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Bugs and Blooms Weekend 2024

BUGS AND BLOOMS WEEKEND

Friday 11, Saturday 12 &

Sunday 13 October

multiple locations in Manjimup, Northcliffe and Windy Harbour

free only when booked in advance

limited places available so book asap by contacting Wendy on wendy.eiby@warrencc.org.au or text 0434811474

Join us for a weekend of macro photography in the Shire of Manjimups majestic forests and heathlands! Renowned macro photographers Paul Irvine and Beth Baker will be in town for a weekend of searching for our tiny treasures - peacock spiders and other macro invertebrates and our beautiful wildflowers in peak season. A great chance to monitor any impacts of last year's extended dry period!

 

Plenty of great events to join in on over the weekend:
 

DAY 1

Sundowner talk by Paul Irvine 6.30pm Friday evening at the Southern Forests Community Landcare office (Lot 908 Edwards St, Manjimup).  For more information click here

 

DAY 2
Wildflower Photography Workshop 9am Saturday at the Meeting Space, Northcliffe Community Resource Centre;
Followed by a morning of macro photography in Northcliffe and then at Windy Harbour after lunch (BYO lunch, water, hats, sunscreen or wet weather gear).  For more information click here

 

DAY 3
More macro photography Sunday morning at 9am, gather at the King Jarrah carpark on Perup Rd east of Manjimup (BYO picnic lunch).  For more information click here

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All events are free thanks to the support of the Shire of Manjimup, Southern Forests Photography Club and Northcliffe Visitor Centre.

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Please book asap by contacting Wendy on 

wendy.eiby@warrencc.org.au or text 0434811474 as spaces are limited. Children must be supervised by an adult.

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This project is supported by FRRR, through funding from the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund.  Surviving the Dry is the collective name for a series of five projects all designed to reduce the potential for community harm during times of drought by first building social resilience.

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