Project description

Since 2017, VicTrack Landcare Grants have provided funding to the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network for its Pedalling the Great Victorian Rail Trail with Landcare project. The Great Victorian Rail Trail in Central Victoria provides an important ecological function, allowing animal species to move between patches of remnant bushland, waterways and state forest. The trail requires ongoing maintenance and supplementary planting to help secure and maintain its biodiversity values.

Project aims

Project outcome

Weed Removal With the assistance of community groups such as Limestone CFA, Conservation Volunteers Australia, Landmate Environmental Works Team, Yea High School students and contractors from Habitat Land Management and Landscape Change, the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network has controlled weeds along approximately 32km of the rail trail, targeting Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus), English Broom (Cytisus scoparius), Cape Broom (Genista monspessullana) and Gorse (Ulex europaeus).