| Site map 2007
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"Microlaena area" 7/12/12 3hrs x 1 person = 3hrs weeding 9/12/12 3hrs x 1 person = 3hrs weeding 21/12/12 3 hrs x 1 person = 3 hrs blackberry tong & sponge poisoning 22/12/12 3 hrs x 1 person = 3 hrs blackberry tong & sponge poisoning 31/12/12 4 hrs x 1 person = 4 hrs weeding |
31 December 2012 - Slashed woodland near ephemeral wetland, and spear thistle in billabong. 3 hrs work |
 29 December 2012 - Finished slashing woodland. Slashed fennel and spear thistle near MW pumping station. Watered all (Telstra) plants 5 hrs work
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28 December 2012 - Slashed west woodland. 3 hrs work |
24 December 2012 - Slashed north-west woodland. 3 hrs work |
14 December 2012 - Community work day - David mowed carpark level and in woodland, Stanley slashed picnic area and north-east woodland. 2 * 5 hrs work = 10 hrs work |
11 December 2012 - David sprayed blackberries in woodland, 2012 RMIT area and north of billabong. 3 hrs work |
10 December 2012 - Slashed weeds in northern section of the billabong; mostly spear thistle, ink weed and nightshade. 3 hrs work |
 
6 December 2012 - Telstra/Landcare volunteers weeded in 2012 (C6) area. Planted 80 plants - Swamp paperbark (Melaleuca ericafolia), Snowy daisy bush (Olearia lirata), dichondra, Pratia pedunculata, poa labs, native violet and scattered bidgee widgee seeds around. 25 volunteers - 100 hrs work
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5 December 2012 - Telstra/Landcare volunteers weeded in 2012 (C6) area. Planted 140 plants - Swamp paperbark (Melaleuca ericafolia), Snowy daisy bush (Olearia lirata), bidgee widgee, dichondra, Pratia pedunculata, poa labs, native violet. 25 volunteers - 100 hrs work
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30 November 2012 - Telstra/Landcare volunteers weeded in RMIT 2011 and 2012 area. Planted 80 plants - bidgee widgee, dichondra, Pratia pedunculata, poa labs, native violet. 20 volunteers - 80 hrs work |
29 November 2012 - Telstra/Landcare volunteers weeded in RMIT 2011 area. Watered plants from last 3 days planting as the temperature was 38 ° 14 volunteers - 56 hrs work |
28 November 2012 - Telstra/Landcare volunteers weeded in RMIT 2011 area and west of the track down through the picnic area.. Spread 3 forklift buckets of mulch beside the track. Planted 80 plants - bidgee widgee, dichondra, Pratia pedunculata, poa labs, native violet. 12 volunteers - 60 hrs work |
27 November 2012 - Telstra/Landcare volunteers weeded in 2008 area. Planted 80 plants - bidgee widgee, dichondra, Pratia pedunculata, poa labs, native violet. 20 volunteers - 100 hrs work |
25 November 2012 - Community work day - Weeded in the 2008 and 2011 RMIT area. Niki worked in NE woodland. 6 people - 17 hours work |
24 November 2012 - microbat check. 1 banded male and 7 banded females, 6 pregnant and one with two pups. Niki worked in NE woodland. |
23 November 2012 - Telstra/Landcare volunteers weeded in 2008 area. Planted 80 plants - bidgee widgee, dichondra, Pratia pedunculata, poa labs, native violet. 21 volunteers - 105 hrs work |
8 - 22 November 2012 - Slashed near golf course fence and in 2009 area, sprayed 2009 area and bank beside picnic areas, RMIT 2012 area, slashed paths in woodland, and in picnic areas. 15 hrs work |
8 November 2012 - Slashed Trad and weeds in 2009 area. 3 hrs work |
8 November 2012 - Slashed Trad and weeds in 2009 area. 3 hrs work |
9 November 2012 - Community work day - Weeded in the 2008 area and planted some bidgee-widgee. Niki slashed in NE woodland. 5 people - 20 hours work |
8 November 2012 - Slashed Trad and weeds in 2009 area. 3 hrs work |
3 November 2012 - Slashed Trad and weeds in 2009 area. 3 hrs work |
1 November 2012 - Slashed Trad and weeds in 2009 area. 1.5 hrs work |
28 October 2012 - Community work day - Weeded in the 2008 area and planted some bidgee-widgee and kidney weed. David weeded and sprayed in NE woodland. 14 people - 40.25 hours work |
22 October 2012 - Slashed Trad in area D4. 3 hrs work. |
20 October 2012 - microbat check. 1 banded male. |
19 October 2012 - Slashed the box thorn slope and around the top level. 1½ hrs work |
