Category Archives: Park highlights this month

Happy Easter! We trust all our Friends had a nice Easter with the start of the school holidays, Easter and the commencement of Aussie Rules football season more-or-less in alignment. Our Park Usage Many diverse groups and individuals use our … Continue reading →

Green Light for  森林浴 (shinrinyoku ) 森林浴 (shinrinyoku = forest bathing) was described in our November web news – months ahead of the ABC which finally caught up during the month – see this recent article… Although there are subtle physical … Continue reading →

All the Best for 2018! Now that life is returning to normal after the festive season, kids are returning to school and holidays are over – we wish our Friends all the best for 2018! We’ve started the year with … Continue reading →

Our Compliments of the Season! We wish all our Friends and your families a safe and happy holiday period – and all the best for 2018! In particular, we hope you enjoy feasting on crustaceans (or whatever your favourite tucker … Continue reading →

Recent High Rainfall Events We’ve recently had some large rainfall events after what has been (generally) a prolonged dry spell. Ruth’s photo of the bend just to the east of The Billabong clearly shows that the highest level flowed over … Continue reading →

Spring Bird Survey Naturally, our Spring Bird Survey (21st October) was the highlight of the month in the park.   Julie’s photo above of a Grey Butcherbird (notice the hook at the end of its beak) reflects the weather – … Continue reading →

Sprinter and Sprummer One of the perks associated with being on our park’s Advisory Committee is that Whitehorse Council invites representatives from the parks and indigenous nurseries in the municipality to an annual function called the Parkland Community Forum.  Our contribution to … Continue reading →

Update on Last Month’s Pollution Events The Whitehorse Leader of 14th August carried an article about the serious diesel oil spill first reported early on Friday 28th July.  It identified the source of the spill as being a depot near … Continue reading →

Pollution Events The bad news for July was a series of water pollution events in our creek. Firstly, we believe there were two instances of house paint being dumped into a stormwater drain in Main Street on the 4th and … Continue reading →

Building on Success! Our second Working Bee for 2017 on Sunday, 11th June  was another success on a beautiful sunny winter’s morning – continuing in the moderately difficult planting situation between the Scout Hall and the bridge in Blacks Walk.   … Continue reading →

First 2017 Working Bee a Great Success! Our first Working Bee for 2017 on Saturday, 6th May was a great success having good attendance and 280 plants going in – in a moderately difficult planting situation between the Scout Hall and … Continue reading →

Bird Survey Report Our Autumn bird survey event was a success as usual – though a little more intimate than usual.  Numbers of attendees were down a little – we’re not sure why – possibly our date coinciding with the ANZAC virtual long … Continue reading →

 Bird Survey Coming Up! Keeping a look out in Kalang Park – Courtesy Ian Moodie Our 2017 Autumn Bird Survey is scheduled for a 07.30 AM start on Saturday, 22ndApril at the Scout Hall in Pakenham Street.  Our usual excellent Group Leaders, Pat and Ian have confirmed … Continue reading →

Blacks Walk Bridge Maintenance The planned maintenance of the bridge is well under way. The bridge deck has been replaced and reinforced but repainting the superstructure is still to be completed. Works in the Park around Laurel Grove North Council … Continue reading →

Creeklands Flora Our webmaster has finally gotten his act together towards gathering documentation and resources for our Flora – via a link from the Flora section of our Fauna and Flora page. There already being two excellent guides to the flora … Continue reading →

Our Compliments of the Season! The excellent spring rains have certainly livened up the park making it lush and showing off our grasses in particular.  Our photo shows a Christmas Bush in the foreground in a section of Kalang Park … Continue reading →