Bushcare Working Bee Program - Spring 2023

SPRING 2023

FRIENDS OF WELLINGTON PARK

FIRST TUESDAYS, 9.15 am – 1.30 pm

Convenor: Stephen Mattingley

Ranging across beautiful landscapes, from the sub-alpine slopes of kunanyi/Mt Wellington to the waterways of Lenah Valley in the hunt for weed challenges.

Sep 5 Weeding out red hot pokers, foxglove and iris from the lower slopes of kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Fairly easy access, not far to walk.

Meet: Junction of Inglewood Rd and Strickland Ave.

Sep 30* Weeding Spanish Heath below Main Fire Trail in Wellington Park.

Meet: Top of Old Farm Road, South Hobart, at 10 am on Saturday.

Nov 7 Tackling Spanish heath above New Town Falls. Reasonable fitness needed for 40 minute walk in and out. If there’s a high fire danger or inclement weather we will ’ll have the same meeting place but a closer work site.

Meet: Top end of Lenah Valley Road near boom gate.

VALLEY STREET BUSHCARE

* FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY, 1–2 pm

Convenor: Vicki Martin

The Leonard Wall/Valley Street Reserve and Providence Gully are habitat islands with a close connection to Knocklofty Reserve. The group is managing and replenishing wildlife habitat. These sites are not suitable for large groups. Inexperienced volunteers welcome.

Sep 5* Roving weeding in Providence Gully. Meet: Cliff St entrance, West Hobart.

IMPORTANT

Please wear long sleeves, long trousers and covered shoes. Some of our sites are steep and challenging, so please read the descriptions to help you select a suitable activity. We also recommend you bring a broad-brimmed hat.

Sep 19* Roving weeding in Providence Gully.

Meet: Cliff St entrance, West Hobart.

Oct 3* Roving weeding in Leonard Wall Reserve.

Meet: Byard St/Mount Stuart Rd entrance.

Oct 17* Roving weeding in Leonard Wall Reserve.

Meet: Byard St/Mount Stuart Rd entrance.

Nov 7* Roving weeding in Providence Gully.

Meet: Cliff St entrance, West Hobart.

Nov 21* Roving weeding in Providence Gully.

Meet: Cliff St entrance, West Hobart.

Dec 5* Roving weeding in Leonard Wall Reserve.

Meet: Byard St/Mount Stuart Rd entrance.

FRIENDS OF KNOCKLOFTY BUSHCARE

* FIRST & THIRD THURSDAY, 9–11.30 am. THIRD SUNDAY, 2–4.30 pm

Convenor: Astrid Wright

Transforming the city-fringed bushland of Knocklofty Reserve from a once-degraded state into a biologically diverse place.

Sep 7* Weerona Trail. Euryops, boneseed and gorse follow up KR04 and KR7.

Meet: End of Weerona Ave, West Hobart. Sep 17 Forget-me-not and hemlock along Salvator Glen Rosa Track KR28.

Meet: Upper Salvator Rd car park, West Hobart.

Activities marked with an asterisk (*) are not City of Hobart Bushcare managed activities. You can contact the group convenor via the Bushcare team on 03 6238 2884 or email bushcare@hobartcity.com.au

SPRING 2023

Sep 21*

Forget-me-not and thistle control.

Meet: End of Brimbadeen Ave, West Hobart.

Oct 5* Forget-me-not and thistle control.

Meet: End of Bimbadeen Crt, West Hobart.

Oct 15 Australian Plant Society walk and talk followed by free native plant giveaway.

Meet: Forest Rd car park, Knocklofty Reserve.

Oct 19* Priority weed control and follow up control.

Meet: Forest Rd car park, Knocklofty Reserve.

Nov 2* Wayleave maintenance. Group 1 – west/south spilt to the summit. Group 2 – Lenah Valley end to the summit.

Meet: Forest Rd car park, Knocklofty Reserve.

Nov 16 Wayleave maintenance from the car park to the west/south spit and down to South Hobart.

Gorse on the Forest Rd extension.

Meet: Forest Rd car park, Knocklofty Reserve.

Dec 7* Priority weed control and follow-up work and a special, catered morning tea.

Meet: Forest Rd car park, Knocklofty Reserve.

