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We spent the first two Thursdays of the month clearing forget-me-nots, thistles and re-growth gorse in and near the gully below the Weerona Trail. On the Sunday we planted a mixture of flax lily, saggs, tussock grass and white flag irish, 100 in all, in Salvator Rosa Glen. An area was also seeded with wallaby grass. A very efficient team, …
This month we went through the area on both sides of the Glover track checking for weeds. Then it was maintenance of the grasses we planted in August last year above the Weerona Trail. It was decided to keep the plastic ‘sleeves’ protecting the plants in place for another year. Then we had one of the windiest days of the …
The first activity this month was spent finishing the work of cutting and pasting the old-growth gorse on 133 Forest Rd. Talia, the co-ordinator from COH bushcare was really appreciative of our effort there. The other two working days were spent on hand pulling forget-me-nots in the southern Providence Rivulet gully, below the Weerona Trail. Because it has been such …
The June activities went well, and we have removed most of the big old-growth gorse from 133 Forest Rd. Sunday was well attended with several new people. There is just one thing, when the COH tools were put back in storage, it was noted that one of the bright orange safety covers for the loppers was missing. We will be …
This morning I took two classes of grade 2 students from Lansdowne Crs. Primary School on a walk and talk through the reserve. They wanted to know what we considered ‘weeds’, as it seemed different to the weeds in their own gardens.It is lovely to see so many keen and interested children, and hopefully they will be the next custodians …
It’s nearly two years since we went through KR 26, the area south east of the Forest Rd. car park. We didn’t find much re-growth gorse , and the area is good for another two years. There are some signs of young people forming bicycle tracks, but not too bad. From the boundary to 133 Forest Rd. we looked at …
This month we concentrated on the area above the Weerona Trail, where we planted grass in August 2020. Hoeing and cut and dab the small thistles, bone seed and gorse. The grasses both old and new seem to cope with the dry, and this week’s rain would have given them a boost. On Sunday it was the area past the …
It rained a little on the first Thursday activity of the year, and we had to cancel the event. The rule is, that if it rains at 8 am Thursday morning or 1 pm Sunday afternoon the activity does not go ahead. You can’t ‘cut &paste’ when it is wet. Then I had to go to Victoria for 14 days …
Mona Foma kicks off in Hobart this Friday, and we’re ready to roll out our audio+visual project in Knocklofty Reserve! Cultural Burning combines a fire-inspired installation by artist Tim Coad, with a Sci Art Walks episode on Aboriginal cultural fire, featuring a talk by Andry Sculthorpe and Billy Paton-Clarke, with music by Emily Wurramara. The audio also features a special introduction …
November went well with a good roll up for the wayleave maintenance. With ‘lock – down’ of activities for three months due to covid – 19, the yearly morning/afternoon tea supplied by COH as our X-mas present was delayed. So Sunday 19th Nov. was agreed upon. As it rained that afternoon we had it at our place, and it was very enjoyable …