Welcome to Angair
ANGAIR (Anglesea, Aireys Inlet Society for the Protection of Flora and Fauna) is dedicated to protecting our indigenous flora and fauna, and to maintaining the natural beauty of Anglesea and Aireys Inlet and their local environments. It was established in 1969 through the influence of a local resident Mrs Edith Lawn. Read more about our achievements over the last 40 years.
We hope you enjoy your visit to the ANGAIR website and will consider joining our Society. If you are interested in the environment, want to learn more about the flora and fauna found in it, and wish to conserve it for future generations, you will gain enormous satisfaction and enjoyment from being an ANGAIR member.
End of Year Celebrations at Moggs Creek Picnic Ground
We certainly could not have hoped for a better day for our annual walk and barbeque at the Moggs Creek Picnic Ground on Saturday, December 14.
Streetscape art
Next time you walk down the main street of Anglesea, look up. Kookaburras, kangaroos, Weedy Sea Dragons, dragonflies, Hooded Plovers and more are hovering above you!
The next 50 years......
2019 has been a very busy year. ANGAIR has been celebrating its 50th birthday in many different ways.
“The Biodiversity Bulldozer”: Impacts of Phytophthora dieback in the Otways
If you observe local native plants in our bushland or gardens turning yellow and dying very quickly there is a good chance you are witnessing the devastating impact of the plant pathogen that causes Phytophthora dieback.
Nearby reserves; Bells Beach Surfing Recreation Reserve
After our last excursion out into the ’sticks‘ to the Mirnee Lakes, I thought we should come back home to another Surf Coast Shire Nature Reserve.
Orchids in December
The Blotched Sun Orchid, Thelymitra benthamiana, has a distinctive brown-blotched greenish flower and an individually shaped leaf, which is larger than the leaves of other sun orchids, oval in shape and strongly veined.
Fauna report December
The heath has been a kaleidoscope of colour during spring, very appealing to many of our insect pollinators.
December flora notes
In November there were widespread displays of the erect spikes, or racemes, of the swaying Grass Trigger-plant, Stylidium graminifolium.
Events Calendar
Sun 9:30am - 11:00am
Friends of Allen Noble Sanctuary
Sun 2:00pm - 4:00pm
FEO Annual General Meeting
Tue 9:30am - 11:00am
FEO environmental weeding
Weed of the month
Freesia
Freesia refracta and Freesia alba X F. leichtlinii are declared weeds in the Surf Coast Shire because they spread easily and threaten to invade bushland. Freesias are perennial herbs that die back in summer and produce new foliage in winter. The highly fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers appearing in spring are white to cream and pink with yellow markings, shaded purple on outer surface. Each plant has at least two corms, one below the other, thus requiring deep digging to remove them.
More details about how to control this weed can be found in the archive of Weeds of the Month.
Sign up for membership
ANGAIR membership gives you access to a range of great activities and benefits. Learn more about all these benefits as well as how to sign up and renew.
Get to know your local Friends groups
There are a number of wonderful local Friends Groups that provide ANGAIR members and the community with opportunities for involvement.