Ballambar – Season of the Butterflies
followed by
Kooyang – Season of the Eels
Welcome to the summer edition of our newsletter. I am writing this on a beautiful cool morning. The radio tells me that the overnight low on Mt William was three degrees and the expected maximum in Stawell will be 27. That’s the sort of summer weather that I just love. I actually went up Mt William last night to watch the sunset and it was so beautiful. Lots of daisies and peas out, grass leaf trigger plants too. On the summit the rosy bush pea was beginning to flower. And the late evening views were superb.
It’s been a very flowery spring again. The seedlings that have come up since the Mt Lubra fire are all now mature enough to flower, but not tall enough to hide each other. Although it has been another dry winter and spring, the rain we have received has been very beneficial. Lots of drizzly days so the rain has soaked well in with less evaporation. That said, there is no sign of the drought ending. Over the region the water storages are currently at only 5% of capacity.
Back to the flowers, it is really good to see how widespread the recovery is, with most of the plants I love reappearing (so many Grampians Trigger plants this year). What is harder to recognise is what plants are not recovering. Do any of our members have plants they have not yet seen? I don’t think I’ve seen any Exocarpus yet. Unfortunately, the situation with small mammals is nowhere near as good. Read the report on Mike Steven’s research below.
A large number of various newsletters come my way. Here are some bits and pieces that might be worth passing on:
See you out and about in the Park!
Margo Sietsma