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This month went with wayleave work from the Lenah Valley boundary to Forest Rd. We removed vegetation that might grow up and interfere with the power lines. The fine, new ,sharp, hand saws we were given in November were very useful!. Wayleave is another word for ‘right of way’, and TasNetworks has this across the reserve, granted by the COH. …
Hi Friends of Knocklofty, With the continued dry weather, the bracken and grasses are wilting, and it is easier to see the green gorse, so we did some roving weeding in areas KR 18 and 26. KR 26 is exposed to residential neighbours, and we talked about introduced plants like sticky wattle, Acacia howitii, cotoneaster and pittosporum, and how to …
This month we went down into the Providence Rivulet gully and looked for forget-me–nots. On the upper drier, slope it was good to see, most of the flowers were gone. Lower down there are still plenty to get rid of. Then it was on to an area well past the bollards at the end of Forest Rd. in area KR22. …
The first three activities of the year went well. We checked both sides of the Glover Track for gorse, broom, foxglove, blackberries and hemlock. Then we went to the open area above the Weerona Trail, that we cleared and planted nearly four years ago. The young gorse here was heavily browsed, even the thistles were nipped a bit. Sunday, we …