July 1st week

 Wind, Waves & Bambi

Weed-seeking will be well down the priorities tomorrow after the depredations of the 3 above over the last few weeks. 

Options offered:

  1. Another deposit of plastics, treated timber & other jetsam has been delivered to the back of the beach. There wasn't a lot on Friday but enough to warrant 2 or 3 of us with pick up sticks & bags to do a lap. There is a big square of sponge rubber just outside the SPATE fence which Uncle Peter Button said we could add to the SPATE pile at the south end of the fence. It will be a good thing to get done at the start of NAIDOC Week. 
    Peter is expecting some NAIDOC campers at SPATE for the week.
  2. Wetness & wind have brought down a number of trees/branches so sawyers are in for a busy morning. There were 2 down on the Dirt Track, a big Casuarina limb at the creek corner & further casualties elsewhere.
  3. Bambi is back & picking on some surprisingly small victims. 
  4. Carers will need secateurs to "clean up" those that seem salvageable and then we'll have to build protections, maybe from the cuttings of the sawyers. A mallet/ heavy hammer will be useful & we could break out our store of wire. I counted 8 victims on Friday & there will likely be more by tomorrow.
  5. Hewitts Ck & the Ditch are down a little so there are jobs weeding, spreading cardboard, cutting & painting regrowth Privet & Olive in Manifest Destiny.
  6. All your "babies" at Flanagans were doing well Saturday.

2024 Cool Climate

We will focus on Lisa's Site, Manifest Destiny & Andrew's Amnesia where there is considerable weediness & some shelter from the southerly.

I've got some more cardboarding on offer and there should be some more chopping/cutting up for those so inclined. Also some Morning Glory sleuthing along the Ditch trees is required.

Warm gear & less than best footwear advisable.

 

2023 An order for another decent rain

There will be enough work to go around:

Some chance of showers Tuesday and we have a couple of areas set for plantings.

2022 Weather

Conditions have been and will continue to be, less than ideal for Bushcare operations..

www.bom.gov.au
IDY28000
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Bureau National Operations Centre
Satellite Notes for 1800UTC
Chart Issued at 6:08 am EST Monday on 04 July 2022 

A cloud band with some embedded thunderstorms lies over much of Qld, driven by a broad upper trough across the east of the continent. Cloud activity can be seen over NSW associated with a trough that is the remnants of a weakening low about the NSW coast. Lower cloud can be seen in the NSW coast south of Newcastle where moist easterly air has pushed onto the coast.



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