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Notice - our 2016 AGM is scheduled for Wednesday, 10 February, 7.30 pm
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Working Bee - December... take2
It looks as though the weather will be kinder to us next Saturday, so we'll have the last working bee of the year and our Christmas lunch on that day.
Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be working at the southern end of the park in the creek line near the Sewer Easement Track following up on any olive seedlings or regrowth in the areas we have previously cleared and dealing with new olives and other weeds close to native vegetation. The trailer will be on the Sewer Easement Track near the point where the Grey Box Loop Trail crosses the creek.
After the end of the working bee we'll hold our Christmas lunch at Eden Hills from 1pm. Meat is being provided. Bring your own drinks, a salad, sweet, cake or other dish to share and a chair. If you haven't already RSVP'd, please use the details provided in the email to members, so we know how many to expect.
Hoping to see you there.
08/12/2015
Working Bee - December
Due to the temperature forecast of 39oC for Saturday, the working bee and the Christmas lunch to follow it have both been postponed to the following Saturday, 12 December when we hope conditions will be more suitable.
01/12/2015
Working Bee - November
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 7 November. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be working in the southern end of the park removing some garden plants invading the park from the adjacent properties and continuing our work on olives near the creek line to the north of the Sewer Easement Track. The trailer will be located on the Sewer Easement Track near the point where the Grey Box Loop Trail leaves the Sewer Easement Track to cross the creek.
We are also going to have a stall at the Blackwood Christmas Fair on 15 November. For details about the Fair - click here
03/11/2015
Working Bee #2 - October
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 17 October. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50am or at the work site. Our aim is to complete the removal of Tangier Pea, Nasturtium, False Caper and other weeds from the creek line between the ford and Watiparinga and to continue the removal of Topped Lavender on the hillside to the south. There may also be olive seedlings to remove and mature olives to be drilled and filled.
The trailer will be located at the head of the triangle near the ford.
12/10/2015
Working Bee - October
The next working bee at Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 3 October. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll return to the triangle area to continue to work on tangier pea, false caper, nasturtium and broom in the creek line between the ford and the Watiparinga boundary, and topped lavender, olive seedlings and bridal creeper further afield.
The trailer will be located at the junction of the Viaduct and Ridge Tracks near the ford.
The current forecast is for a maximum temperature on the day of 33oC so you'll need to break out the sun screen. The working bee will be cancelled if the forecast maximum exceeds 33oC.
15/09/2015
Working Bee - September#2
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 19 September. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be working in the triangle area on broom, tangier pea, nasturtium and bridal creeper.
The trailer will be located at the eastern junction of the Ridge and Viaduct Tracks near the ford over the creek.
15/09/2015
Working Bee - September
The next working bee will be on Saturday, 5 September. Meet in the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site.
We'll be returning to our work site on the top of the ridge and, in addition to further work on olives and scabious, we want to remove a small infestation of Polygala and spray bridal creeper.
At morning tea time, we'll be joined by Sam Duluk, Member for Davenport, who wants to meet us and see the work we are doing in the Park which is within his electorate.
01/09/2015
Working Bee - August (let's try again!)
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation park will be held on Saturday, 15 August. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. With a better weather forecast than last time, we'll be aiming to plant the remaining 30 Twiggy Daisy Bushes and continue to attack the woody weeds on the southern side of the Ridge Track.
11/08/2015
Working Bee - August (CANCELLED, due to rain)
The next working bee at Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 1 August. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We will continue our work on the olives and scabious to the south of the Ridge Track. There are also another 30 Twiggy Daisy Bushes to be planted amongst the olives.
29/07/2015
Working Bee - July#2
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 18 July. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We will continue our work on the woody weeds on the southern side of the Ridge Track amongst our new plantings.
Members may be interested in accompanying Charles on a "guided" walk around the park after morning tea to admire the results of our efforts over the years.
14/07/2015
Working Bee - July
The next working bee at Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 4 July. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll continue to work on weeds around our plantings on the southern side of the Ridge Track.
