Total rainfall for 2024 was only around 648mm for Daylesford, 74% of the long term mean. January 2025 also was drier than usual. High summer temperatures combined with dry conditions have resulted in serious fires. Warm to hot weather normally continues to the second half of March before autumn conditions roll in, so fire risks will remain very high to extreme.
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The Friends of Kangaroo Creek, Wheatsheaf, have received funding from the Victorian Blackberry Taskforce to support their ongoing efforts to manage blackberry infestations along Kangaroo Creek.
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With the warmer weather comes the emergence of our loveable lizard friends – the blue-tongues! In the Hepburn region we have two species of blue-tongues: Eastern and Blotched Blue-Tongues.
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November started very dry with only 8mm of rain in the first three weeks after an October that had only half its average rainfall. Fortunately, we had some reasonable rain in the last few days of November to bring the monthly rainfall to 57mm, close to the monthly average.
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Victorian community and nature conservation groups are furious with the state Labor Government’s inability to legislate new central west national parks in central Victoria. Despite repeated public statements and letters to constituents committing to protect the areas by the end of 2024, there’s no mention of the Wombat-Lerderderg and Mount Buangor national parks on the final sitting week’s parliamentary schedule.
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Hepburn Shire Council (Council) has announced the receipt of a $93,000 grant from the Victorian Government through Sustainability Victoria for a research project on compost quality from the Creswick Transfer Station and the beneficial effects in Council-managed parks and gardens.
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The most recent Z-NET electricity audit for FY2023 showed significant gains in rooftop solar across the Shire, with 4MW of new solar installed in the year, bringing the total installed solar to 20.1MW, an increase of 20% over the year.
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October rainfall of 41mm was recorded on the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) site, half the 79.3mm average. Daylesford’s rainfall for the year to the end of October is only around 73% of the long-term average.
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Many Victorians have taken advantage of advantage of solar incentives from the state government...
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This year we have been blessed with a butterfly boom – the Caper White Butterfly! This species, which normally occurs in the drier, inland parts of Australia, is on a mass migration, driven by unusual recent weather conditions.
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St. Michael’s Primary School in Daylesford has been awarded a $5,000 grant for a Biodiversity Nature Trail as part of the state government’s Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants program.
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Although rainfall for August and September was well below normal, the Bureau of Meteorology continues to forecast wetter than normal rainfall across much of Australia for the rest of 2024.
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