THE Friends of the Inverleigh Nature Conservation Reserve\u2019s next meeting will feature a talk from a special guest with decades of botanical experience.<\/p>\n
Later this month, botanist and author Leon Costermans will lead a free presentation on the geographical character of the area within a 40-kilometre radius of Inverleigh.<\/p>\n
He said he hopes attendees come away from the talk with a greater appreciation on what makes the landscape shift.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe talk is about the geology and influence on vegetation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll cover the explanation and origin of areas like Brisbane Ranges down to the coast towards the Otways and west from there with the basalt plains.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want people who attend to have an appreciation for the diversity of the wider area around them. It\u2019s really to understand the nature of the geology influences what those areas are and what grows on them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Leigh River, for example, cuts deeply through the basalt and you see two layers of what\u2019s underneath the basalt. It\u2019s not just what we see on the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n
With a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Geomorphology, and a Masters in Botany, Costermans\u2019 areas of interests grew out of bushwalking in Melbourne\u2019s east.<\/p>\n
His talk will be preceded by a visit from a Parks Victoria ranger who\u2019ll update attendees about what the organisation is doing in the region.<\/p>\n
Friends of the Inverleigh Nature Conservation Reserve president Keith Windle said Costermans\u2019 appearance will be insightful.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really been the focus of his whole life, the bush and botany and geology,\u201d Mr Windle said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had a number of responses from people who are coming to hear him just because they know about him and aren\u2019t connected with our group.\u201d<\/p>\n
Costermans\u2019 talk will take place just after the Friends of the Inverleigh Nature Conservation Reserve\u2019s annual meeting at Teesdale Community Hall on Thursday, 25 May at 7pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Friends of the Inverleigh Nature Conservation Reserve\u2019s next meeting will feature a talk from a special guest with decades of botanical experience. Later this month, botanist and author Leon Costermans will lead a free presentation on the geographical character of the area within a 40-kilometre radius of Inverleigh. He said he hopes attendees come […]<\/p>\n