Bushcare Hewitts Creek

Meek Shall Inherit The Earth  So fellow meek ones, 6.85 hectares will come into our "possession" (more) .  This week it is back to the Flanagans site where there should be enough to do; if its not too wet.  Here's what's on offer: South Bay : bury dead Cockatoo & headless Rabbit if they're still visible. Lantana & Asparagus in NW corner. Middle Bay : move big log off Saltbush & cut dying Asparagus off Saltbush .  Lantana at south end Little  Lantana +  Morning Glory  NW corner Rebuild "defences" of our surviving plantings. North Bay :  Turkey Rhubarb in SW corner. Small  Morning Glory  &  Lantana East side centre. Fix defences some plantings at north end & water if rain has stayed away. North Shore : Its looking very good apart from a few weeds at the south end, but there is some rubbish to collect, including along the creek edge. Bird Flu : Working the back of 2 beaches means its a real possibility that we w...

Great Expectations/Division of Spoils All lights appear to be green re the 7ha site becoming WCC Public land. Ross & I will still address the Councillors but there appears to be no opposition. Forecast is cool with showers possible in the morning. If in doubt I'll email about 8.40am ‎Most work sites will be along our west edge, from the Stony Road to Manifest Destiny . If dry there are Tuckeroos to poison. Cape Ivy in flower, Passionfruit , Cassia are all waiting for you and Johnny Crinum -seed may have some pseudo planting to do.  2025 To Plant Before the Rain  We have 35 coastal natives through the WCC Nursery to put in & hope they survive the mid week weather. So that we don't get in each other's way I've split up the "activities" on offer: First thing is to clear patches for planting within the Lantana massacre site .  That will mean some more chopping/sawing/dragging & piling before we plant. We may require a bit of chainsaw work on the thic...

Hope possible morning showers stay away We're at Hewitts with some work near the bridge on  Morning Glory  & Turk but most work at  Manifest Destiny  or along the west edge. Bridge of Doom needs reinforcement.  2025 We're just weeders & planters   The sand is piled high on the beach, holding in the highest non-flood water level we've seen, back upstream. The Ditch, half of Lisa's site & much of our newly cleared area by the creek are all under water so we'll try 4 dry areas tomorrow: south side of the dirt track across to the Blady grass Morning Glory,   Blackberry, Passionfruit ,  Lantana the west edge, from Dirt track north across to Andrews Amnesia Morning Glory, Passionfruit,   Cassia , Lantana clear west of the water & back past the Pink Nichols Line over by the creek & maybe lay some weed suppressing cardboard drive back the evil weeds invading Manifest Destiny from the east Cassia , Sorghum ,  Cape I...

Turkiye Rhubarb Back to Hewitts tomorrow with a tapas style menu: Protect & repair 2 Deer damaged Banksias on Stony Road .  I hope we get a delivery of some wire rolls. Lantana , Cassia ,  Coolatai , Bidens et al at Woody Ck. There were 4 Black Cockies  on Sunday. Cape Ivy to be bagged or hung, the usual weed salad at Manifest Destiny .  Also, if feasible, cut & bag African Olive seeds from tree. More Tuckeroo culling behind Blady Grass & potentially in the WARC Zone forest Cassia pod bagging east edge of Nicholsland Park. 2025 Up the Coast  Time for a change of scenery further north....at Flanagans Creek.   Among the almost tropical activities on offer will be: chopping up dead lantana & preparing a planting site (towards the creek end) continued  Morning Glory  & Turkey removal from Lomandras & bagging the Morning Glory attacks on the 2 Acacia saligna (Western Australian weed wattles) either by frilling & poison ...

Proclamation for King's Birthday Morning Glory is on the dunes, north of the stream. There may also need to be some deconstruction as I believe the youth, in an act of devotion, may have built an edifice. The standard mantra applies: if you get a better offer, take it.    2025 Public Holiday Monday   If  a better offer does not materialise, join those of us braving the wind & coolness to restore  Manifest Destiny  & parts nearby to pristine wilderness. Chopping is on offer. 2024 Public Holiday Monday   The standard mantra applies: if you get a better offer, take it.  The bridge has a water level monitoring instrument in it.  Here is it's webpage: mhl.nsw.gov.au/Station-214408 2023 Work list Chopping & bagging is on the agenda for some and Andrew's Mistake needs radical surgery. If the creek has dropped we might mount an expedition into Lisa's site or parts of Manifest Destiny .  Weed of the week - Corn sowthistle (Sonchus ...

Do WEEDS WITHER in WINTER?  A return to the autonomous collective on light duties. Ideal conditions beckon at Hewitts tomorrow; cool, sunny, damp soil, willing weeds.  Options include; Finishing the Bidens & Polygala west of the cycleway Seasoned Weed Aware Random Citizens might begin on the weed encyclopaedia that is developing near the old Condons Corner. A Tuckeroo Hit team needed to pull/cut/paint the invading local both sides of the Dirt track . A crop of Crofton has emerged above the Blady Grass & should be pulled before it flowers. Morning Glory  & Turkey Rhubarb are flaunting themselves along the east edge of the cycleway between 310-330 metre marks. Tall chopper types might like to remove lower fruiting branches of the African Olives in Manifest Destiny.   2025 Bushie knowledge Back to Woodlands Ck edge where some seeding  Coolatai grass has strayed as well as some flood rubble, a few weeds & a deer or two. Deer junior has begun rut...

 Hewitts Creek Before A Wet Week The forecast is for showers, so the first few of the following are sites under the trees. Up the dirt track on the south side needs a small team walk through, weeding  Morning glory  other vines & Lantana plus, Nightshades .  Check the surrounding mulch for  Morning glory  runners. Bag it all, don't hang it on the trees. Another team could tour the Old Forest west of cycleway where there's less weeds but a maybe dangerous leaning log up towards the creek bend.  East of the cycleway in the WARC* Zone is pretty good but the forest edge on the beach side is pretty weedy & there's  Lantana to cut back, but not out. Out in the open, Whiskey Grass is seeding. Bag the seed heads west of cycleway first but there's more in a large clump towards the cyclone fence in the WARC Zone. Masses of Bidens in seed up behind McKellar Glade, bags & secateurs best. Bag the seed and the roots. Leave the stems for...