This track from Bapaume Road that the school kids take on the way to the oval tells a story. On one side the Ekibin Creek Bushcare group has regenerated natural bushland while the other has been left alone to fend for itself. To the right you can see native grasses …
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This young tree was covered in monkey vine (Parsonsia straminea) before we cleared it as part of our Tree Day preparations. It is probably a swamp box (Lophostemon suaveolens) that has naturally spread from the surrounding forest. You can see what would have been its fate if the monkey vine …
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This giant Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) is the largest tree on the site and close to the maximum size for this species. Before land clearing that occurred during European settlement, it would have been common in this area. This specimen may have survived the early clearing (possibly as a …
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We have been slowly dealing with a very large bougainvillea vine over the last few years. It was probably grown as an ornamental, next to the (now demolished) farmhouse about a century ago. In the intervening years it grew extensively, even infiltrating the canopy of nearby eucalyptus trees. As well …
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Brisbane Laurel (Pittosporum revolutum) is rainforest shrub that appears to have self-sown itself over our site. It grows to about 3m and prefers dry, well drained areas. This specimen is growing a couple of metres above the creek, so these conditions apply.
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At our second working bee for the year, we started to clear the first patch for the July Tree Day plantings. This patch has three mature trees in a line, marking the western boundary: a tallowood (Eucalyptus microcorys), a swamp box (Lophostemon suaveolens) and an old wattle. The triangle has …
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Adjacent to the site we are preparing for the Tree Day events is a very weedy patch, dominated by Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum), but also containing some Cats Claw (Macfadyena unguis-cati). Running through this area is a line of healthy eucalypts (Moreton Bay Ash, Grey Gum, Forest Red Gum). It …
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We have started to plan for two Tree Day events this year, in late July. Like last year, there will be a school planting during the week and a community event on the Sunday (31st) after our normal working bee. Two patches of scrub have been selected: on either side …
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A rain event on the evening of Wednesday 3rd February, 2016 dropped a fair amount of rain in the Mt. Gravatt region. Since Ekibin Creek (East Branch) has a catchment covering the north-west corner of the mountain, quite a bit of water flowed into the creek. It is estimated that …
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The Wonga Vine (Pandoria pandorana) is just starting to flower now, in mid-January. There are at least two good places to see this native vine growing: near the footpath at the Gaza Road entry; and more centrally, near the 2014 Schools Tree Day planting.
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