One of those days when it was hard to get motived to spend the day helping out at Van Stadens especially when talking to Goodman it was quite clear that his mind was elsewhere and if we want the massive clearing up of the blue gums to be done it is up to ourselves. As […]
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Lots to do today so we wasted no time to go and chat in the office and headed straight down to the arboretum to install the modified steps into the bird hide. This should make it a little more user friendly for the not so agile bird watchers. Surprise to say the least that the
The first really cold day of the season with a biting wind. Good thing though that it put a stop to the horse flies and that one needs to keep working to stay warm. The aim was to clear the track behind the toilet on the main picnic site of blue gum branches and, even
Sunday was the morning for the trail run. Sheena had come out and marked the route and about thirty runners got their instructions and did either the 9km or the 5km loop. We had given strict instruction to include part of the Nymph trail past the Lilly Pond to get more feet on that trail
It so happened that this weekend we had both the Fovs monthly meeting and the Free Spirit trail training run so we took the opportunity to get some feet on the new trail and get some feedback on it. Saturday we started the walk from the office and took the southern section towards the Forest
After the usual morning tasks such as hacking and looking after the nursery we went and planted some more indigenous trees to replace the pines. Jenny has donated a lot of trees for that purpose and, if they all take, there will be quite a forest there in the future. Rob set about digging some
