It is with great sadness that I bring the news that some unknown person has stolen our beautiful table and seats. They have sawn the legs off at ground level, scuffed the gravel around to hide the fact, and made off with the table and seats. It was first discovered on May 15 by a group from the HG Wildflower show who were out on a plant study excursion, and confirmed a couple of days later by Stan, Proo, Sylvia and myself who had already arranged an inspection of the walk to consider the arborist’s report (see below). We held out a faint hope that it had gone for repair or some such, or that the heavy post fire regrowth had disoriented us; but alas it has been stolen. It has been reported to the police and articles written for the Stawell and Horsham papers, but of course it could have gone much further afield. If anyone can narrow the time frame for the loss do please let us know.