Coastcare Grants Program 2012

Applications for the Coastcare Community Grants have now closed. Stay tuned for the next round of Coastcare Victoria Grants.

Victorian communities and volunteers play a key role in the ongoing protection and conservation of our coastal landscapes. To support these community groups and their activities, funding is provided through the Coastcare Victoria Community Grants Program. Grants of between $2,000 and $25,000 will be provided to successful applicants for works on conservation projects along the Victorian coast.

The Grants Program is a partnership between Australian Government's Caring for our Country program and the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Coastcare program. The aim of the Grants Program is to protect the ecological integrity of Victoria's coastal ecosytems by funding on-ground conservation works undertaken by volunteer groups.

To find out more about Coastcare Grants, please contact your local Coastcare Facilitator

Projects funded 2011 - 2012

Albert River Landcare Group - Protecting biodiversity and enhancing community partnerships in the corner inlet and Nooramung Marine Park area ($6,600)
Balcome Estuary Rehabilitation Group Inc. (BERG) - A Follow-up Program for the Protection and Rehabilitation of Mt Martha Coastal Ecosystems Linking Foreshore, Estuarine and Riparian Habitats ($19,998)
Cape Paterson Residents and Ratepayers Association - Stabilising and protecting Cape Paterson’s remnant dune ecosystem by removing invasive and noxious weeds and revegetating with indigenous plants. ($17,930)
Friends of Cape Liptrap - Restoration and protection of the coastal heathland surrounding Cape Liptrap lighthouse ($2,790)
Friends of Chinamans Creek - Ongoing recovery of seven native orchid populations on the Capel Sound Foreshore ($10,000)
Friends of the Hooded Plover - Installation of exclusion fencing to improve the breeding success of the Hooded plovers on the Mornington Peninsula ($25,000)
Heytesbury District Landcare Network - A Landscape approach to developing best practise for Arum Lily control in Swamp scrub communities ($25,000)
Juc Coast Action - Sustaining the fury - Tackling Gazania on the Jan Juc cliffs continues ($4,070)
Mornington Environment Association Inc - Linking habitat from Coast Banksia Woodland to Tanti Creek Mouth, Mills Beach Mornington ($7,805.65)
Point Danger CoM Inc - Boneseed education including training and education of volunteers and adjoining land managers in weed management ($25,000)
Sandy Point Foreshore Committee of Management - Coastal weeds at sandy point - a community problem ($4,880)
Somers Foreshore Committee of Management - The strategic plan to expand and connect the restored bushland of Somers foreshore ($14,300)
South Gippsland Landcare Network - Protecting the Bunorong coast against WONS ($7,986)
Sunshine Reserve Conservation and Fireguard Group - Rehabilitation of lower sunshine creek, esplanade and foreshore- removal of WONS ($5,925)
Three Creeks Landcare Group - Enhancement and protection of the Kilcunda coastal reserve focussing on threatened EVCs, hooded plover habitat, WONS and coastal community engagement ($25,000)
Warrnambool Mountain Bike Club - Thunder point coastal reserve woody weed control ($21,939.50)

Projects funded 2009 - 2011

These projects address priority coastal issues including the protection of Ramsar wetlands, conservation of threatened species and the protection and restoration of threatened ecological communities. Successful projects include:

Small Grants Projects

ANGAIR - Protection of a Remnant Stand of Moonah Woodland in Anglesea ($5,000)

Balnarring Foreshore Parks and Reserves Committee Inc. - Removal of Polygala myrtifolia, Dolichos lignose and other woody weeds ($5,000)

Balcolme Esturary Rehabilitation Group – Mount Martha Foreshore Restoration Project ($4,940)

Fawthrop Wetlands Coastcare Group - Putting the ‘We’ into Wetlands ($5,000)

Friends of Chinamans Creek Inc - Chinamans Creek 'The Skink Link' Interpretation Trail ($4,200)

Friends of Edwards Point - Enhancement of Coastal Saltmarsh Community, Edwards Point Wildlife Reserve ($790)

Friends of Queens Park - Weed Control in Queens Park ($5,000)

Friends of the Hooded Plover - Hooded Plover Protection in the Mornington Peninsula National Park ($976)

