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Thursday Team – Plan for 11/1/2024
For the 11/1/2024 working bee, we are returning to FP-14 – the site of the 2023 National Tree Day plantings in one of Community Working Bees. We’ve also planted some sedges there more recently to stabilise around/exploit the drain outlets. Even … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 4/1/2024
The plan this week is to return to the top corner of Furness Park (FP-11) to stamp out a resurgence of the weeds up there. There is an incredible number of Prickly Lettuce plants coming up (again). Interestingly, Prickly Lettuce is the … Continue reading
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Park News December, 2023
Our Compliments of the Season! We wish all our Friends and your families a safe and happy holiday period – and all the best for 2024! In this December edition of our Newsletter, we cover: What happened in 2023 ? … Continue reading
Thursday Team – Plan for 14/12/2023
Our plan for Thursday, 14th December, is to return to one of our old stamping grounds in Blacks Walk – “The Triangle” – but not the Bermuda thereof – nearly as dangerous though due to the bull-ants in nearby beds. This … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 7/12/2023
The plan for Thursday, 7th December, is to continue our maintenance weeding in Kalang Park along the main track north of the oval. Depending on numbers, we might dispatch a small group to finish off last week’s work at the Pakenham … Continue reading
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Park News, November 2023
Welcome to our November news! In this edition, To give you a taste, we welcome this batch of ultra-cute ducklings above. We have more photos of these and young Mudlarks, Tawny Frogmouths and Kookaburras later in the newsletter. Thursday Team … Continue reading
Thursday Team – Plan for 30/11/2023
The plan for Thursday, 30th November, is to do some more maintenance weeding in Kalang Park towards the Pakenham Street end from the point where the creek is closest to the creek back to the Noticeboard area and Pakenham Street itself … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 23/11/2023
The plan for Thursday, 23rd November, is to do some maintenance weeding in Kalang Park towards the Pakenham Street end from the point where the creek is closest to the creek (major Brome outbreak) through to the plaque – and also … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 16/11/2023
The plan for Thursday, 16th November, is to do some maintenance weeding along the track north of the Blacks Walk bridge before making further inroads into BW-31. The objective is to do a quick weed in BW-35, BW-27 and BW-33 before … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 9/11/2023
The plan for Thursday, 9th November, is to reprise our plan for last week – to finish the weeds in BW-32 and also make some inraods into BW-31. Last Week Due to an unusually small attendance last week (people away … Continue reading
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Park News – October, 2023
Welcome to our October news! Because October is traditionally the month of our Spring Bird Walk, this edition is heavily weighted to our birdlife with photos from the event itself, other sightings and exciting news about the return of a … Continue reading
Thursday Team – Plan for 2/11/2023
The plan for Thursday, 2nd November, is to wrangle the returning weeds in BW-32 and also BW-31 (if time and human resources permit). BW-32 is the area we took over from Council adjacent the Blacks Walk children’s playground abutting new … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 26/10/2023
Last week, we didn’t quite finish off at Furness Park FP-11 – so didn’t get a chance to visit FP-14 for a bit of TLC around the community working bee plantings. Greenlink has donated a box of excess stock Carex … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 19/10/2023
Our plan for Thursday morning of 19th October is to return to “far Furness” for regular maintenance hand-weeding in FP-11. If time and people resources permit, we may also do some weeding around the recent Community Working Bee plantings in … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 12/10/2023
Our plan for Thursday morning of 12th October is to do a little more weeding out KP-9 below Waratah Crescent amd mulching the exposed bed towards the western end. There’s about 2.5m3 of mulch there already – we’re hoping for … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 5/10/2023
Our plan for Thursday morning of 5th October is to weed out KP-9 below Waratah Crescent. Lots of weeds there and small good-guys to protect – Angled Onion, invading Wandering Trad etc. Conditions (last updated at 6:00PM, 4/10/2023) Risks to highlight … Continue reading
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Park News – September, 2023
Welcome to our September Edition ! Welcome to our September newsletter. We’ve seen our first clutches of ducklings and other evidence of nesting and reproduction. Notice there are 8 ducklings in the photo above. Danika may have spotted the same … Continue reading