Category: Working Bee Photos - Friends of Glenfern Valley Bushlands

Bush Restoration Photos, February 2020

16/2/2020

Our first bush restoration of the year was spent mainly removing boneseed from the lovely & grassy area 5. We also got to observe a small copperhead snake near one of the paths.

It was good to get out in the bush again, and to see the Glenfernians after a couple of months away!

Enjoy the photos. And you're all invited to the Upwey Billycart Race this Sunday where some of us will be volunteering!

Photos by Daniel Jackson

Bush Restoration Photos, Nov 2019

18/11/2019

Our final bush restoration for the year took place on Saturday below and beside the old quarry, in areas 10 & 11, respectively.

Thanks to those who helped on the day; the weeds and rubbish wish you hadn’t, but we’re sure glad you did. No snakes were spotted that morning, but something with scales was… (And I’m not talking about a personal trainer.)

Most photos by myself, Daniel, with some contributions from Pol and Edie.

Bush Restoration Photos, September 2019

21/9/2019

Flash back to Saturday 21 September when just after our morning tea and talk about microbats, it began to rain. We'd been working north of the creek in area 15. However, the heavens had other ideas.
It was a short and sweet bush restoration.

Photos by Daniel Jackson & Edie Tate

Bush Restoration Photos, August 2019

20/8/2019

On what felt like a morning in Spring, we sprung into action in areas 3 and 14 this past Saturday. Working along the creek, we found many pittos had planted themselves around Owl Loop.
Thanks to Saturday’s volunteers that are helping to keep Glenfern a (soon to be (almost)) pitto-free place.

Photos by Daniel Jackson

Bush Restoration Photos, July 2019

22/7/2019

On Saturday’s bush restoration
The volunteers’ main occupation
Was having some fun
Out there in the sun
– and ending the pittos vacation.

Sweet pittos grow so very dense
Their leaf litter acts as a fence
For keeping out most
Of preferable growth
Diversity – the main expense

Thanks, to all that helped out
This text on your screen a shout-out
With none of your work
The weeds – bizerk!
Hickory dickory dock ohh no what happened!...

Bush Restoration Photos, June 2019

17/6/2019

Thanks to everyone that joined us on Sunday to work in areas 2 & 12. This saw us working on the grassy boundaries between Glenfern Road and New Road, down through to the riparian area by the creek.
We were glad to have a clear day to welcome some new faces to the group, and to bring the Glenfern Valley Bushlands closer to its indigenous state.

Bush Restoration Photos, May 2019

20/5/2019

What can one say about the Saturday just gone….. Well, the weather was stunning! Spring-like. And we SPRUNG into action and moved 40,000m3 of mulch from one place to another in the new old quarry, to keep our recent plantings company. And they’re doing very well, thank you!
It was truly a team effort and great to stand back and look at the result of a little sweat and (no) tears. Thanks for all your help, helpers!

Keep up to date on with our group on Facebook.

Photos by Daniel Jackson

Bush Restoration Photos, April 2019

14/4/2019

Sunday was a beautiful morning and we spent it working through areas 4 and 5.
We currently have sweet pittosporum removal by contractors happening in area 5, so it’ll be good to see that area given room to breathe again once the work is complete.

It was lovely to see new faces at the reserve, including some furry ones in some nesting boxes!

Thanks to all who came and enjoyed the bushlands with us.

Photos by Daniel Jackson

Bush Restoration Photos, March 2019

21/3/2019

Thanks to all who joined us on Saturday in Area 7. Formerly “pitto paradise”, Area 7 is now an open grassy hill, spotted with eucalypts and dead chickens – the local fox had been hunting and chose Area 7 to dine. But apart from those surprises, and we moved through the area quickly (not too many weeds this time around!) and into the adjacent bushlands.

Upcoming: Our Friends group will have a stall at the GrassRoots market in Upwey on Sunday 31st of March. So be sure to drop in and say hi, ask any questions, or get any tips on how to have a great beard like our President, David.

Photos by Daniel Jackson

Bush Restoration Photos, November 2019

17/2/2019

A brilliant day greeted a lovely large group of volunteers on Sunday. And it was great to welcome some new faces to the group for 2019. We made our way through the grassy Area 9, pushing out to the neighbouring areas, too. It’s still amazing what we find in the reserve after years of working in it, as you’ll see in the photos.

A tasty morning tea accompanied talks from Mike about a professional owl tracking project underway in Glenfern, and from Andrew about a species of flora in the reserve that I have memorised perfectly – word for word. It was really great to be in the reserve among old friends and new, after months away.

Feel free to join us next month on Saturday 16th of March. We can’t guarantee great weather, but morning tea is a promise we can make. Thanks to everyone who joined us (in person and in spirit) on Sunday.