We would like to draw your attention to two films at Swanpool Cinema coming up on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of January 2021, screen-shot from website, below.

They are screening as a double bill on the Sat and Sun evenings, plus a single matinee screening of "The Biggest Little Farm" on the Sunday afternoon, 10th Jan. 

You will need to go to the Swanpool Cinema website to book online; there are no door ticket sales.
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​There is also a limit of 100 patrons per session.

From the Benalla Ensign, Wednesday, December 9, 2020

'APC biologist Geoff Williams said Benalla had one of the best platypus populations of any regional town in Victoria, with good numbers seen in Lake Benalla and the waterways flowing into it. ...

"However the species is now regarded as near-threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nautre (IUCN) Red List, so keeping track of how populations are faring over time is of key importance," Mr Williams said."

"We already have good informtion about the Benalla population that has been built up over several years.  

"This is extremely valuable when it comes to management issues, such as planning te drawdown of water in the lake from time to time to eliminate the invasive aquatic weed Cabomba.

"However we really need more volunteers to keep the monitoring up to scratch.

"Standardised visual scans don't take huge amounts of time - participants only need to spend five minutes at each site.

So we hope people will come along and find out what is involved - it's easy, enjoyable and rewarding"

​For more information:

Australian Platypus Conservancy Official Page on Facebook

Australian Platypus Conservancy Website
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[email protected]

Rather fittingly, last week BSFG showed the movie 'Kiss the Ground' which is just one of many suggestions as to how to Celebrate World Soil Day!   Check out the World Soil Day website for lots of ideas, or simply get out into your garden or farm and till the soil for a while! #4Soil