Current Activities
Recycle and raise funds!!
Why not consider recycling your beverage containers and if you do, choose the Rotary Club of Emerald & District as your donation partner?
The easiest location to donate to is the Emerald SES on either a Tuesday night (5:00pm to 8:00pm) or Thursday (11:00am to 4:00pm). Its a drive-through, and the SES members count your containers.
However, to donate without much fuss, you need to have your app set up. Go to https://www.returnit.com.au/ for details.
If Emerald isnt convenient, other locations can be found at https://www.returnit.com.au/vic/recycling-locations-return-it-vic/
Highlights 2024-2025
Committee Chair: Ken Miller
Team: PHF John Henderson, PP PHF John Richie, PP PHF Lorna Shaw, Pres Elect Peter Brock
ACHIEVEMENTS
Clean Up Australia Day
Thank you to Barry Plant Real Estate for sponsoring the signage publicizing this event.
Our Club worked with Emerald Scouts and St. Johns Landcare Group, St. .Vinnies and Friends of Emerald Lake Park
Areas covered by 36 Garbologists to collect 24 large bags of rubbish
Hogan Park and around the Emerald Secondary College by a highly active team of keen members of the Rotary Club of Emerald and District. other groups dealt with the top end of Wellington Rd and Puffing Billy Railway track in Emerald,
Rotary Club members supplied and cooked a sumptuous BBQ lunch. Brownies, Drinks & Fruit supplied by St. Johns Landcare
Rotary Club of Emerald & District Emergency Plan
In conjunction with Emerald & Surrounds Emergency Planning Group this committee compiled the first edition of our emergency action plan. All Club members have been given a copy so that should a FIRE or STORM reach emergency status then action guidelines are in place. This document will be updated each year to adapt to the changes and needs in our community.
Establishing Nesting and Safety Hollows for Birds and Small Marsupials in Wrights Forest
Due to damage to existing hollows in Wrights Forest by recent storms many traditional sites were destroyed. Using the expertise of Ecology Restoration Australia, our Rotary Club facilitated the establishment of 25 new sites in three areas of the forest. These sites are located at different heights and of assorted sizes to cater for birds and marsupial species such as:
Birds: Parrots, kookaburras, owls, cockatoos, and numerous other bird species that use hollows for nesting and roosting.
Mammals: Possums, gliders, bats, antechinus, and other mammals rely on hollows for shelter and nesting.
This project was completed in early May 2025. Signage will be displayed at a couple of entry points into Wrights Forest advising of our Environmental Project.
To find out more, click on the image below or click on link
Wrights Reserve Hollow Project
ONGOING PROJECTS
Pepi’s Track
Beautifying Pepi’s walking track in Emerald: This project has been delayed while we wait for Council approvals and direction.
Tree Signage at Emerald Lake Park
Also delayed, as there has been a change in the Friends of Emerald Lake Park committee and we need their expertise to identify each trees Botanical and common name and country of origin.
Overall, it has been a year where our Rotary Club has broken new ground for Environmental projects, and I thank my committee and the Board of the Rotary Club of Emerald & District for their support.
