General News
13 March, 2023
Easter egg hunt demise
INCREASED Parks Victoria red-tape for holding events has been cited by Friends of Kooyoora for dropping two major activities. Convenor Robert Scholes said the annual Easter egg hunt and Kooyoora Spring Festival would not be held this year.“Even in...
INCREASED Parks Victoria red-tape for holding events has been cited by Friends of Kooyoora for dropping two major activities.
Convenor Robert Scholes said the annual Easter egg hunt and Kooyoora Spring Festival would not be held this year.
“Even in the light of increases in followers and members, and the success of many of our regular activities and annual events, the group has found that decreasing active volunteer numbers and increasing bureaucracy requirements to hold events in Parks Vic parks and reserves has led to the organisation deciding that many of the activities and projects that it previously conducted are no longer viable,” he said.
“The bureaucracy in terms of paperwork has got beyond a joke. It’s facing every organisation.”
Friends of Kooyoora committee has also decided not to run local bushland tours this year.
Mr Scholes said the group would instead focus on major projects including production of a new local butterfly, dragonfly and damselfly field guide, the bush colours book project, documentation of local rare and endangered flora and establishing weather stations in Kooyoora Ephemeral Soaks.
He said the group also aimed to provide connection and resources to the community through its resource centre at Bridgewater.
Regular activities would be conducted at the centre on Sundays, Mr Scholes said.