Georgia Tacey caught up with Macedon and Mount Macedon Landcare president Kate Lawerence to hear about her love of Macedon and everything that happens with one of the Ranges’ youngest landcare groups.
What’s your connection to the Macedon Ranges?
I have lived in Macedon for over 20 years, and also regularly visited Woodend when I was child.
What do you like about where you live?
It’s green and spacious and quiet. There are wonderful places to walk, we have a community theatre and pickleball and Landcare! The community is wonderful and we are a train ride from all that a big city has to offer.
Tell us a bit about Macedon and Mount Macedon Landcare and what you enjoy most about volunteering there.
Our Landcare group is young (only three years old) and we have lots of energy and enthusiasm. We have an excellent committee culture, great ideas and a broad range of skills and interests. We are slowly building a local Landcare community and doing projects that are starting to have an impact we can see. It’s satisfying to be part of a group learning about and imagining a better future for our local flora and fauna.
Why did you decide to join the Landcare group?
The thing I love most about where I live is the beauty and peace of the natural world. Coming a close second is a sense of community and civic participation – put the two together and voila! I joined Landcare.
What sort of projects do you do with the Landcare group?
We have a combination of on the ground environmental restoration projects as well as community education and advocacy work. We have chosen waterways as a focus and have several projects focussed on regenerating the creeks that run through Macedon and Mt Macedon.
Where’s your favourite local place to spend time?
I don’t get there as often as I would like, but sitting on the rocks at Camel’s Hump at sunset is one of life’s great pleasures. I was there recently and the spread of the wildflower stylidium or triggerplant was stunning.
