Category Archives: Park highlights this month

As the result of an accident,  a car crashed into the creek from Laurel Grove North on Saturday night (27th April, 2013).  The car became partially submerged in the rocky pond adjacent to the recently vandalised bridge. Police and a … Continue reading →

Our first community Working Bee for the year was conducted on Sunday, 5th May 2013 – helping to rehabilitate one of the most neglected parts of the park on the land adjacent to 60 Main Street on the northern side of … Continue reading →

The easternmost part of the park along Heath Street up to Blackburn Road has been weeded and revegetated by the Monday weeding group.   Work consisted of hand-weeding  – mostly of a bad infestation of Panic Veldt grass – and “infill” … Continue reading →

It appears vandals attempted to burn the  Laurel Grove footbridge last Friday overnight.  Fortunately, no major structural damage seemed to have occurred after assessment by Council.  One can only hope the returned karma will be swift – perhaps mum or … Continue reading →

There have been several instances of illegal mulch dumping in the park recently – the latest being truckloads of waste dumped at the eastern end of the park off Heath Street. The photo below shows two of three illegal dumpings … Continue reading →

Several sightings of a Purple Swamphen (Porphryrio melanotus) have been reported.  This bird is a known resident of the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary but has not been seen in the Creeklands until this year.  It is a large waterhen with red bill and forehead … Continue reading →

Several people have reported seeing foxes in the park over the past months.  Foxes are an introduced pest and can take a heavy toll on native wildlife such as possums and birds. Fortunately, the Monday weeding group seems to have … Continue reading →

Time: 09:00 – midday. The Working Bee on Sunday, 19th August, 2012 consisted mainly of planting out previously weeded areas in the northern part of Furness Park adjacent to the southern end of Gardenia Street: Grasses, lomandras, smaller shrubs (such as … Continue reading →

Time:  09:00 – midday. After a damp start, the Sunday Working Bee on Sunday, 29th July, 2012 (including several volunteers of all ages) achieved excellent results in returning to the northern part of Furness Park adjacent to the southern end of Gardenia Street:   … Continue reading →

The Monday morning weeding group has made a very long-awaited start to rehabilitating the north east corner of Kalang Park adjacent to 60 Main Street, Blackburn.  For historical reasons, this site has been somewhat neglected since its incorporation into the … Continue reading →

Blackburn Creeklands committee member, Jim Lambert has delivered a smoothly run project to add a new waterproof steel cover to protect the Creeklands’ notices and displays! Collaborating with another volunteer – Ian Swann – and assisted by committee members Graeme Stone … Continue reading →