13 September 2024. Community work day. Planted 200 weeping grass (Microlaena stipoides) and weeded in western woodland. 7 volunteers 23.5 hrs work.

25 August 2024. Community work day. Planted 54 Austral storksbill (Pelargonium australe), 27 Dusty miller (Spyridium parvifolium), and 27 Tree everlasting (Ozothamnus ferrugineous), and weeded in western woodland. 7 volunteers 21.5 hrs work.

9 August 2024. Community work day. Planted 54 river teatree (Leptospernum obovatum) and 54 snowy daisy bush (Olearia lirata), and weeded in western woodland. 6 volunteers 31.5 hrs work.

28 July 2024. Community work day. Planted 200 purple sheath tussock grass (Poa ensiformis), in western woodland. Finished early due to inclement weather. 10 volunteers 24 hrs work.

12 July 2024. Community work day. Planted 54 Austral indigo (Indigofera australis) and 54 Yarra burgan (Kunzea leptospermoides), and weeded in western woodland. 9 volunteers 31.5 hrs work.

30 June 2024. Community work day. Planted 120 purple sheath tussock grass (Poa ensiformis), 54 Hop Goodenia (Goodenia ovata), and weeded in western woodland. 8 volunteers 28 hrs work.

14 June 2024. Community work day. Planted 200 purple sheath tussock grass (Poa ensiformis and weeded in western woodland. 11 volunteers 36.54 hrs work.

26 May 2024. Community work day. Planted 54 basalt daisy (Brachyscome multifidia Gteensborough form), 54 Clustered everlasting (Chrysocephalum semipapposum), and weeded in western woodland. 10 volunteers 34 hrs work.

10 May 2024. Community work day. Planted 200 Weeping grass (Microlaena stipoides) and weeded in western woodland. 11 volunteers 35 hrs work.

28 April 2024. City Nature Challenge day. Guided walk with Graemne Lorimer, author of the 2006 Inventory and Assessment of Indigenous Flora and Fauna in Boroondara. 26 participants.

12 April 2024. Community work day. Planted 54 Prickly Moses (Acacia verticillata and 54 Victorian Christmas bush (Prostanthera lasioanthos) in western woodland and spread some mulch. 11 volunteers 37 hrs work.

24 March 2024. Community work day. Weeded and spread mulch beside path in southern woodland. 6 volunteers 23 hrs work.

8 March 2024. Community work day. Weeded in the western woodland and goat area. Spread mulch on cardboard near southern signboard. 8 volunteers 25.5 hrs work.

25 February 2024. Community work day. Weeded in the picnic area and western woodland. 13 volunteers 37.5 hrs work.

9 February 2024. Community work day. Weeded in the picnic area, beside main Yarra trail in southern woodland and western woodland. 10 volunteers 33 hrs work.

28 January 2024. Community work day. Weeded in the picnic area, beside main Yarra trail and western woodland. 12 volunteers 35 hrs work.
Saw rabbit in garden centre behind container. Checked trail camera near container and the rabbit had appeared 4 times and a wombat had checked out the entrance under the container.

12 January 2024. Community work day. Weeded in the picnic area, as many areas were still under water.

8 January 2024. The river reached 7.83 metres on 8 January remaining over 7 metres until 10 January (incl.)


Stanley Barker
Convenor
Friends of Burke Road Billabong

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