WATERWORKS VALLEY LANDCARE

FIRST SUNDAY, 10 am – 12.30 pm

Convenors: Sandra Poth and Carol Bristow

Restoring the urban fringe for people and wildlife, from Waterworks Valley to the banks of Sandy Bay Rivulet.

Sep 3 Foxglove weeding in the valley above Waterworks Reserve.

Meet: Site 10, Waterworks Reserve, or get a lift from the Waterworks gate at 9.45am .

Oct 1 Foxglove weeding near Upper Reservoir walking track above Waterworks Reserve.

Meet: Site 10, Waterworks Reserve, or get a lift from the Waterworks gate at 9.45am.

Nov 5 Bird walk with Don Knowler and Denis Abbott.

Meet: Fantail Quarry, Romilly St track, near 196 Waterworks Rd.

RIDGEWAY BUSHCARE

FIRST SUNDAY, 2–4.30 pm, ALTERNATE MONTHS

Convenor: Andy Wakefield

Caring for the lovely open peppermint woodlands surrounding Ridgeway.

Sep 3 Private land adjacent to Ridgeway Reserve with Spanish heath and pine trees.

Meet: 68 Hall St.

Nov 5 Private land adjacent to Ridgeway Reserve with Spanish heath.

Meet: 68 Hall St - please contact the convenor to confirm.

FERN TREE BUSHCARE

SECOND SUNDAY, 10 am – 12.30 pm

Convenor: Rob Beedham

Controlling invasive weeds in the cool, shady forests of the lower foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington.

Sep 10 Weeding out Daphne laurel and large woody weeds on private land. Followed by a specially catered morning tea.

Meet: 766 Huon Rd – limited parking.

Oct 8 Help remove woody weeds from private land including Daphne laurel and karamu.

Meet: 20 Grays Rd – very limited parking.

Nov 12 Searching for Daphne laurel seedlings in a beautiful, established private garden.

Meet: 757 Huon Rd, Fern Tree. If coming by car, please park on Huon Road.

HOBART RIVULET BUSHCARE

SECOND SUNDAY, 2–4.30 pm

Convenor: John James

Restoring the Hobart Rivulet and encouraging healthy habitat for our iconic platypus and other wildlife.

Sep 10 Free native plant giveaway! Also planting maintenance and weeding downstream from Tara St.

Meet: Opposite Waratah near Tara St.

Oct 8 Examine waterbugs through a hand lens with John Gooderham. A little planting near creek banks and some weeding. Enjoy a

once-a-year, specially catered afternoon tea in the historic Cascade Gardens.

Meet: Upper Cascade Gardens below the brewery.

Nov 12 Hear fascinating stories of the Hobart Rivulet with historian Martin Stone. Be ready for a hill climb, a great view and rock-hopping, so wear sturdy shoes. We’ll see the stepped falls that earns the name “Cascade”.

Meet: Cascade Gardens car park, near 2 McRobies Rd.

FRIENDS OF McAULAY RESERVE BUSHCARE

SECOND SUNDAY, 2–4.30 pm

Convenors: Mark Corrigan and Caroline Corrigan

Restoring the white gum woodlands of Maning Rivulet in Edith Reserve and the historic McAulay Reserve.

Sep 10 Weed sweep targeting regenerating cotoneaster, forget-me-not in Edith Reserve.

Meet: Near 268 Churchill Ave, Sandy Bay.

Oct 8 General planting maintenance and weed control on the creek – pull/cut emerging haw-

BUSHCARE WORKING BEES

thorn, grub blackberry, hand pull forget-menot.

Meet: Near 268 Churchill Ave, Sandy Bay.

Nov 12 General weed control on Edith Avenue.

Meet: Near 268 Churchill Ave, Sandy Bay.

MOUNT NELSON BUSHCARE

SECOND SUNDAY 10 am – 12.30 pm

* LAST THURSDAY, 10 am – 12.30 pm

Convenors: Greg Kidd and Vivian Fujiura

Enhancing and protecting wildlife habitat in the diverse forests in and around Bicentennial Park.

Sep 10 Priority gorse control below the Tolmans Hill playground and planting maintenance as well as a special, catered morning tea. Meet: Tolmans Hill playground.

