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Thursday Team Plan for 16/5/2024
The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to visit FP-9 in Furness Park to do some catch-up weeding and (all going well) some in-fill planting. We’ll set up camp near the red X: There’s usually some parking available at … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 9/5/2024
The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to revisit KP-18 the Billabong. We visited there about a month ago when that very pongey mulch was laid near our work-site – but only had a few working that day. In … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 2/5/2024
The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to revisit BW-6, BW-7 and BW-36 (edge) near the Scout Hall in Blacks Walk. Assuming we have time and resources, we thought it would be a good idea to weed the edge … Continue reading
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Thursday Team – Plan for 18/4/2024
The plan for this coming Thursday morning is to revisit KP-9 (below Waratah Cres) for a general weed and some mulching experiments. There’s some general weeding to do there (including Couch) and, assuming we have time + person-power, we’ll roll … Continue reading
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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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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
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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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 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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