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| | COMMUNITY CELEBRATION DAY
The Environmental Grants Program 2009/10 - Round 2, gave HRBCG a grant 0f $3,320.
The grant was to remove a significant amount of exotic weeds and... 
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| About the group |  |
 | | With much excitement and enthusiasm – planting was underway! |
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 | | Expert advice for a young scout. |
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 | | Gecko Wildlife gets a mixed response to the python. |
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| About the site | |
The dominant tree species at the site include pink bloodwoods, scribbly gums and forest red gums. Umbrella cheese trees along with a variety of other indigenous vegetation have enabled native animals, birds and butterflies to inhabit the site. Native grases including small flower finger grass and clustered lovegrass have survived despite constant mowing and herbicides; which illustrates the hardiness of Australian vegetation. In the creek, lomandras, swamp ricegrass and frogsmouth provide a small plant stock from which we can expand plantings of local vegetation.
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| The Vision - What are we working towards? | |
One of the aims is to gradually restore the creek and its surrounds after the neglect of many, many years thus achieving a healthy waterway which encourages the return of water dependent native species. As this creek is un-named the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders have been consulted on an appropriate name using the language of the Yurrewl people who lived in this area. The process for naming the creek is now underway.
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 | COMMUNITY CELEBRATION DAY - The Environmental Grants Program 2009/10 - Round 2, gave HRBCG a grant 0f $3,320.
The grant was to remove a significant amount of exotic weeds and replace them with local indigenous flora. This work was completed on the 28th November 2011 | |
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