Balcombe Moorooduc Biolink

 This plan includes a program of weed control on the two biolink properties that surround that property that will protect the soon-to-be-covenanted bushland from encroachment of weeds as well as improve the quality of bushland on the two biolink properties.

The second cluster of 5 properties is on and around Range Rd, Mt Martha. It includes a 46 ha property with significant potential for establishment of new areas of native bushland. Planned biolink works for this property include 9 ha of revegetation, which on the Mornington Peninsula is a very significant area size for revegetation.

Four of the five properties in this cluster are on the north side of Range Rd and connect with the southern portion of The Briars, a 230 ha conservation park managed by Mornington Peninsula Shire. Engagement with the land manager and landholder of one of these properties has resulted in them applying for and been granted a significant Melbourne Water grant for weed control, fencing and revegetation along Stockland Creek, which runs through the Briars.

Improving the quality of the indigenous bushland on the Balcombe Moorooduc Biolink properties, particularly adjacent to waterways, will support water quality in the catchment, including the waters and bushland around Balcombe Estuary Reserves (44 ha of natural bushland along the lower reaches of Balcombe Creek).

By early 2023 Balcombe Moorooduc Landcare Group was already on its way to securing funding for further works in the plan and the group was holding regular working bees on Balcombe Moorooduc Biolink properties. The group was also collaborating with Mornington Peninsula Koalas on some of the revegetation works planned.