 1 5 October 2012 - RMIT CaLM (1st year) students visited the Reserve again on as part of their restoration studies. They finished their work on the area with more plantings of - poa labs, goodenias, kangaroo apple, kidney weed, bidgee widgee, swamp paperbark and snowy daisy bush. I slashed the section north of their plantings and some blackberries near the golf course fence.. 19 students - 80 hours work
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12 October 2012 - Community work day - Burned the boxthorn debris near Burke Rd. bridge and planted 6 snowy daisy bushes where the debris had been. Planted 6 gold-dust wattles near the picnic area. 4 people - 17 hours work
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8 October 2012 - RMIT CaLM (1st year) students visited the Reserve again on as part of their restoration studies. The area had been prepared by slashing and sprayed twice. Boroondara provided numerous loads of mulch (thank you) which the students put around their plantings - poa labs, goodenias, kangaroo apple, kidney weed and bidgee widgee. The two plots devoid of trees had a couple of river reds and silver wattles planted. 15 students - 60 hours work |
6 October 2012 - Slashed the RMIT 2011 area west of pedestrian bridge. 3 hrs work |
5 October 2012 - Slashed the RMIT 2011 area between Burke Rd. & pedestrian bridge. 3 hrs work |
3 October 2012 - Follow up spray of the RMIT 2012 area with glyphosate for grass/weeds and starane for Trad. 1 hrs work |
30 September 2012 - Community work day. Weeded and slashed picnic areas. 2 x 3.5 = 7 hrs work |
27 September 2012 - Slashed more of the western section of woodland. 3 hrs work |
26 September 2012 - Slashed more of the western section of woodland. 3 hrs work |
17 September 2012 - Slashed more of the northern section of woodland. Almost finished. 4 hrs work |
22 September 2012 - Bat check - 7 bats in 3 tubes. Male in T2, female in T10, and 5 females in T8. All previously captured. |
14 September 2012 - Community work day. Weeded and planted 42 bidgee widgee in 2008 area and weeded in picnic area. Burnt pile of boxthorn near picnic area = 1.5m tiger snake under boxthorn pile. 41.5 hrs work |
13 September 2012 - Slashed more of the northern section of woodland. 2.5 hrs work |
12 September 2012 - Sprayed the rest of RMIT 2012 area. Slashed verge of tracks in woodland and in northern section of woodland. 4.5 hrs work |
10 September 2012 - Slashed blackberry, brassica, nightshade and grass in the golf course triangle. Mowed the picnic areas and slashed around them and in the RMIT 2011 area. 3.5 hrs work |
6 September 2012 - Slashed blackberry, brassica, fennel and grass in north-east woodland. 1.5 hrs work |
5 September 2012 - Slashed and sprayed Trad in the second and third RMIT plot. Slashed blackberry, brassica and nightshade near the golf course fence. 2.5 hrs work |
Poa labillardierei Common Tussock x30 (Prov. Kew) Austrodanthonia tenuior Purplish Wallaby-grass x20 (Prov. Cottles Bridge) Chrysocephalum semipapposum Clustered Everlasting x2 Chrysocephalum apiculatum Common Everlasting x4 Dianella perfragrans x5 (Prov. Sunshine) |
30/8/12 Niki Weeding and planting in north-east woodland. 2 people x3hrs = 6hrs |
29 August 2012 - Slashed and sprayed Trad in the first RMIT plot. Slashed around the picnic area and boxthorn slope. 3 hrs work |
26 August 2012 - Community work day - Weeded the 2008 area, the south bank of the Billabong, and the 2011 RMIT area. Slashed the track to the woodland beside the picnic area. Mowed the picnic area and the east end of the car park level. Removed 8 bitou bush from beside Burke Rd. 7 people - 34 hrs work |
25 August 2012 - Bat check No bats. |
23/8/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland. 1 person x 3hrs = 3hrs |
16/8/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland. 1 person x4hrs = 4hrs |
22 August 2012 - Slashed and mowed in this year's RMIT area and some blackberry on golf course fence. Frill & filled oak tree - 3 hrs work |
18/8/12 Niki Weeding and root-barrier in north-east woodland. 2 people x 5hrs= 10hrs |
15 August 2012 - Slashed slope next to picnic area. - 1.5 hrs work |
12/8/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland. 1 person x3hrs = 3hrs |
8 August 2012 - Slashed and mowed in this year's RMIT area. - 3 hrs work |
