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Photos by Daniel Jackson & Linda Fullagar
Sunday was a warm and sunny day, and our first bushland restoration morning for 2018. We spent it in Area 9, where only years ago it was covered in pittos. But thanks to the chopping and chipping of those Pittos – and the subsequent plantings – it has been returned to a wonderful grassy slope. At morning tea Linda spoke about the native (non-psychedlic) hemp plant, pictured below. Thanks to everyone who came along to help, and welcome to some new faces. Please check our yearly planner (the pinned post on this page) to see when you can come along and join us for a morning in the bushlands. Photos by Daniel Jackson
Saturday was a warm and humid day and saw us working below the quarry (areas 10 & 11), and later, along the creek. At morning tea, Andrew gave a talk about how to identify the beautiful Yellow Box Eucalyptus. And Mike shared with us his experience of making a rare sighting of a Scarlet Honeyeater; the last reported sighting of this stunning small bird in our reserve was in 2010. More details of this story will be shared in our next newsletter, along with some photos. This was our last working bee for the year. Thanks to everyone who joined us for one or more of our bush restoration mornings! The reserve is looking all the more better for it. Photos by Daniel Jackson
Glenfern volunteers at our Bushlands Restoration on Saturday. We worked on the "old quarry" area - now transformed to a beautiful and peaceful spot in the middle of our bushlands. Photos of volunteers busy with activities during the morning. Photos by Daniel Jackson
It was fresh but beautiful in the Reserve this morning. Many hands meant we were able to weed all of Areas 2 and 12. Thank you. Photos by Daniel Jackson & Team
Today was spent in the lovely long grasses, removing pitto, boneseed and blackberry seedlings. Then we put our new inspection camera into practice and viewed some nesting boxes... No-one home – yet. Photos by Daniel Jackson
Today we were more busy working on area 7 than taking photos of the work being done. Hence, only a couple of photos being taken – this time around, a fascinating formation in the rough shape of a mushroom. Area 7 has recently had a thicket of pittos removed by contractors, revealing solitary gumtrees and opportunistic weeds. Regrowth from some of the pitto tree stumps was also attended to. Photos by Daniel Jackson This panorama taken from about half way along the top of the area 7, looking downhill. (Area 7 is at the eastern end of the reserve.) It looks a little raw just now but we have saved many trees! So much promise. Supplementary planing will be organised in the autumn. This area will be transformed in 12 months. This is a fantastic project to get 2017 underway. Thanks for your support.  (Click to enlarge panorama)  Five man crew attacking pittos in area 6.
Photos by David Moncrieff Our first bush restoration for the year was cut short because of he rain - who would have thought! We worked along the riparian area mainly pulling out Ivy seedlings which are coming in from the neglected properties on the other side of the creek. At morning tea Marilyn gave an informative talk on how to identify a weed from a similar looking native plant. Luke spoke to us about a new book in our library. Thank you to all that came, got damp, had fun and made such a difference to our beautiful bushlands. Photo by Linda Fullagar & Daniel Jackson
Our last bush restoration morning for the year was in Area 7. In a lovely patch of native grasses and wildflowers, Briza major grass was appearing so we pulled it out and bagged it to stop the seed cycle. After a delicious morning tea and talk we worked in an area recently cleared of dense Pittosporum by pulling out emerging weed seedlings and taking down an old barb wire fence that ran through the middle. Thank you all that helped. Photo by Linda Fullagar
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