Riddells Creek Landcare - Links to Other Useful Sites

Birds

• Birds Australia
• Bird Observers Club of Australia (BOCA)
• Native Bird Photos (the APS Keilor Plains Group photo album)

Butterflies

• Victorian Butterflies (Images and Info)

Frogs

• Victorian Frogs (Images, Info and Calls)

Snakes

• Victorian Snakes (Images and Info)

Lizards

• Victorian Lizards (Images and Info)

Mammals

• Victorian Mammals (Images and Info)

Plant Photos

• ASGAP Photo Gallery (excellent photo collection & detailed info on each plant)
• Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)
      ·  Search for Photos of Plants in the ANBG database (a fantastic resource)
      ·  Main Photo List (National Plant Photographic Index - listed by Family -
              a massive collection of photos!)

Plant Info

• Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG - Lots of Info on Everything!)
• IBIS (Integrated Botanical Information System - Search Multiple Databases for Info on Australian Plants)
• ASGAP Guide to Australian Plants (lots of info on Many Species)
• Australian Plants (Magazine - Back Issues Online)
• Royal Botanic Gardens (Melbourne)
• APNI (ANBG - Australian Plant Name Index - Info on History of Plant Names)
• What's its Name? (ANBG - Database of Australian Plant Names & Name Changes)

Pages about plants from the ANBG, ASGAP and other sites

• Banksias for the garden - or at ASGAP
• Boronia
• Bottlebrushes for the garden (Callistemon genus) - or at ASGAP
• Climbing plants for the garden
• Daisies
• Dryandra
• Eremophila
• Epacris and the Australian Heath family
• Eucalypts
• Ferns for cool climates
• Grevillea
• Hakea
• Hibiscus -Australian Native Hibiscus Family
• Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos genus) - or at ASGAP
• Melaleuca
• Mint-bushes (Prostanthera genus)
• Pea flowers
• Tea-trees for the garden (Leptospermum genus)
• Waratahs for the garden (Telopea genus) - or at ASGAP
• Wattles for the garden (Acacia genus) - or at ASGAP - or World Wide Wattle

Plant Groups

• APS (Australian Plants Society) Keilor Plains Group (this is the nearest APS group to Riddells Creek - a few members are from Riddells Creek)
• SGAP Victoria (Australian Plants Society in Victoria)
• Victorian APS Groups
• Australian Native Orchid Society (ANOS) in Victoria
  
• Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (national body; ASGAP )
• Other States & Territories
  
• Study Groups (eg. Banksia, Grevillea, Container Plants, Daisy, Correa, Food Plants, Orchids)

• Australian National Botanic Gardens (Canberra)

Weeds

• Weed Identification
• CRC - Weed Map
• Victorian Weeds

Nurseries

• A list of the Local Indigenous Plant Nurseries in Victoria

Retail nurseries selling Keilor Plains indigenous plants
(ie. plants sourced from the Keilor Plains)

• Newport Lakes Nursery (Newport)
• Keelbundora Indigenous Nursery (La Trobe Uni - Bundoora)

Nurseries selling mostly Australian Plants that are close by

• Green Planet Nursery (Sunbury/Lancefield Road)
• Suntuff Natives (Bullengarook)
• VINC (Victoria Indigenous Nursery Cooperative; Fairfield)
• NMIT Nursery (Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Melways 44 H1; Wed-Sat 9am to 4pm)
• SKINC (St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Cooperative; Port Melbourne)
• Greg's Indigenous Plants and Landscapes (Epping)

Other nurseries in Victoria and Australia with a website
(in order of ~proximity)

• Kuranga Nursery (Ringwood)
• Lovers Leap Nursery (Bungal)
• Australian Alpine Nursery (Falls Creek)
• Australian Native Farm Forestry (Cobram)
• Mildura Native Nursery (Mildura)
• A list of other nurseries in Victoria (list 1)
• Another list of other nurseries in Victoria (list 2)
• Click here for a list of Native Plant Nurseries all over Australia

Plant email lists & newsletters
(contacts to subscribe to free e-newsletters & publications)

     Publications/Newsletters

• St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Co-op (SKINC) Newsletter - skinc@bigpond.com
• Gumnuts (excellent questions & answers style newsletter)

     Discussion Lists

• Australian Plants
• Banksia
• Bushfoods
• Grevillea
• Hakea
• Isopogons & Petrophiles
• Rutaceae
• Stylidium

General Interest

• Gould League
• Plant Artworks
• Bush Food
• Bonsai

Local Friends Groups

     Local groups with web sites include:

• Emu Bottom Wetlands
• Organ Pipes National Park
• Newport Lakes
• Stony Creek
• Woodlands Historic Park
• Wybejong Park

The Environment

• Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES)
• Greening Australia (Victoria)
• Land for Wildlife (click on 'Native Plants & Animals' at this link)
• Landcare
• Permaculture Melbourne
• TreeProject
• Trust for Nature (buy your dream home or covenant your property)
• Western Region Environment Centre
  
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  If you find or know of other useful websites ...
  ... please contact us.

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