Centenary and District Environment Action (Inc.) (Inc)
Wolston Creek Bushland Group
About Us
One of Our Youngest
Helpers
Stephanie proves that
you're never too young
to start
Reflecting our heritage as activists rather than environmentalists, the
membership of Wolston Creek Bushland Group collectively has an
extremely limited knowledge of Australian native flora and its
botanical names. The use of the word Bushland rather than Bushcare in
our name represents a subtlety (usually missed), meant to reflect the
“open bush” quality of the park.We are a very
social group and finish every period of work with a cuppa and a sausage
sizzle.
Regular members contribute $2.50 per person, $5.00 per family towards the cost, with any excess going towards our Christmas party. Children are more than welcome, and usually enjoy themselves, helping and running around under the watchful eyes of 10 or more adults.
About Our Work
Grey Kangaroo
We often see roos
in our bushcare area
Due to the large size of the park, we can only devote ourselves to a small area at the western end where we are weeding, mulching and planting with considerable success in view of the current weather conditions. We have established, under the guidance of one of our members, a fenced experimental regeneration plot. With respect to the rest of the park, we can only keep an eye out for noxious weeds, of which there are not many, luckily enough although the usual weeds associated with grazing land do proliferate. The biggest single problem is the Chinese Elm infestation on the banks of the creek, which we are yet to tackle.
Other Achievements
Following considerable pestering of ”those who can”, we now have mains water, a picnic table and benches and 3 kilometres of mown walking tracks. We have an adequate supply of tools, wheelbarrow and hoses and will shortly take possession of a brush cutter (which will be available for use by all bushcare groups in the ward).
Learn More About Us
Contact: Warner and Tricia Dakin on 3376 7724
or email us.
Find out about the history and the geology of our bushland area (pdf 12Kb)