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In November we did our half-yearly maintenance of the wayleave below the power lines.The aim is to clear the area of tall growth that might interfere with the lines.The last Sunday activity was busy.We first has a ‘bird watch’ guided by Denis, though he said he would rather call it a ‘bird walk’,as listening to the birds was just as …

Our first activity went well and we weeded re-growth of gorse, boneseed, thistles, forget-me-nots etc. either side of the Weerona trail.At morning coffee time Greg Milne from COH was able to joined us, and we talked about a possible seating arrangement near the Bandicoot corridor.Then the COVID-19 hit a gain and we had a snap lock-down, so the bird watch …

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 …