August 2nd week

Deterrence Day

We will have a go at putting in temporary "cages" for our most valuable shrubs & saplings, many of which have already been damaged. There are about 25-30 candidates for our 40m of wire & 11 Star pickets so there will have to be some chainsaw & axe shaping of suitable fallen timber and/or some volunteered stakes. Cable ties & tie wire with pliers should also be useful & if anyone has a Star Picket "donger" it would really help.

If Deer Deterrence doesn't appeal, choppers with loppers could slip into the WARC Zone where a number of fallen Banksias should be cut up & off whatever is underneath.
Alternatively, there's a bit of weeding beside Woodlands Ck & up the Stony Rd (which may be the driest access)...& there's always Manifest Destiny! 

2024 Go West

The following are priorities:

2023 Solid precipitation

Check the BOM. If we do work it would mostly be along the cycleway, at the Big Blackberry near Steve's Beach, at McKellar Glade & along Woodlands Ck.

2022 War declaration

A declaration of war on Privet & Blackberry.

We have some fallen timber cutting up to continue with, Blackberry is "a hardy perennial" & there is an outbreak of Turkey Rhubarb just begging for attention. 

Asparagus Fern fans can play along the creek edge and out in the Blady Grass. 

Cottonbush flowers are inviting removal.

We'll order some plants this week in expectation of some rain coming so there will be some planting to be done next Monday

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