Friends of Black Hill and Morialta Conservation Parks Incorporated
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Morialta
- Animals - Morialta
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- Introduced Plant list
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- Ambers Gully
- Fourth Creek
- Ghost Tree Gully
- Horsnell Gully
- Montacute Valley
- Olive Hill
- Pylon Track
- Third Falls
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Montacute Valley Project Site
This project is in conjunction with the Australian Retired Persons Association.2005 Project Report
As usual, planting day, the first Monday in June, attracted the most volunteers (11), who put in 250 local species including Acacia, Allocasuarina, Banksia, Dodonaea, Leptospermem and others. Following rain helped make this a success. On the eleven other months, volunteers numbered between two and eight and continued weed eradication in the quarry area near Fifth Creek and near the Orchard Trail. They also carried out further minor planting.Of a 2004 grant of $1665 from the Water Management Boards, $1280 has been spent on Watsonia and Fennel control by Better Bushland and South Australian Indigenous Flora. A further $136.94 has been spent on minor items such as the cost of seedling cultivation by Cath, green gloves and swabbing bottles, leaving a balance of $248.06 as at October 7, 2005.
The Group has enjoyed the support of the NPWS and the Friends of Black Hill and Morialta and has enjoyed the guidance and support of Kate, Out Patch Project Officer.
Members attended an enjoyable and informative Out Patch Volunteer day at West Beach in May and through the assistance of Our Patch, three members received instruction on plant recognition at a Bush for Life course in September, 2005.
Cath and Bryan, Project Coordinators.
2004 Project Report
Hardenbergia violacea
Most work was done in the quarry area nead Fifth Creek, clearing around plants and pulling or cutting and swabbing of Blackberry, Olive, Rhamnus and Dog Rose. Planting of Banksia and weeding was also done near the Orchard Trail further east.
A grant of $1665 was received from the Torrens Catchment Water Management Board in May 2004 and arrangements are in place to use this mainly for professional eradication of Watsonia, Fennel and Kikuyu.
Cath and Bryan, Project Coordinators.
2003 Project Report
Co-ordinators of the project are Cath, who collects seed and provides seedlings for the annual planting, and Bryan who acts as local contact with the Friends of Black Hill and Morialta.This group continues weeding and planting in the old Montacute quarries on Fifth Creek and to the east near the Orchard Trail. Members normally work on the first Monday of the month between 8:30 and noon: attendance averages between four and eight people. The main planting in the quarry area in June, when seventeen volunteers planted 400 local Leptospermum, Hakea, Hardenbergia, Dodonaea and Allocasuarina species.
The group is supported with advice, tools and materials from the Friends and NPWS. It continues under the umbrella of 'Out Patch', with assistance from Tricia and a financial grant, now finally spent mainly for spraying weeds.
Periodically the group pulls rubbish out of Fifth Creek and piles it at the side of Montacute Road for collection by Campbelltown Council.
Bryan - Project Co-ordinator.
2001 Project Report Work has continued mainly in the old quarry area, but weeding has also been carried our on an earlier planted steep bracken slope and clay bank east of the orchard trail.
South of the clay bank (Orchard Track area, northwest of the water tank) olives, roses, fruit trees and other unwanted species have been removed near the track. There has been some spot spraying of blackberry and selective spraying eg: Kikuyu around quarry plantings.
About 170 seedlings were planted during the well attended working bee in the quarry area and clay bank. Species included:
Acacia pycnantha
- Allocasuarina sp.
- Eucalyptus viminalis
- Dodonaea viscosa,
- Hardenbergia violacea and
- Acacia pycnantha.
Working bees continue to be held on the first Monday of the months. Attendance perhaps averaging five and working between 8.30am and noon.
Keith - Project Coordinator
2000 Project Report
Australian Retired Persons Project.This year we have concentrated mainly on the quarry floor, with spot maintenance in the orchard and 5th creek areas. Six to seven members faithfully attend our working bees held on the 1st Monday each month. As always, weed control is the major item with predominant species being attacked such as broom, pine, ash, olive, Watsonia & fennel.
Approximately 180 trees and shrubs were planted in May, these being mainly Eucalyptus viminalis, & Allocasuarina species with Dodonea viscosa, Hardenbergia violacea and Acacia pyenantha. All plantings are given on-going care as required and some of our early plantings are now very visible from the road and are looking great.
Keith Plush - Project Coordinator.
1997 Project Report
The original work site is now in a mainly maintenance situation, enabling working further afield. The planting programme (approx 130 plants this year) has almost reached saturation. Work is now being concentrated on 5th creek between the tank and the quarry entrance.Most willows and other exotic deciduous trees have been removed, and Broom and Tree lucerne are largely controlled. A large stand of Rhamnus adjacent the quarry is being attacked, and a Watsonia spray programme is under way. Much work remains to be done on Bamboo.
Mains concerns are vandalism and dumping rubbish in the creek.
Keith
Project Coordinator
updated 2 August 2007
