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Claire Dennis
Claire DennisClaire leads the Borrell-a-kandelop project. She has 30 years farming experience and a range of skills and technical knowledge developed during the 17 years she has worked for Greening.
Jock Hay
Jock HayJock, 80, has lived in the region for most of his life and is the project's champion, particularly last year when he watered plants through the long, dry summer.

Restoring the ‘resting place’ (Borrell-a-kandelop)

Borrell-a-kandelop is a regional Aboriginal phrase meaning ‘resting place for water birds’. Greening Australia chose this name for its wetland restoration initiative which has been ongoing since 2001 across the Western District of Victoria. 

The project seeks to restore and protect the natural and cultural values of local wetlands.  The project area of approximately 180,000 hectares includes nine lakes listed as sites of International Significance under the Ramsar Convention, plus about thirty other lakes and wetlands.  These sites provide resting and feeding resources for migratory birds, which visit each year from China, Japan, Siberia and Northern America. 

The Borrell-a-kandelop project protects habitat for endangered native plants and animals including grasses, herbs, fish, skinks and frogs. To maintain the ecological integrity of the Ramsar site, the project is focusing on integrated management of invasive species to reduce weed encroachment into native flora, destruction of habitat values by rabbits and predation of native animals by foxes. Over the Temperate Grasslands and Stony Rise Woodlands management and control of nationally significant weeds and invasive species will benefit threatened species, habitats and communities. In partnership with local Aboriginal groups, landholders and schools, the Greening Australia team has focused on revegetation works to control erosion and salinity, fencing to control stock access to lake foreshores and rubbish and pollutant removal to enhance water quality. 

The project is supported by Alcoa, the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority and Parks Victoria.   
 


The Borrell a kandelop story on George Negus Tonight (ABC)

This short video was filmed in 2004. Karl Dickson was the Greening Australia representative giving a great picture of the Borrell a kandelop project at the time.

Video courtesy of George Negus Tonight (ABC)

Project Achievements

  • Significant habitat restoration and protection works including 130 km of fencing and over 172 000 plantings.
  • Productive partnerships and broadscale community engagement.  Greening Australia’s Borrell-a-kandelop partners include local Aboriginal groups, over 100 local landholders, eight schools, Green Corps teams, international students and other volunteers.
  • Education programs including a course on ‘Managing Wetlands on Farms’ and a successful school-based threatened species program initiative.

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Salt Tolerant Plants  of the Western District Ramsar Lakes

An extremely  useful and informative field guide for anyone with an interest in flora of South Western Victoria, from NRM practitioners to land Managers and students. Published by Greening Australia in conjunction with the Australian Plants Society - Colac Otway branch.

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Newsletter Spring 08

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