02/07/2015
Working Bee - June
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 20 June. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. Work was planned to be in the creek line to the north of the Sewer Easement Track in the southern end of the park, but the additional traffic from contractor's vehicles has turned the creek crossing at the eastern end of that track into a near-impassable quagmire, so we'll work on the olives near our new plantings on the southern side of the Ridge Track. The trailer will be located on the top of the hill as shown on the map.
15/06/2015
Working Bee - May#3 (for June)
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 30 May. The working bee has been brought forward from 6 June to avoid the Queen's Birthday long weekend. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We plan to continue planting trees and shrubs to the south of the Ridge Track. We have about 190 plants including grey box, drooping sheoak, sticky hopbush, golden wattle and twiggy daisy bush to plant.
We have tree guards and stakes for these plants on order, but if they are not delivered in time, we will need to revert to killing olives.
The trailer will be located to the south of the Ridge Track where it was at the last working bee.
26/05/2015
Working Bee - May#2
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 16 May. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be planting trees amongst the olives on the southern side of the Ridge Track. The trailer will be located near the olives to the south of the Ridge Track and some 50 metres east of the junction with the Walkers Creek Track as shown on the map.
12/05/2015
Working Bee - May
The following working bee would have been on Saturday 6 June which is the Queen's Birthday long weekend. It will be brought forward by one week to Saturday 30 May.
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 2 May. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be working on olives and other weeds close to our plantings on the northern side of the Ridge Track. The trailer should be located on the Ridge Track, near the junction with the Walker Creek Track.
27/04/2015
Working Bee - April#2
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 18 April. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be working once more on woody weeds near the creek line to the north of the Sewer Easement Track at the southern end of the park. The trailer will be on the Sewer Easement Track near the weed front.
There will be an opportunity to discuss the updates to the trail network in the park at morning tea time. (DEWNR has obtained Commonwealth funding to upgrade and rationalise the trails network in the park, has had initial discussions with the Committee and has provided a map of the new trails network. Many of the unsustainable mountain bike trails will be closed and a small number of new trails will be formed, but most of the network will consist of existing trails with some modifications to make them more sustainable and usable. Contractors will be employed for the construction. There will be a significant number of mountain bike trails in Zone 5. Other trails will be shared walking, cycling and some horse-riding trails.)
13/04/2015
Working Bee - March/April
The next working bee in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park will be on Saturday, 28 March in lieu of our first working bee in April which would have been at Easter. Meet at 8.50 am in the Ayliffes Road car park or at the work site. We'll be working in the southern end of the park near the creek line to the north of the Sewer Easement Track. The trailer will be on the Sewer Easement Track near the weed front.
23/03/2015
Working Bee - March
The next working bee (and first for the year) will be on Saturday, 7 March. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be working on olives and other weeds near the head of the triangle and in the creek line between the archery club and Wattiparinga. The trailer will be located at the head of the triangle near the ford over the creek.
Did you know? The Park benefited from over 1,000 hours of valuable volunteer time from the Friends of Shepherds Hill in 2014?
02/03/2015
Working Bee - February (postponed again)
With the temperature reaching 41 degrees on Saturday, 14 February, the first working bee of the year is now to be held on Saturday, 7 March. An extra working bee will be held on Saturday, 21 March.
14/02/2015
Annual General Meeting
Our AGM, preceded by a General Meeting at 7.30 pm, will be held at the Eden Hills Uniting Church Hall, Willora Road, Eden Hills on Wednesday, 11 February. Agenda for the general meeting is available by clicking here; the AGM agenda is here.
At the AGM, all offices will be declared vacant and nominations called. If you wish to nominate yourself or anyone else for an office, please use the relevant nomination form.
03/02/2015
Working Bee - February (postponed)
Due to the forecast temperature of 36 degrees for Saturday, 7 February, the first working bee of the year will be postponed to Saturday 14 February. A notice to confirm the postponed working bee will be forwarded next week.
The Committee meeting to have been held after the working bee is brought forward to 9.00 am on Saturday, 7 February. The agenda for the meeting will be sent separately.
01/02/2015