Author: Charlie

Slightly misty as we arrived and lots of water droplets on the spider webs. Beautiful. We worked along the reserve next to St Macartans PS. Removed all the Watsonias and smaller woody weeds that we could find in the section. A bit of a landmark as we have now removed all the Watsonias, Gorse, Burgan,…

Another session digging out Watsonias!! We cleared scattered small to medium groups along the railway from the Oakbank Rd crossing northeast for about 200m. So good!! This promises to be a wonderful display in spring – lots of wildflowers starting to put on some growth now.We also continued clearing the Watsonias from the south western…

Today mowed an area about 27m x 15m that contains a thick growth of introduced grasses. The plan is to mow again in spring when the introduced grasses flower (before they set seed) to advantage the indigenous plants that remain including Kangaroo Grass, Dianella and Lomandra.

Another couple of hours removing the mass of small Watsonias coming up near Oakbank crossing. Still plenty more for the next working bee.Also drilled and filled a large Sydney Green Wattle midway between Oakbank crossing and Bungower Rd.There were plenty of small birds active in the trees including the White-eared Honeyeater and Spotted Pardalotes.A variety…

We dug out several hundred Watsonias from the drain area between the Padua footpath and tracks, about 120m up from the gate. Most were quite small This is the area that we removed thousands from over the last few years, so to just find a few hundred mostly young ones here this year is a…

This Tuesday we worked on digging out the emerging Watsonia bulbs at Oakbank crossing. Quite hard going as the ground is dry despite the rain. We will continue to dig them at the next Tuesday working bee. We also began brushcutting the Blackberry patches that have been sprayed by NatureLinks (thanks to the funding by…

Planted 100 trees with the help of 19 Peninsula College students plus staff and Mt Eliza Rotary volunteers.

Ecomowing and woody weed removal near Oakbank crossing. Also collected scattered deadwood and consolidated into a heap to make a habitat pile and open the area for better indigenous plant growth.