Thanks to
Allan McLean of TCCS who responded to a request for a dispenser for dog poo
bags we now have both a dispenser and a bin at the Wickens Place carpark entry
area (as in the photo below).
Mick Lee,
of TCCS’s depot at Charnwood organised the crews for the dispenser’s installation.
At one stage there was also talk of a second dispenser location near the
Schwarz Place entry but we’ll wait and see.
Mt Rogers
folk who keep the place litter-free will be able, I assume, to put your daily
collections into this bin rather than take the bags of litter home.
The ACT
Litter patrol will continue regular, weekly patrolling of Wickens Place.
Two
sections of the wire fencing have been deliberately flattened by vehicles. We
have previously shown TCCS Operations team personnel the easily penetrated
nature of the remaining fencing but having more boulders installed wasn’t
feasible then.
When Mick
phoned about the latest fencing breaches I suggested that boulders were the
best solution for vehicles even though they still allowed motorbikes through in
the Wickens Place area.
Today
Mick and TCCS Operations colleagues have been on site to assess the Wickens
fencing situation. Eventually the wire fencing will be replaced with some
boulders in the SW area where some boulders are already on that fenceline. Today
I took the photo below, surprised to find those smaller rocks there.
Perhaps a bobcat is on its way to position them.
Mick
proposes TCCS cementing bollards in round the edges of the carpark area to
prevent vehicles driving into the reserve. This would include bollards at the
first-reported fenceline nearest the ’swing gate’, I understand.
Full
marks to Allan and Mick and his crews for turning our observations into
restoration action.
Rosemary
Mt Rogers Landcare Convenor
8 July 2020
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