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October 2024 Working bee
October 13 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Activity: 2024’s truly final creekside planting at Lewis Swamp south.
Description:
Last month, we didn’t quite manage to plant all the seedlings destined for this creekside and wetland area adjacent to the trail. On Sunday, we hope to finish the job!
Thanks to funding from the North Central CMA, this area is now free of Crack Willow, the notorious weed of national significance. That and our own efforts at weed control and revegetation are recovering this “Creekline Grassy Woodland” type of vegetation, listed as an endangered community in Victoria. Because Campbells Creek has permanent flows from this site and downstream, the environment here supports platypus, turtles and other aquatic animals as well as some of the more interesting plant species we’ll be planting
Meet at the Lewis Drive carpark, Castlemaine for a 10:00 a.m. start. This is just past the entrance to the Salvage Yard and Good Op Shop businesses. If you arrive late, we’ll be working from there downstream.
Wear: gloves, sturdy footwear (gumboots advisable) and clothing suitable for the weather. It will be really useful if you can bring waders or a wetsuit, and even more so if you are prepared to get in the creek: it’s much easier planting without bending over!
Bring your own drinking water if you need it.
We’ll provide everything else, including light refreshments afterwards.
Hope to see you there!