Hard to completely beat - McRobies Gully
Within the bush in
McRobies Gully lies a few spots that were smothered in Erica or Broom and we
first worked on them in 2006.
One location was
within the area of a management burn in Spring 2015 and amazingly almost everything
but a patch of Erica had been burnt. It proved to be a bigger task than imaged
because it comprised a lot of small stemmed plants packed closely together.
It was a good turnout
which enable the area to be cleared before enjoying coffee and tasty Danish
pastries courtesy of the City of Hobart Bushcare.
Morning break pastries
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Below us an area of
Erica which was cleared between 2006 and 2009 and some seedling had recently
been noticed after several years free of any signs. On closer inspection there were many more
than thought and it seems that the last year may have been very conducive for
the seeds in the soil to sprout. Beyond
is a location that had huge volumes of Broom and even here a number of quite
small plants were spotted, after 5 years free of them. No wonder they are hard to beat.
A patch of small plants that could all be easily
pulled out with Gill, Sue and John.
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Whilst there the
builders of a new bike track were working quite close and we able to view some
of the construction. The track departs
from the lower McRobies fire trail and heads down towards the tip where it will
then go up to New Town Track.
Jean and John were planning to join us part way
through the morning and even saw us working from the distance, but we had moved
by the time they arrived and were unable to find us. No we didn’t hide from
them.
Our final task was an area closer to the Main Fire
Trail where some Erica was known to be present. When we worked downwards at the
bush edge some quite old large plants were encountered and most will have to
wait for another occasion.
Lunch at Old Farm Rd, Greg, Ted, Rob,John, Allison,
Sue, Gill, Kevin, Bronwyn and Chris.
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An album is online with all photos from the day. It includes some photos at the marker pole for N,S,E & W directions
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