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April 2024

Wolli Creek Eco-Paddle Sunday May 19th 2pm – 5 pm – NOW BOOKED OUT

The Wolli Creek Preservation Society is again partnering with the River Canoe Club of NSW.  The tour will start from the River Canoe Club clubhouse, Richardson Crescent, Marrickville, and finish with light afternoon refreshments back at the clubhouse. The River Canoe Club will provide paddle guidance, and all the gear including canoes and life jackets. The Society will provide an informative tour covering the local history and ecology of the area. You get a very different view of the Wolli Creek Valley from creek level, and it’s a chance to get a gentle and short introduction to paddling as we cater for beginners. 

For more information and to register for this activity please go to: https://events.humanitix.com/wolli-creek-eco-paddle-sunday-19th-may

Wolli Creek Eco-Paddle Sunday 5th May, 2pm-5pm -NOW BOOKED OUT

The Wolli Creek Preservation Society is again partnering with the River Canoe Club of NSW to run an eco-paddle on Sunday 5th May 2024.  The tour will start from the River Canoe Club clubhouse, Richardson Crescent, Marrickville, and finish with light afternoon refreshments back at the clubhouse. The River Canoe Club will provide paddle guidance, and all the gear including canoes and life jackets. The Society will provide an informative tour covering the local history and ecology of the area. You get a very different view of the Wolli Creek Valley from creek level, and it’s a chance to get a gentle and short introduction to paddling as we cater for beginners. 

For more information and to register for this activity please go to: https://events.humanitix.com/wolli-creek-eco-paddle-sunday-5th-may

Girrahween burn morning tea

Bushcare at Girrahween Burn Site

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A keen group of bushcarers tackled the weeds at the Hazard Reduction burn site at Girrahween this morning, below Sutton Ave, Earlwood. Bushcare Coordinator Paul Ibbetson is pleased National Parks were able to do the burn in this area, “The bushland is adapted to frequent irregular fires, but since European settlement, fires have been suppressed. These burns help not only protect nearby houses, but they restore the health of the bushland. It’s great to see that after only a couple of weeks, the green shoots of some native plants are already showing.” We saw Kookaburras, Ravens and Currawongs closely inspecting the site for tasty snacks.

 

The bushcare group made a great start on removing introduced species around the edges of the burn, such as Privet, Ochna, Asparagus Fern and Corky Passion Flower.  There will be another session this Wednesday 17th April to continue this important and satisfying work. If you’d like to join in and help us, contact Paul at bushcare@wollicreek.org.au.

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Bushcare at Girrahween Burn Site 13 & 17 April

The Wolli Creek Society will be holding 2 bushcare sessions at Girrahween Park in Earlwood on Saturday 13th and Wednesday 17th April, from 9 to 12.

If you’d like to join us to do some weeding around the edges of the recent burn area at Girrahween, please contact Paul at bushcare@wollicreek.org.au. He will tell you where to come and what to bring.

We hope to see you there.

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Graffiti Clean Up on Girrahween Track

Abi Curtis, our Treasurer, and her husband Mark took time out of their busy liv es to tackle graffiti and tagging that have appeared on the Girrahween Track and in Turrella Reserve. Abi said, “We don’t want the tagging to encourage more taggigng. We wanted to see what we could accomplish with a few old rags, some elbow grease and an assortment of solvents.  We took eucalyptus oil, metho and turps. Each worked for different paints. We had some joy with the signs, but found it much harder to scrub tags off the tree unfortunately.”  Good on you, Abi and Mark, job well done!

 

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Hazard Reduction Girrahween

NPWS Hazard Reduction Burns

Many of us living in Earlwood could smell smoke last Wednesday, 27th March, or could see smoke rising from the bush below Earlwood shops.

 

The National Parks and Wildlife Service was doing a Hazard Reduction burn in the bush below Sutton Place, from the eastern side of the picnic ground down to the lower Girrahween track and east along the track for a short distance. NPWS run a continual program of HR, looking to burn areas that haven’t seen fire for a long period. This manages the ecosystem and reduces the risk of fire for nearby houses.

 

The fire burnt very well through the good shrubby bush down the slope. But as expected, the more weedy upper slope didn’t burn as well, so Bushcare Coordinator Paul Ibbetson is organizing weeding sessions to weed around the edges of the burn site.