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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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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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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