Category: Annual Reports

The past year was planned as one of consolidation and reflection. Without a President and Vice President we have limited activities to our ongoing projects and continued advocacy for our wildlife carers and our native flora and fauna. This has resulted in a slightly reduced workload for our Committee Members, while maintaining focus on our objective of protecting and enhancing the biodiversity of the Venus Bay peninsula. We greatly appreciate the ongoing support of our members. …

2017 has seen transitions motivated by structural changes to several of the organisations we traditionally work with. Parks Victoria, the South Gippsland Landcare Network and South Gippsland Shire Council have all experienced a reduction in funding for on ground conservation work and changes to how they interact with community volunteers. With an emphasis on working with online technologies, these changes have required our volunteers to attend training sessions, initiate our own volunteer training, as well as maintaining the strong advocacy…

This year marks a decade of community volunteer work since the Friends of Venus Bay Peninsula incorporated in 2006. Though outcomes for environmental advocacy are often measured across longer periods of time, a decade provides a useful time frame to consider what has been achieved so far, and a point of reference for where we might be heading in future years. Download FVBP Annual Report 2016

The Committee and membership have been active this year delivering many ongoing projects and other activities that foster our objective of protecting and enhancing the biodiversity of the Venus Bay peninsula. The success of our projects is due to the huge volunteer effort of our members and the support of our project partners. Download FVBP Annual Report 2015

The Committee and membership have been active this year delivering many ongoing projects  and other activities that foster our objective of protecting and enhancing the biodiversity of the Venus Bay peninsula. The success of our projects is due to the huge volunteer effort of our members and the support of our  project partners. Thank you to all. Download Annual Report 2014 (PDF)

The committee and membership have been active this year delivering many ongoing projects and other activities that forster our objective of protecting and enhancing the biodiversity of the Venus Bay peninsula. The success of our projects is due to the huge volunteer effort of our members and the support of our project partners. Download Annual Report 2013 (PDF)

The website has been an invaluable tool since the launch in 2010, and is especially useful for new landowners at Venus Bay who can access information from the website free of charge and without commitment to being part of a group. There is great potential for the website to include more interactive opportunities for members and non members who visit the site e.g. wildlife videos, FVBP Facebook page. Download Annual Report 2011 (PDF)