Franklin News and Views

Details and photos on this walk on 21 February 08 is at http://bushwalks.blogspot.com/

Volunteer Work Friends of Mt Field Maintenance on Old Pack Track at Mt Field NP on Saturday 9 Feb 08 Work on clearing back vegetation, mostly in the form of bauera, encroaching on the Old Pack Track was commenced from the Lake Nicholls end. This historic track which is fairly level saves walking on the road for anyone doing the Field East Circuit, and is quite a delightful walk with varied flora along the way. Some 600 metres of 900 metre section of track has now been cleared during two working bees. If you are interested in helping or for more information go to http://mtfieldfriends.googlepages.com/home

A walk in January to Mt Rogoona is on my Bushwalk pages

Wellington Park Bushcare Group Erica Removal Hull Site at Wellington Park on Tuesday 5 Feb 08 Erica at a water hole north of the Mt Hull Fire Trail junction with East West was cleared, but one area comprised many small plants that were tedious to remove by hand. Spraying would have been more efficient, but as we had sufficient numbers it did not overly long to clear. On completion we moved to the above-mentioned junction to do follow up work on Erica in the bush and beside the trail between the locations. It has been 5 years since first clearing the site and many significantly sized bushes were noticed in the bush. All these were removed, plus most near the fire trail junctions, but some lower on the Mt Hull FT had to be left. The day was not overly hot, but nevertheless quite warm with a high cloud cover, and we did notice several snakes, including three whip snakes in a group close to the work site. To view photos got to http://wellingtonpark.wordpress.com/2008/02