trust for Nature property
Meet at 10.30am, 800 Blacksands Rd, Three
Bridges. Turn left approx 1km after
Gladysdale (Mel X912 S4)
Contact: Sue Bendel
Monday 10th – Australian Natural History
Medallion Dinner & Presentation
The 2014 Medallionist is Dr Tom May.
Following the presentation he will speak on
‘A journey among fungi’. For dinner bookings
contact the FNCV Office
Monday 10th – Marine Research Group
No Meeting
Tuesday 11th – Fauna Survey Group
Meeting: Cameras surveys in Papua New
Guinea
Speaker: Dr Euan Ritchie, School of Life and
Environmental Science, Deakin University
Contact: John Harris
Wed 19th – Terrestrial Invertebrates Group
Meeting: Bees of the Bogong High Plains:
native bees, pollination success, weeds and
Apis mellifera (introduced honey bee)
Speaker: Lucy Johanson, Masters student at
Melbourne University
Contact: Max Campbell
th
Wednesday 15 – Microscopy Group
Meeting: Microalgae, with high algal
specimens for us to view
Speaker: Kumar Eliezer, Principal Biologist,
ALS Global, Enviromental Division, Aquatic
Department
Contact: Philippa Burgess
Thursday 20th – Botany Group
Meeting: Entwisleia bella: A rare, newlydiscovered marine and freshwater alga aka
“Hobart's Wollemi Pine”
Speaker: Professor Tim Entwisle, Director and
Chief Executive of Royal Botanic Gardens,
Melbourne
Contact: Sue Bendel
December
Monday 1st – Fungi Group
No monthly meeting
Tuesday 2nd – Fauna Survey Group
Meeting: Christmas Break up
at Blackburn Lake Visitors’ Centre from
6.00pm. Bring a plate Contact: Su Dempsey
Sunday 7th – Juniors’ Group
Excursion: Visit Kinglake with ranger
Tony Fitzgerald
Contact: Claire Ferguson
Monday 8th – Marine Research Group
Meeting: Annual Members’ Night
This is the final meeting for the year when our
members bring along items of interest and
questions looking for answers. I encourage
you all to come along to what has always
been an interesting evening and to bring along
your own item or question to share with the
group.
Contact: Leon Altoff
Saturday 13th – Christmas party
Join us for a round-up of the year, a prizefilled raffle and Christmas cheer.
For details see Field Nats News.
Thursday 18th – Botany Group
Meeting: Members’ Night
Bring plants or photos of interest and have an
update on the grassland at Clyde
Contact: Sue Bendel
Tuesday 23rd – Day Group
No Monthly Meeting
Wednesday 24th – Geology Group
No Monthly Meeting - Christmas Eve
Friday 26th – Juniors’ Group
No Monthly Meeting - Boxing Day
October
Continued
th
Thursday 16 – Botany Group
Meeting: The Virtual Herbarium
Speaker: Niels Klazenga
Contact: Sue Bendel
Saturday 18th – Fauna Survey Group
Stagwatch: An evening survey to look for
Leadbeater’s Possum, gliders, owls and
other nocturnal wildlife
Contact: Ray Gibson
Wednesday 22nd – Geology Group
Meeting: Snowball Earth
Speaker: Dr. Peter Jackson, Geologist
Contact: Kaye Oddie
th
Saturday 25 – Fauna Survey Group
Survey: Reptile survey, eastern
metropolitan parks Contact: Robin Drury
Tuesday 28th – Day Group
Meeting: Bees of the Bogong High Plains
Speaker: Lucy Johanson, Masters student at
Melbourne University
Contact: Gary Presland
Friday 31st – Juniors’ Group
Meeting: People and Parks Kinglake
Community Project
Speaker: Tony Fitzgerald, Kinglake ranger,
speaking to us about a community project he
was involved in following the devastating fires
in the Kinglake region.
Contact: Claire Ferguson
November
Sat 1st to Tues 4th -– Fauna Survey Group
Survey: Port Campbell National Park/ Bay
of Islands
Contact: John Harris
Monday 3rd – Fungi Group
No monthly meeting
November Continued
nd
Saturday 22 – Biodiversity Symposium
“Farming & Conservation”
Presentations by speakers with specialized
knowledge on topics such as regenerating
damaged land & conservation management
networks.
Sunday 23rd – Possible field trip –
to be finalised by end September. For more
details see Field Nats News or our website.
Prior registration & payment required
Contact: FNCV office
Tuesday 25th – Day Group
Excursion: Tierra Madre Wildlife Shelter,
Wonga Park
Director Adriana Simmons will show us
around. Meet at 10.15am at the car park of
the Village Shopping Centre, Yarra Rd,
Wonga Park (Mel 24 G11). $5 per person.
