 $500
open prize
$200 student prize (21 and under)
Entries close 31 July 2010
Brochures and maps of the park available at the Visitor Information
Centre, Castlemaine Market Building, or click here
for a google map.
Guidelines A
photograph taken within Kalimna Park, mounted on mattboard.
Max size 40 x 50cm (16 x 20 in). Colour or monochrome. Must have descriptive
details of location, time etc.
Entry Forms (includes conditions etc): click to download as  or 
KALIMNA PARK is a bushland reserve
on the north eastern outskirts of Castlemaine comprising
175 ha. During the gold rush the area was almost totally denuded and
the ground turned over. In time, coppice regrowth has produced a box-ironbark
woodland with a characteristic ecosystem of plants, birds and less
visible wildlife. Over 28 species of different orchids and rare plants
have been identified. Kalimna Park is now a part of the Castlemaine
Diggings National Heritage Park(CDNHP).
Kalimna Point is close to the town and from the early
days was a destination for residents to visit as it allowed good views
of the district. Between 1903 and the late 1920s the community planted
a mix of European and Australian trees around the point and set up
benches, a rotunda and a direction finder. Remnants of these avenue
plantings and paths still exist.
Karrook Bushland Reserve. A decade ago the Friends
rallied the community to raise funds to purchase this 25 ha block at
the northern end of the park. This block contains the grave of the
unknown miner dating back to the gold rush (circa 1850s). The reserve,
now part of the CDNHP, contains mature ironbarks over 200 years old.
Eltham Copper Butterfly. Castlemaine is one of only
3 locations of this threatened
species. In spring the Notoncus ants
escort the larvae from the nest at the base of the Sweet Bursaria plant
up on to the plant to feed during the evening. The butterflies hatch
in early summer.
Friends of Kalimna Park began
in 1971 and have been involved in re-vegetation, weed clearing, walks
and enjoyment of the park. New members always welcome. |