10 August 2012 - Community work day - Weeded the 2008 area and on the south bank of the Billabong. 8 people - 43.75hrs work |
6 August 2012 - RMIT students visited to assess weed control in new area, and weeded in last year's RMIT area. Mowed picnic areas - 10 hrs work |
5/8/12 Niki Weeding and planting in north-east woodland. Poa labillardierei Common Tussock-grass x 80 (Prov: Kew), Lachnagrostis filiformis Common Blown Grass x1, Linum marginale Native flax x2, Poa ensiformis Purple-sheathed tussock-grass x10, Hemarthria uncinata Mat Grass x10, Gahnia radula Thatch Saw-sedge x2, Austrodnathonia tenuior Purplish Wallaby-grass x35 (Prov. Westerfolds), Austrodanthonia fulva Leafy Wallaby-grass x10 (Prov. Westerfolds), Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium Pepper-cress x4, Tricoryne elatior Yellow Rush-lily x2, Lomandra longifolia Spiny mat-rush x1, Sambucus gaudichaudiana Native Elderberry x1, 2 people x 3hrs = 6hrs |
2 August 2012 - Slashed around picnic areas - 1.5 hrs work . |
2/8/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland. 1 person x 3hrs = 3 hrs |
29 July 2012 - Community work day - Planted 40 Kidney weed (Dichondra repens) into, and weeded the RMIT 2011 area. David mowed the upper level. 8 people - 28hrs work. |
28 July 2012 - Bat check 1 male & 1 female Gould's wattled bat in tube 10. |
27/7/12 Niki Weeding and planting in north-east woodland. Mentha australis River mint x1 (Prov: Yarra Flats), Gahnia radula Thatch Saw-sedge x2, Tricoryne elatior Yellow Rush-lily x2, Austrodanthonia fulva Leafy Wallaby grass x6 (Prov.Westerfolds) 2 people x 3hrs = 6 hrs |
26/7/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland 1 person x 4hrs = 4hrs |
19 - 20 July 2012 - Put up 2 more bat tubes, these with carpet lining to provide more insulation. Slashed some of the 2009 area. 2 hours work. |
21/7/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland 2 people x 5hrs = 10 hrs |
19/7/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland 1 person x 3hrs = 3hrs |
15/7/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland 1 person x 3hrs = 3hrs |
14/7/12 Niki Weeding and planting in north-east woodland 2 people x 3hrs = 6hrs |
 
13 July 2012 - Community work day -Planted 120 Poas into, and weeded the 2008 area and spread mulch (from City of Boroondara) around the newly planted Poas. Also planted about 25 native raspberries into the area. Michael and Niki planted 5 x Fairy Grass Lachnagrostis filiformis (Lower plenty), 1 x blady grass Imperata cyclindrica ( Eltham), 2 x Native Flax Linum marginale (Templestowe) and 5 x Clustered Everlasting Chrysocephalum semipapposum (Gully form) (Eltham), and a couple of Poa labs (grown by Niki Smith from seed collected from the 2008 Burke Rd Planting) in the Microlaena patch on the south side of the billabong. 11 people - 44hrs work
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8/7/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland 1 person x 3hrs = 3hrs |
5/7/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland 1 person x 3hrs = 3hrs |
5 July 2012 - Cut and painted a cotoneaster near the Golf course fence. ½ hours work. |
1/7/12 Niki Weeding in north-east woodland 1 person x 3hrs = 3hrs |
30 June 2012 - Bat check 1 male & 1 female Gould's wattled bat in tube 5. |
27 June 2012 - Mowed and slashed around the lomandras and path in RMIT 2012 area. 2 hours work. |
24 June 2012 - Community work day. Weeded the 2008 area and planted 200 poas. 7 = 25 hours work. |
14 June 2012 - Mowed the picnic areas and beside the path from Chris Cross track to Burke Rd. bridge. 1 hours work. |
13 June 2012 - Slashed and mowed kikuyu in RMIT 2012 area. 3 hours work. |
8 June 2012 - Community work day. Weeded the 2008 area. 10 = 41 hours work. |
7 June 2012 - Collected more stakes from MW Brooklyn. 5 hours work. |
6 June 2012 - Slashed kikuyu in RMIT 2012 area and blackberry near golf course fence. 1.5 hours work. |
1 June 2012 - David dug out the dead clumps of chilean needle grass in the sprayed site in the woodland near MW pumping station and staked more red gum seedlings. 5 hours work. |
31 May 2012 - Slashed around picnic area. 1 hours work. |
30 May 2012 - Slashed Trad in second section of the RMIT 2012 area, and nightshade in ephemeral wetland. 2 hours work. VINC2250 |
