Author Archives: John Mc

Thursday Team Plan – 11/4/2024

The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to tackle BW-35 (on the northern side of the Blacks Walk bridge), then BW-27 and BW-33 in Blacks Walk. There’s a fair bit of work at BW-35 though BW-27/BW-33 just need a … Continue reading

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Park News, March 2024

Our photo shows a couple of Chestnut Tealings enjoying a paddle during the heatwave earlier in March. March turned out to be a record dry month for Melbourne – our weeders tell us they’re starting to feel sorry for the … Continue reading

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Thursday Team Plan – 4/4/2024

The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to continue on from last week’s start on KP-24 and finish off anything in KP-17 we missed. We’ll set up camp near the red – and finish off along the northern boundary … Continue reading

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Thursday Team Plan – 28/3/2024

The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to complete the maintenance weed of KP-17 picking up where we left off a couple of weeks ago – and depending on how many people turn up, to make a start in … Continue reading

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Thursday Team Plan – 21/3/2024

The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to weed between the path and the creek north in Furness Park alongside the track from Main Street to Gardenia Street at the Main Street end. The very dry weather has thinned … Continue reading

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Thursday Team Plan – 14/3/2024

The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to weed between the path and the creek north of the oval starting on the eastern side and moving west. We’ll work 08:30 – 11:30 or any time between.

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Thursday Team Plan – 7/3/2024

The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to weed between the path and the creek north of the oval starting on the eastern side and moving west. We’ll work 08:30 – 11:30 or any time between.

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Park News, February 2024

What Happens Next ? Our photo shows a Chestnut Teal duck family cruising up the creek (in its unnatural, concrete barrelled section) when Dad, the leader, confronts a problem – a waterfall where the concrete rises a level… No problemo … Continue reading

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Thursday Team Plan – 29/2/2024

We’re off to the top NE corner of Furness Park  this week (FP-11) – fingers crossed! Last week’s mission had to be postponed due to a total fire ban. We’ll work 08:30 – 11:30 or any time between. Although 28/2 is … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 22/2/2024 08:30-11:30

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Lost and Found ?

Another new species has been discovered in the Creeklands – a Budgerigar (Melospitaccus undulatus). He is likely to be someone’s escaped pet and unlikely to survive long in the wild. Our photographer snapped the bird near the new wetland near … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 15/2/2024 08:30-11:30

We’re off to Kalang Park again this week. Depending on numbers, we’ll start in KP-5 for a quick weed of a former Community Working Bee site there – and then return to last week’s working bee (KP-8). This is all near the … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 8/2/2024

We’re off to Kalang (KP-8) this week just west of the Laurel Grove bridge on the south side: Mostly weedy grasses need to be weeded out -thanks to the good rains in early January. We have an unusual number of the … Continue reading

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Park News, January 2024

Welcome and all the best for 2024! Welcome to our Blackburn Creeklands Newsletter for January, 2024. Unlike our regular editions, our December news is published just before Christmas so that we can wish everyone the compliments of the season. This means that … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 1/2/2024

We’re back in Black(‘s Walk) on the first day of February – tackling weeding in BW-32 and BW-31 depending on time and resources. We plan to start in BW-32 (adjacent the playground) where a maintenance weed is needed.  Our mulching … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 25/1/2024

The plan for 25/1/2024 is to tackle hand-weeding maintenance alongside the northern track leading from the Main Street bridge to Gardenia Street (FP-15). Depending on time/resources, we’ll do a bit more weeding in the northern bed nearby (FP-14) at its eastern … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 18/1/2024

The plan for 18/1/2024 is to tackle hand-weeding maintenance within the Billabong precinct. Megan and Graeme will “supervise” given John’s absence at the dentist’s. Last Week Last week, we worked alongside Julie’s place in the NW corner of Furness Park. We … Continue reading

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