TSG Southern Pipewort Survey (Eriocaulon australasicum)… Read the rest
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Opening of New Fire- fighting Facility, Victoria Valley
Red Gum Walk History
Photo Point Monitoring Workshop
Photo Point Monitoring Workshop at Moyston.
10am to 3pm.
Run by Wimmera Catchment Authority.… Read the rest
Meet with Park(e)s
Meeting with Graham Parkes to discuss ideas for FOGG for the year and learn about what is on his agenda . Activity will take place regardless of whether or not it is a Total Fire Ban .… Read the rest
Ptilotus erebescens count
Saturday 12th January 2008. Annual count of Ptilotus erebescens at Cooinda Burrong. 9.30 am start. Contact Stan 5383 6349 or
Meet at Cooinda Burrong Scout Camp. Take the Zumsteins-Horsham Rd to the boundary of the National Park. Turn east onto gravel road. The gate immediately before crossing the Mackenzie River will appear closed but will be unlocked for FOGG members to access the camp. Please lift the boom, drive through and lower the boom after you. Bring a picnic lunch and we’ll have a general meeting. Activity will take place regardless of whether or not it is a Total Fire Ban .… Read the rest
Ptilotus erebescens monitoring at Cooinda Burrong
FOGGs counting this rare plant.
WIMMERA MALLEE PIPELINE
Work on the pipeline continues. Currently they are concluding the placement of pipe sections under the Halls Gap bridge. Other teams are working near Mt Dryden and further north. There has been extensive planting of local species between the bridge and Camp Acacia, and seedlings will be available for other locations in autumn. (One of the conditions for removal of mature trees is replanting tenfold). Who pays for what is still a matter of contention. Many costs could not be accurately assessed beforehand, so the dollar cost is continually creeping up. The latest problem is who pays for the connections for fire fighting pumps when there are so few dams. Yet all agree on the vital importance of the pipeline in alleviating the squandering of our precious water.… Read the rest
SNIPPETS FROM HERE AND THERE
FOGGS HISTORY
Together with the Halls Gap Historical Society we received a grant to help us store our archival material. So we have some good boxes etc. But the idea of getting a work for the dole person to organise it all is proving difficult. Also we have been given all the original submissions re the creation of the GNP, which make fascinating reading. Any volunteers?
GRAMPFIRE Wimmera Catchment Management Authority are using volunteers to assist in monitoring the water that runs from areas burnt in the 2006 fires. Many of these volunteers are FOGG members. The sites being monitored are: Barney’s Creek, Upper Fyans Creek, Mt William Creek, Stony Creek and Pleasant Creek. Results so far show that the pH of the water has been generally decreasing since the fires, except for after wet weather when it rises temporarily. Salinity is generally low, but is higher in dry months … Read the rest
WALKING IN THE COUNTRY PARKS OF HONG KONG.
Dot Hoffmann
Earlier in the year we lived in Hong Kong for five months. The University of Science and Technology, where Errol taught, is located a half hour train ride on the eastern sea coast of Kowloon’s Sai Kung Peninsular. About six thousand students and another thousand teaching staff lived on campus. The campus occupies the terraced sea-face of a mountain of 600 meters (a little higher than Boronia peak) with the slope to the sea being at 35- 45 degrees. By the time you reach the top of the University and the road connecting the settlements along the coastline of this peninsular there is still more than two thirds of the mountain to walk up. The trails were flanked by familiar-looking trees. Many were acacias and eucalyptus relatives of our Grampians trees. The most common looked like blackwood and the acacias flowered right through the spring time. Just like … Read the rest