In October 2015 a hundred Clifton Springs Primary School students celebrated the natural and cultural history of the Dell at Clifton Springs at an environment day.
The students joined teachers, parents and local community groups in an ongoing project to protect and improve the area. Hands-on activities introduced them to the area’s plants, animals and history.
The Dell Day also celebrated the launch of a new booklet about the area – Clifton Springs and Curlewis Coastal Reserves: flora, fauna and heritage
The 2015 Environment Day is the culmination of four years’ work by local community groups, environmental groups and schools to protect and enhance the indigenous vegetation of The Dell, Beacon Point and the Clifton Springs foreshore
The four year project included:
involving the local community – especially primary school students – in protecting and enhancing the area by informing them about its environmental and cultural/historical importance clearing invasive weeds and revegetating with indigenous plants not found elsewhere on the Bellarine Peninsula creating a plan to protect and enhance the area’s indigenous vegetation