Prior registrations by 18th November
Contact: Gary Presland
Wednesday 26th – Geology Group
Meeting: Bioluminescence in the
Gippsland Lakes
Speaker: Phil Hart, Astrophotographer
Contact: Kaye Oddie
January
th
Monday 5 – Fungi Group
No monthly meeting
Tuesday 6th – Fauna Survey Group
No monthly meeting
Saturday 10th – Fauna Survey Group
Stagwatch: An evening survey to look for
Leadbeater’s Possum, gliders, owls and
other nocturnal wildlife
Contact: Ray Gibson
Monday 12th – Marine Research Group
No Monthly Meeting
Thursday 15th – Botany Group
No Monthly Meeting
Saturday 24th – Juniors’ Group
Excursion: Beach day
Meet at Blairgowrie Pier at 11am. Bring
swimming and snorkelling gear
Contact: Claire Ferguson
Saturday 24th to Monday 26th October–
Fauna Survey Group
Survey - Checking nest boxes in
Rushworth State Forest
Contact: Ray Gibson
Friday 28th – Juniors’ Group
Meeting: Sean Dooley is obsessed with
birds!
Speaker: Sean Dooley is a comedy script
writer, author of The Big Twitch, editor of
Australian Birdlife magazine, and holder of
the Big Year Twitching Record 2002-12
Contact: Claire Ferguson
Tuesday 27th – Day Group
Meeting: See Field Nats News for details
Speaker: To be advised
Contact: Gary Presland
Saturday 29th – Fauna Survey Group
Stagwatch: An evening survey to look for
Leadbeater’s Possum, gliders, owls and
other nocturnal wildlife
Contact: Ray Gibson
Friday 30th – Juniors’ Group
Meeting: Council member talks
Contact: Claire Ferguson
Wednesday 28th – Geology Group
No Monthly Meeting
Special Interest Groups (SIGS)
SIGS cater for everyone, from beginners
to experienced naturalists. It is a great
opportunity for beginners to learn more
about specific areas of our natural world.
Botany Group: All groups of the
plant world are examined: vascular
plants, algae, mosses, lichens and
fungi; there are also excursions.
Fauna Survey Group: Carries out
a program of wildlife surveys, live
trapping under permit, checking nest
boxes, stag watching and spotlighting.
Microscopy Group: Microscopes are
The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc.
available and practical nights are held to
demonstrate their use and improve your
technique.
2014 Yearly Subscription Rates
Terrestrial
Invertebrate
Group:
Studies all terrestrial invertebrates
(including freshwater) with an emphasis
on insects. A meeting is held every two
months with regular field trips.
Day
Group:
For those who
prefer day time activities; it offers a
range of speakers and excursions on all
aspects of natural history. Meetings start
at 10.30am.
Aims to widen
knowledge of fungi in the field. The
group runs forays, meetings and
workshops.
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**Additional Members (please specify adult/child):
our planet, the geological history of
the Earth, rocks, fossils, minerals,
the landforms we see around us - all
aspects of geology are presented by
expert speakers - plus excursions.
Formed
in 1957, this group amalgamated with
the FNCV in 1997, broadening the
scope of our special interest groups.
This group has an active program of
field research into marine life and a full
program of speakers.
*Note:Junior members receive the Junior Naturalist only
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Marine Research Group:
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$58
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Fungi Group:
Juniors’ Group: Encourages an
interest in our natural world in young
people and their parents. Monthly
meetings involve short talks and
discussion of exhibits brought in
by the
members. Excursions are
held most months, as well as summer
and Easter camps.
(All prices inclusive of GST)
Joint/Family (2 adults/4 children at same address)
Single
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Please send cheque
payable to The Field Naturalists
Club of Victoria Inc. or provide credit card details:
Mastercard
Visa
Meetings are at 8pm
(Day Group 10.30am & Juniors 7.30 pm)
at FNCV Hall, 1 Gardenia Street, Blackburn
(unless stated otherwise).
FNCV policy: non-members pay $5 per excursion
and $2 per meeting to cover our costs.
Junior non-members, $2 per excursion only.
**Registration 7 days prior
to camps is essential**
Cardholder’s name:
Exp date
Signature:
Membership Fee $
Donation - Aust. Natural History Medallion $
- FNCV Environment Fund (tax deductible) $
- General running of club $
TOTAL ENCLOSED:
$
Mail to: FNCV, PO Box 13, Blackburn 3130