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Caring for Mount Eliza's Coast Earimil Beach rehabilitation success MEAFEC’s CoastCare has successfully expended three grants from Coast Action (Department of Natural Resources), rehabilitating a section of the coastal foreshore of Earimil Beach. Following the January 1997 fire on the foreshore a massive germination of boneseed and polygala threatened to over-run the native seedlings that also germinated. Volunteer working bees and the employment of contractors has resulted in the restoration of an intact transect of three vegetation types, from plateau scrub through cliff scrub to saltmarsh that is now acting as a reference area for further weed eradication along the beach. This is the largest intact example of coastal vegetation within the Melbourne metropolitan area, with a high quality area of vegetation known as Baxter Sandstone coastal headland scrub. |
| Mornington Council is also participating in this project, removing boxthorn from the foreshore within and adjacent to the Coast Care restoration site. |
It has been a most satisfying project to work on, learning about the local flora, and being part of a team making a difference. To be part of the team please contact:
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