Bushcare Hewitts Creek

Coping with Flame Release sea junk from foreshore plants - a solid rake/pitchfork/hoe would be useful Attack flowering Cassia along the Stony Rd. Cut flowers, bag pods, cut & paint trunks. Need secateurs and loppers Cut temporary track west of Bridge of Doom to allow access to Manifest Destiny Need loppers and choppers Clean out regrowth weeds from our recently planted area up the dirt track, mainly passionfruit & Morning Glory. 2024 Easter Monday - Wildlife sighting Eastern Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii This species is protected in Australia.   2023 Walk in the Woods There's a fair bit of Morning Glory on the agenda but if there are early showers we may find ourselves taking down some Cassia & an African Olive . McKellar Glade is also in need of some TLC.  2022 Problems Some storm damage around the eastern edge. Before: Work report: Before and after:

Should we trust The BoM It will be wet under foot so that means Stony Rd, Western Front and the back of the Blady Grass will be the most comfortable spots to work.  If there are few people about we might even do some edge of the cycleway work on Morning Glory & some anti- Passionfruit efforts up the Dirt track.  

Could Be Soggy A Chinese Elm has been sprouting in our midst & needs deconstruction. A dead tree has come down in Manifest Destiny & should be cut up. Bad things are growing along the east edge of Lisa's Site, including Noogoora , Cassia & Madeira & our track is disappearing. Inspection & seed collection of Turkey by Weed Aware Random Citizens may occur around Condons Corner . The "Western Front" that we long maintained on Nichols Land is under threat from  Morning Glory , Lantana and Passionfruit . Andrews Amnesia has also been forgotten recently & could do with some attention 2024 Rained out 2023 Priorities Both sides of Cycleway in the grassy areas and some parts of the Mc Beach Estate track and along our west edge there. Dragging Morning Glory out of trees should be fun.  2022 a Wet One The forecast is suggesting a small total of rain tomorrow morning but we've all had the pleasure of the wind-driven drenchings of the past couple of ...

Return to Flanagans Ck site    Here is hoping that we can concentrate on the next 10-15m south along the log fence but there are a couple of patches from our previous visit that need more work. So it will be more secateur & bag work (I have a lot of bags) on Morning glory , some cut & paint or dig out on Asparagus Fern & quite a bit of Lantana chopping. 2024 & 2023 Cool & Grey Rain + heat can only have meant rapid growth over the last 2 weeks. We'll need to survey the scene in our best areas first and start work where its most needed. Showers are forecast but the Bureau of Meteorology has them only arriving in the evening but should they chase us away from open areas we can retreat back to leafy zones.  2022 Priorities We need one group beside the Cycleway at the bridge end, where Turkey Rhubarb & Morning Glory are proliferating and another assaulting weeds of the world at Andrew's  Site & Manifest Destiny . If numbers allow, some Cas...

 Cloudy but dry, showers & thunderstorm Tasks: Cassia is blooming everywhere so Pull/Cut & Paint (if dry) will be needed at Manifest Destiny , Woodlands Ck & along Stony Rd. Madeira ,  morning glory , Honeysuckle are resurgent along Hewitts Ck in  Manifest Destiny . Noogoora outbreak at lower edge of Lisa's site & there is a need to re-establish some tracks. The mound & ditch are being invaded around the Bridge of Doom. Much morning glory roll-upping to be had. WARC duty is required with secateurs & bags for Turkey Rhubarb & Fleabane flowers & seeds 2024 Some ideas from previous years Weeds are seasonal, here is what we did this time last years and the year before. 2023 Forecast not good Could be a little bit of planting if enough rain has fallen & stopped but otherwise, we have a number of weedy hotspots to attack targeting all your old favourites and a couple of fun additions like Stonecrop (Moneyplant) & Tradescantia flumin...

 Clean up Australia Tomorrow is photo opportunity for the next Flame edition, some bushcare & then some Clean Up Australia, so quite a busy session. Should the rain hold off, flowering Lilies are the first priority. Flowering Cassias at Woodlands Ck can be removed so long as we can suitably relocate the shaduf & then it's over to the back of the Blady Grass for a weed salad or over to Manifest Destiny for attack on various regrowths. Correct PPE or you could find yourself hidden at the back among the Talls. Thanks to Ian & Ross for the day's activities.  2024 Open area weeding Cool, grey & 21 degrees means we can attack Morning Glory on Steve's Beach , Turkey Rhubarb at Condons Corner , Woodlands Ck Coolatai grass & even Mother of Millions at the firepit in ideal conditions. Bags & secateurs will be necessary as a lot of what we reap needs to go off site.  More bending & stretching than chopping but poisoners will get their chance too. ...

Some leftovers from last week If it is dry there is quite a lot of regrowth of African olive and Privet in Manifest Destiny, cut and paint. Lilies will continue to show themselves for a few weeks. Dig them out and bag the bulbs and the flowers. In the Blady grass   Bidens , Cottonbush, Fleabane , Purpletop , Nightshade and Crofton are all sprouting. Cassias are set to flower, bag seed pods from previous flowering. The other Morning glory is getting away up the Dirt track around the mound and ditch. 2024 Options work in the sun  work in tall scratchy natives  repelling the invaders at Woodlands Ck   a new Lantana Project, an overdue attack on Manifest Destiny.  2023 Bidens There are 2.5 m Bidens in flower & seed coming ashore & set to take over Condon's corner unless we nail them first up. An advance party is also set to cross the cycleway. Sunny & warm expected tomorrow so I'm hoping to take us all to Manifest Destiny for a shady second hour....