Sep 28* TBC by Mt Nelson Bushcare via email to volunteers on mailing list.

Meet: Yellow boom gates behind the Hobart College, Mt Nelson.

Oct 8 Fire and Biodiversity Walk and Talk. Take a behind-the-scenes look at how the City of Hobart is managing local bushland.

Bushcare Walk & Talks

Meet: 2 Rialanah Road, Mt Nelson.

SCAN

We have some fabulous Bushcare Walk & Talk events planned for spring, including a behind-the-scenes look at how the City of Hobart is restoring threatened grasslands.

DISCOVER HOBART’S THREATENED GRASSLANDS

SEPTEMBER 7 & 24, 10 am – 12.30 pm

Take a behind-the-scenes look at how we are restoring grassy woodland habitat, including critically endangered lowland Themeda triandra grasslands, as we walk through beautiful native bushland on the Queens Domain.

FIRE AND NATURE

OCTOBER 8 & 14, 10 am – 12.30 pm

Journey into the world of fire and nature with the people who use fire to care for Hobart’s bushland reserves, including the native bushland that surrounds Mt Nelson and Knocklofty.

SPRING 2023

Nov 12

Priority gorse control below the Tolmans Hill playground.

Meet: Tolmans Hill Playground.

Nov 30* TBC by Mt Nelson Bushcare via email to volunteers on mailing list.

Meet: Mt Nelson Fire Station.

SOUTH HOBART BUSHCARE

THIRD SUNDAY 10 am – 12.30 pm

Convenor: Janet Stone

Looking after a bushland remnant nestled in the middle of South Hobart by removing weeds and protecting the habitat of eastern barred bandicoots.

Sep 17

Working bee on private land adjacent to Wellesley Park and gorse follow-up in Wellesley Park (zones 1 & 9).

Meet: Wellesley soccer carpark near 81 Wellesley St.

Oct 15 Extracting agapanthus seedlings and other weeds from a remnant native understorey (zones 3, 4, 5).

Meet: Near 130 Wentworth St, end of road.

Nov 19 Weeding under black peppermints in remnant native bushland – small gorse and garden succulents, Zone 8.

Meet: Wellesley Park soccer car park, near 81 Wellesley St.

CORNELIAN BAY BUSHCARE

FOURTH SUNDAY 10 am – 12.30 pm

Convenor: Sue Gillespie

Protecting Hobart’s coastal vegetation around the

picturesque Cornelian Bay and important grasslands of the Queens Domain.

Sep 24 Caring for native grasslands at the crossroads on the Queens Domain – freesia follow up, weeding gorse, cocksfoot, briza, panic grass and thinning out sheoak and bluegum saplings.

Meet: Joggers Loop picnic table, Queens Domain.

Oct 22 Queens Walk weed-sweep. Hunting for woody weeds above Cornelian Bay.

Meet: Cornelian Bay Boat House restaurant car park.

Nov 26 Enhancing the health and biodiversity of rare grassy woodlands.

Meet: Summit car park, Queens Domain.

LAMBERT GULLY BUSHCARE

FOURTH SUNDAY, 2–4.30 pm

Convenor: Ingrid Colman

Working along the slopes of the Lambert Creek waterway under giant blue gums to maintain the habitat corridor of Lambert Gully.

Sep 24 Thistelling and general weed control. Special Afternoon Tea.

Meet: Bend 4 ,195 Nelson Rd, Mt Nelson.

Oct 22 Woody weed control and general riparian sweep below Churchill Ave.

Meet: Near 197 Churchill Ave (lower side), Sandy Bay.

Nov 26 Woody weed control and general riparian sweep above Churchill Ave.

Meet: Near 197 Churchill Ave (upper side), Sandy Bay.

Our Bushcare groups are run by volunteers working with the City of Hobart to help care for their local bushland reserves. During Bushcare events children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Bushcare is cancelled on days of total fire ban, high winds or heavy rain.

PLEASE BRING: Strong boots, warm waterproof clothing, a hat and a drink. Gloves and all tools will be supplied.

MORE INFO: Contact the Bushcare Program Officer, City of Hobart Phone: 6238 2884 | Email: bushcare@hobartcity.com.au