July 3rd week

 Bushie Change of Routine

We will swap sites, with next week being at Flanagans & tomorrow at Hewitts. This may also give our Flanagans Bowerbird time to repair his bower which was a bit crushed by a fallen branch. I've watered there a couple of times this last week & our babies are all doing well.

Offerings for tomorrow:

  • trim most branches from the fallen Banksia on the dirt track in the hope that the tree can survive horizontally
  • repair/rescue/protect a line of deer victims along our track at the creek bend & check our existing protections
  • creek level has dropped so we can get onto Lisa's site, remove rubbish, drag flood wrack off Crinums & bag any Madeira
  • remove the big Asparagus & lay the rest of the cardboard in Manifest Destiny & continue weeding as per last week
  • fish bike out of creek near the bridge. Bikers may care to inspect & add to their collections
  • check SPATE site for continued occupation. 
    If vacated there are 2 fallen Banksias in the WARC Zone to remove from the plants they've fallen on.
  • watering may be useful in places. 
    There's a  chance of some rain at the end of the week but recent plantings may need help

2024 Staying Warm 

1. We have a big Hibiscus, Deer damaged, that needs propping up. 
2  the beach may need another plastic & treated timber sweep 
3. new season Lilies are there for the digging
4. there's still blackberry back of Steve's beach 
5. Woodlands Ck has resurgent Lantana ripe for the chop 
6. Crassula/Stonecrop is in a lovely sunny spot low to the ground 
7. Cape Ivy is ready to flower in the South East corner 
Dress warm

2023 Cardboarding 

We have a donation of cardboard to the cause of Privet obliteration. Its all over there, across the Bridge of Doom in Manifest Destiny, waiting for cutters/slashers to spread it & weight it under previously cut timber.

Also, we advance on Woodland Creek and have been advised that the best move at Bruce's Square would be a bit of mattock work on the Honeysuckle root systems, some tough plantings & eternal vigilance.

Andrew's Mistake is almost under control but still offers enjoyment for micro-weeders. 

Note the map error.
Woodlands creek goes under the cycleway and does not head north east.


2022 Fallen Tree

The fallen tree has been cut up, so we will move the logs as a barrier to discourage people from wandering off the path. 

Target the blackberry west of the bike path south of the trees.

There is a cassia near Condon's corner that needs to be removed.



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