Friends of Watkins Bay - Making a Difference Locally Through a Public Working Bee with Friends of Watkins Bay ($825)

Friends of Williams Road Beach - Communities restoring and extending habitat, Williams Rd Beach, Mt Eliza ($4,999)

Hopkins Point Landcare Group - Protecting the Coast: Hopkins Point Sand Blow Control ($4,362)

Jan Juc Coast Action - Tackling Ganzania on the Jan Juc Cliffs ($4,500)

McCrae Homestead Coastal Group Inc - McCrae Foreshore Restoration 2008-2012 ($4,545)

Merricks Beach Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management - Eradicate Ivy from Reserve and Replant with Indigenous Plants ($5,000)

Phillip Island Nature Park - Coastcare Revegetation Day and Coastal Ambassadors Camp ($3,400)

Somers School Camp - Coastal Banksia Woodland Regeneration ($2,883)

St Bede's College - Shearwater Habitat and Coastal Revegetation Protection Project ($4,050)

Medium Scale Projects

ANGAIR - Dune Rehabilitation Pt Roadknight ($5,000)
Bellarine Landcare Group Inc - Protection of Coastal Saltmarsh on private land adjacent to the Ramsar site of Lake Connewarre ($25,610)

Cape Paterson Residents and Ratepayers Association - Protecting the Ecological Integrity of Cape Paterson Coastal Dunes by Controlling Weeds of National Significance and Revegetating with Indigenous Species ($19,255)

Conservation Volunteers - Conservation Volunteers for Coastal Protection ($44,600)

Dromana Foreshore Committee of Management - Coastal Banksia Recovery and Associated Bridal Creeper Control Program ($30,080)

Friends of Beware Reef - Monitoring the threats to Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary ($13,545)

Friends of Buckley Park - Landscape-scale Conservation of Coastal Moonah Woodland Community between Pt Londsale and Ocean Grove ($41,734)

Friends of Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands - Protect and enhance the biodiversity values at Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands ($30,000)

Friends of the Marine Discovery Centre Sand Dune Revegetation - An edu-action Program ($19,160)

Hamers Haven Residents and Ratepayers Group - Constructing the Coal Creek, Harmers Haven Boardwalk/Bridge ($26,900)

Heytesbury and District Landcare Network - Gellibrand to Curdies EstuaryCare Program ($50,000)

Narrawong and District Primary School - Schools Leading the Community: Rehabilitating Narrawong Dune Vegetation and Wetlands ($25,300)

Nelson Coastcare Inc - Glenelg River Estuary and Discovery Bay Coastal Parks ($49,250)

Otway Coast Committee - Protecting the Hooded Plover and its Habitat from Wye River to Castles Beach ($15,841)

Phillip Island Nature Park - Protection of Short-Tail Shearwaters and Hooded Plovers at Berry's Beach, Phillip Island ($10,000)

South Gippsland Landcare Network - Coastal Gippsland Bridal Creeper Program - leading the way to sustained long term community management ($11,500)

Sunshine Reserve Conservation & Fireguard Group - Rehabilitation of Upper Sunshine Waterview Rise site ($4,700)

Surf Coast and Inland Plains Network - Increasing landscape scale conservation though 'Planet Days' on the Surf Coast ($48,975)

Three Creeks Landcare - Protection and Enhancement of the Kilcunda Coastal Reserve through Coastal Community Engagement and Pest and Animal Control ($32,100)

Ventnor West Coast Action Group - Protection of Short-tailed Shearwaters and Hooded Plovers at Ventnor West, Philip Island ($18,700)

Victorian National Parks Association Inc - Filling the Gaps: Revealing Victoria's Hidden Marine Treasures ($49,550)

Woodside Landcare Group Inc - Connecting Jack Smiths Land and remant vegetation ($11,800)

YMCA - Anglesea Recreation Camp Control of Coarse Dodder-laurel ($5,000)

Indigenous Coastcare Projects

Peek Whurrong Coastcare - The Basin Midden and Dune Protection Project ($15,345)

Further information is available by contacting the Coastcare Grants Program Manager on (03) 9637 8957