Author Archives: John Mc

Park News, January 2024

Welcome and all the best for 2024! Welcome to our Blackburn Creeklands Newsletter for January, 2024. Unlike our regular editions, our December news is published just before Christmas so that we can wish everyone the compliments of the season. This means that … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 1/2/2024

We’re back in Black(‘s Walk) on the first day of February – tackling weeding in BW-32 and BW-31 depending on time and resources. We plan to start in BW-32 (adjacent the playground) where a maintenance weed is needed.  Our mulching … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 25/1/2024

The plan for 25/1/2024 is to tackle hand-weeding maintenance alongside the northern track leading from the Main Street bridge to Gardenia Street (FP-15). Depending on time/resources, we’ll do a bit more weeding in the northern bed nearby (FP-14) at its eastern … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 18/1/2024

The plan for 18/1/2024 is to tackle hand-weeding maintenance within the Billabong precinct. Megan and Graeme will “supervise” given John’s absence at the dentist’s. Last Week Last week, we worked alongside Julie’s place in the NW corner of Furness Park. We … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 11/1/2024

For the 11/1/2024 working bee, we are returning to FP-14 – the site of the 2023 National Tree Day plantings in one of Community Working Bees. We’ve also planted some sedges there more recently to stabilise around/exploit the drain outlets. Even … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 4/1/2024

The plan this week is to return to the top corner of Furness Park (FP-11) to stamp out a resurgence of the weeds up there. There is an incredible number of Prickly Lettuce plants coming up (again). Interestingly, Prickly Lettuce is the … Continue reading

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Park News December, 2023

Our Compliments of the Season! We wish all our Friends and your families a safe and happy holiday period – and all the best for 2024! In this December edition of our Newsletter, we cover: What happened in 2023 ? … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 14/12/2023

Our plan for Thursday, 14th December, is to return to one of our old stamping grounds in Blacks Walk – “The Triangle” – but not the Bermuda thereof – nearly as dangerous though due to the bull-ants in nearby beds. This … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 7/12/2023

The plan for Thursday, 7th December, is to continue our maintenance weeding in Kalang Park along the main track north of the oval. Depending on numbers, we might dispatch a small group to finish off last week’s work at the Pakenham … Continue reading

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Park News, November 2023

Welcome to our November news! In this edition, To give you a taste, we welcome this batch of ultra-cute ducklings above. We have more photos of these and young Mudlarks, Tawny Frogmouths and Kookaburras later in the newsletter. Thursday Team … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 30/11/2023

The plan for Thursday, 30th November, is to do some more maintenance weeding in Kalang Park towards the Pakenham Street end from the point where the creek is closest to the creek back to the Noticeboard area and Pakenham Street itself … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 23/11/2023

The plan for Thursday, 23rd November, is to do some maintenance weeding in Kalang Park towards the Pakenham Street end from the point where the creek is closest to the creek (major Brome outbreak) through to the plaque – and also … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 16/11/2023

The plan for Thursday, 16th November, is to do some maintenance weeding along the track north of the Blacks Walk bridge before making further inroads into BW-31. The objective is to do a quick weed in BW-35, BW-27 and BW-33 before … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 9/11/2023

The plan for Thursday, 9th November, is to reprise our plan for last week – to finish the weeds in BW-32 and also make some inraods into BW-31. Last Week Due to an unusually small attendance last week (people away … Continue reading

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Park News – October, 2023

Welcome to our October news! Because October is traditionally the month of our Spring Bird Walk, this edition is heavily weighted to our birdlife with photos from the event itself, other sightings and exciting news about the return of a … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 2/11/2023

The plan for Thursday, 2nd November, is to wrangle the returning weeds in BW-32 and also BW-31 (if time and human resources permit). BW-32 is the area we took over from Council adjacent the Blacks Walk children’s playground abutting new … Continue reading

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Thursday Team – Plan for 26/10/2023

Last week, we didn’t quite finish off at Furness Park FP-11 – so didn’t get a chance to visit FP-14 for a bit of TLC around the community working bee plantings. Greenlink has donated a box of excess stock Carex … Continue reading

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