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December Working Bee
Subject to weather, the next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday 5 December. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50am or at 9.00am at the work site. We'll continue to work on woody weeds in the creek line east of the pony club and the hillside to the north of the creek. The trailer will be located near the pony club.
Sadly, we will not follow the working bee with our usual Christmas lunch this year due to COVID restrictions, but you might want to enhance your morning tea to celebrate another successful year of work in the park.
30/11/2020
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November Working Bee
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 7 November. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site at 9.00 am. We'll be doing follow-up work on woody weeds like olives and ash in the creek line to the east of the pony club. The trailer will be located close to the Viaduct Track near the pony club.
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Social distancing rules continue to apply.
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Note that the December working bee on 5 December will be followed by our Christmas lunch hosted once again in Burnside. Details of the arrangements for that event will be emailed closer to the event.
2/11/2020
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October Working Bee #2
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 17 October. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site at 9.00 am. We will be working on woody weeds to the south of the Ridge Track. The trailer will be located on the southern side of the Ridge Track near the grove of sheoaks.
13/10/2020
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October Working Bee
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 3 October. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at 9.00 am at the work site. We'll take a break from the lavender this time and return to the east of the Archery area to work on woody weeds. The trailer will be located at the junction near the ford.
Social distancing rules will continue to apply.
28/09/2020
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September Working Bee #2 - update
Due to the forecast for a fair bit of rain tomorrow and a possible morning thunderstorm, we've decided to postpone the working bee until Saturday, 26 September.
18/09/2020
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The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 19 September. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site at 9.00 am. We'll continue our assault on the Topped Lavender infestation in Zone 5. The trailer will be located near the junction of the Ridge and Boundary Tracks on top of the hill.
Social distancing rules continue to apply.
15/09/2020
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September Working Bee
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The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 5 September. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at 9.00 am at the work site. We'll continue to work on the Topped Lavender infestation in Zone 5. The trailer will be located near the junction between the Ridge and Boundary Tracks on top of the hill.
Social distancing rules will continue to apply.
01/09/2020
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August Working Bee #2​
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The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 15 August. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site at 9.00 am. Our main objective will be to control the infestation of Topped Lavender in Zone 5. The trailer will be located at the top of the hill near the junction between the Ridge and Boundary Tracks.
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Social distancing requirements continue.
13/08/2020
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August Working Bee
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The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 1 August. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at 9.00 am at the work site. We will continue to work on woody weeds to the east of the archery. The trailer will be located at the track junction near the ford.
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Social distancing rules will continue to apply.
27/07/2020
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July Working Bee
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 18 July. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site at 9.00 am. We'll continue to work on woody weeds to the east of the archery. The trailer will be located at the track junction near the ford.
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Social distancing rules will continue to apply.
14/07/2020
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June Working Bee #2
The next working bee will be held on Saturday, 27 June, having been deferred from 20 June due to bad weather. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site at 9.00 am.
26/06/2020
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Working Bees Resume
Given the forecast for Saturday is for 5 to 15 mm of rain and a maximum temperature of 14 degrees C, it is proposed to postpone the planned working bee on Saturday, 20 June to Saturday, 27 June unless the forecast improves significantly by Friday, 19 June. In the unlikely event that that happens, a further email will be sent on Friday afternoon to reinstate the working bee.
16/06/2020
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We are back!!
With the relaxation on group size after the COVID lockdown, our regular working bees will resume on Saturday, 6 June. We meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at 9.00 am at the work site. We'll be doing follow-up work on olives, i.e. looking for seedlings and regrowth, in zone 8 between the creek line and the southern boundary of the park. The trailer will be located on the Sewer Easement Track near where the walking/cycling trail crosses the creek.
We will need to observe social distancing particularly around the trailer when collecting and returning tools and at the break.
03/06/2020
Second June Working Bee - Postponement
Given the forecast for Saturday is for 5 to 15 mm of rain and a maximum temperature of 14 degrees C, it is proposed to postpone the planned working bee on Saturday, 20 June to Saturday, 27 June unless the forecast improves significantly by Friday, 19 June. In the unlikely event that that happens, a further email will be sent on Friday afternoon to reinstate the working bee.
16/06/2020
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We are back!!
With the relaxation on group size after the COVID lockdown, our regular working bees will resume on Saturday, 6 June. We meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at 9.00 am at the work site. We'll be doing follow-up work on olives, i.e. looking for seedlings and regrowth, in zone 8 between the creek line and the southern boundary of the park. The trailer will be located on the Sewer Easement Track near where the walking/cycling trail crosses the creek.
We will need to observe social distancing particularly around the trailer when collecting and returning tools and at the break.
03/06/2020
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Working Bees on Hold
In view of the increasing Government-mandated restrictions on social gatherings due to the COVID-19 crisis, Robyn and I have reviewed our proposal to continue with working bees in Shepherds Hill and decided that we should suspend activities until the crisis has abated. We recognise that during much of our work we are fairly widely spread out so that the danger of contracting or spreading the virus is low, but sharing vehicles to get to and from the worksite, gathering near the trailer while collecting tools and cleaning up, and morning tea time bring us all into closer contact and pose greater risk.
We'll keep the situation under review and resume activities as soon as it is deemed safe to do so. I hope you will all keep safe and well. (Alan, Secretary)
26/03/2020
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March Working Bee
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday , 7 March. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site at 9.00am. We'll continue to work on woody weeds and weed grasses on the slope to the south of the Ridge Track. The trailer will be located near the copse of sheoaks opposite the rocky outcrops at the top of the hill.
02/03/2020
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February Working Bee for 2020 Confirmed
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 8 February. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site at 9.00 am. We'll be working on woody weeds to the east of the archery. The trailer will be located at the track junction near the ford.
Members are reminded of the AGM at the Blackwood Uniting Church at 7.30pm on Wednesday, 5 February. The NRM District Ecologist will be attending and will provide us with a progress report on the work being done to restore Zone 5 of the park as a grassland.
03/02/2020
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First Working Bee for 2020 re-scheduled
Members are reminded of the AGM at the Blackwood Uniting Church at 7.30pm on Wednesday 5 February. NRM District Ecologist Anthony Abley will be attending and will provide us with a progress report on the work being done to restore Zone 5 of the park as a grassland.
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park was scheduled for the first Saturday of February. However, the weather forecast is for some welcome rain.
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So the working bee has been re-scheduled for the following Saturday at 9.00 am - that is on 8 February. Details are to be advised, but the default position is meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am.
A Committee Meeting will still be held at Robyn's home on Saturday, 1 February at 9.00 am. Members with issues to raise are invited to provide details to a Committee Member to raise on their behalf.
28/01/2020
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Welcome to a New Decade
With hope, for a better environment.
This year's AGM will be held at the Blackwood Uniting Church on Wednesday, 5 February.
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