27 May 2012 - Community work day. Weeded the RMIT 2011 area. David mowed over top of boxthorn debris near car park. Planted more Poa labs in the chilean needle grass area near MW. 7 = 34.75 hours work. |
23 May 2012 - Slashed Trad in first section of the RMIT 2012 area. 1.5 hours work. |
15 - 17 May 2012 - Slashed RMIT 2011 area, Mowed picnic area and top area where box thorn piles were. 4 hours work. |
 
11 May 2012 - Community work day. Hired a chipper and chipped the boxthorn from the upper level. Weeded the RMIT 2011 area and planted Poa labs in the chilean needle grass area near MW, goodenias on the boxthorn slope, and Native Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in the 2008 area. 7 = 42.5 hours work. |
7 May 2012 - Slashed nightshade in the 2010 area and around lomandra in 2013 area. 1 hours work. VINC2200 |
29 April 2012 - Community work day. Weeded and spread 2 ute loads of mulch (kindly donated by City of Boroondara) on the eastern bank of the 2008 area and planted 6 Poa labs, 5 Kangaroo apples and 10 Fishweed goosefoot (Einadia trigonis). 4 * 3 hours work. |
19 April 2012 - Weeded in the 2008 area. 2 hours work. |
16 April 2012 - Weeded in the 2008 area. 2 hours work. |
13 April 2012 - Community work day. Weeded in the 2008 area and planted 30 sprawling bluebell (Wahlenbergia gracilis) and 25 Fishweed goosefoot (Einadia trigonis). 5 * 4 hours work. |
12 April 2012 - Slashed lots of nightshade and a few other weeds in the northwest of the woodland and around the lomandra in the 2013 area. Saw the kangaroo again. 1½ hours work. |
5 April 2012 - Slashed picnic area and around edge of car park level. 1 hours work. |
3 April 2012 - Slashed part of the 2008 area and a path to/through the eastern section of the woodland. Slashed some of the taller weeds in the woodland. 1.5 hours work. |
25 March 2012 - Community work day. Weeded and slashed the 2008 area and sprayed blackberries in the 2013 area. 3 * 4 hours work. |
22 March 2012 - Slashed beside the shared path west of the culvert and boxthorn slope. Pulled kapok vine off golf course fence. Saw the kangaroo in the north-west area. 3 hours work. |
15 March 2012 - Poisoned (frill and fill - 50% glyphosate) about 20 hawthorn bushes near the culvert and about 10 cork oak near the MW puping station fence. 1 hours work |
14 March 2012 - Slashed beside the shared path east of the culvert. 1.5 hours work. RMIT students visited the reserve as part of their restoration unit. |
9 March 2012 - Community work day. Weeded the 2008 area and planted 40 Dichondra and 60 Poa lab. 4 hours work * 9 people |
1 March 2012 - Poisoned (frill and fill - 50% glyphosate) about 50 hawthorn bushes in the D6 - 7 area. 1 hours work |
26 February 2012 - Community work day. Weeded the 2008 area and planted 8 river red gums into RMIT planting area. 4 hours work * 2 people |
23 February 2012 - Slashed blackberries along the golf course fence and general weeds along the MW pumping station fence. Slashed blackberries in the 2013 area. 3.5 hours work |
16 February 2012 - Slashed RMIT 2011 area between the bridges. 1.5 hours work |
10 February 2012 - Community work day. Weeded the RMIT planting area and 2008 area. 4 hours work * 8 people |
9 February 2012 - Slashed 2 areas of blackberries in woodland area. 3 hours work |
 2 February 2012 - Installed flap of 1 way pipe in culvert. Slashed part of woodland area. 2.5 hours work |
29 January 2012 - Community work day. Weeded the RMIT planting area. 4 hours work * 12 people |
21 January 2012 - Bat check - 8 Gould's wattled bats and 4 escapees. 4 of these bats were banded in September. |
19 January 2012 - Slashed part of woodland area. 2 hours work |
16 January 2012 - Slashed part of 2009 area. 2 hours work |
 13 January 2012 - Community work day. Weeded more of the 2008 area and planted 60 Kidney weed, and some plants left over from the RMIT planting. Installed pipe in culvert - one way flap still to be installed. 4 hours work * 10 people |
12 January 2012 - Slashed western slope of picnic area. 1 hours work |
5 January 2012 - Slashed boxthorn slope and east of carpark level. 1.5 hours work |
4 January 2012 - Finished shared path verge and mowed picnic areas. 2 hours work |