Thank you for an invaluable 2.5 hours work, David, Phil and Ted. As a result, a hundred woody weed species won't be taking water from the soil and native
species after the next rain. Ann, Anne C and Anne Mc couldn't make it today.
Griffin and
Angharad are continuing to work on mapping the GPS location and girth of the
significant eucalypts ... these are the originals that have been watching events
on Mt Rogers for several hundred years.
Phil Nizette from
Wellspring Arts and Design will be supervising the installation of rocks for
the engraved Mt Rogers sign on the carpark edge in the coming week. The cost of
replacing the long-gone sign will be borne by the ACT Government ($2,000), TCCS
(TAMS) the land's managers will contribute in kind by transporting &
installing the selected rocks. Ginninderra
Catchment Group will pay the remaining $1,300 for Phil to engrave MT
ROGERS on the largest rock.
Ted is proposing to
report an incident of arrogant father and son motor cyclists to the Minister
hoping to thereby highlight this on-going problem and unsafe activity in the
ACT's reserves.
For reporting Anti
social behaviour on Mt Rogers (and in other reserves and public places) Access
Canberra is 13 22 81 is the first contact
point.
Our work today
morphed into another social occasion with many topics being discussed as we
worked. Another real plus was agreeing that we are so lucky to have such a
friendly pack of walked dogs on Mt Rogers. Ted specialises in
meeting and greeting dogs that his canines come across when walking. Phil
continues to monitor drainage channels during his regular walks ... when's the
next rain due? It was great to welcome David back into the team after a
few months of his being busy elsewhere. He particularly enjoys Landcaring
as it's a practical example of the stewardship he strongly believes
in.
Steve D's watercolour painting (above) of the team working against Tree of Heaven was in the Artists'
Society of Canberra - Icon Water Exhibition at the Kingston Arts Hub until 30th
June. (Sorry, this blog post is delayed, so you may have missed seeing it there.)
We're a multi
talented community of busy and involved people!
Congratulations!
Photos below:
- Three that Steve D used as reference for his watercolour.
- And two views of Mt Rogers from Percival Hill, across CSIRO land that is currently still farmland but perhaps destined to be housing one day. Mt Rogers is identifiable by the telecommunications tower standing out on its top, near a plume of smoke.
Rosemary
Mt Rogers Landcare coordinator
25 June 2017
