Monday, May 23, 2005
Our Place on the Great Dividing Range, the western edge of the Blue Mountains, NSW.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Contact Details for Regent Honeyeater Recovery Project
To read more about the tree planting projects click on the links. Volunteers are welcome. The next planting is in 2006. Stay tuned for details.
If you decide you want to get involved contact the coordinator David Geering
David.Geering@environment(dot)nsw(dot)gov(dot)au
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If you decide you want to get involved contact the coordinator David Geering
David.Geering@environment(dot)nsw(dot)gov(dot)au
Substitute a dot "." where you see "(dot)" in the address.
May Planting 2005
We have been lucky enough to participate in the 2004 and 2005 tree planting and habitat restoration programmes in the Capertee.
We have been lucky enough to participate in the 2004 and 2005 tree planting and habitat restoration programmes in the Capertee.
With a touch of luck this dreaming valley will thrive and be precious for a long time to come.....
Everyone is shown how to make a successful planting and old hands are happy to show young ones and new planters the way to do it.
... and people know how to make the most of the day.
Plantings involve many people of varying ages coming from diverse backgrounds travelling from near and far, rural and urban to do a hard days work
Some live or stay in local towns, others camp nearby and wake up to a chorus of birds !
Some plant in groups, some plant on their own. Everybody plants at their own pace.
Contours of trees will help prevent salinity, marginalisation and sustain biodiversity
Groups enjoy banter and making new aquaintances in the bush
The ground at some plantings is easy to dig and at others is rock with only a smattering of soil. This one was hard yakka !
At the beginning of the day the work seems vast, stretching out in front of us, layed out in lines ...
"To the Capertee did they come..." (from The Book of the CMoR)
