Franklin News and Views

Friday 27 June 08 A bushwalk to a part of the Bluff River. See details and photos at http://bushwalks.blogspot.com

The whole day was delightfully fine and calm, with initial patches of morning fog about. See http://bushwalks.blogspot.com/ for more

Friends of Mt Field Track clearing Old Pack Track at Mt Field NP on Saturday 14 Jun 08 It was a day made quite cool by the brisk breeze near Lake Fenton and we needed to be well rugged up, however the activity from working kept up the warmth level. Initially the bushes blocking and hiding the 200 metres of the Old Pack Track between bend one and two were cleared and rock steps were made at the top end where track meets the Lake Dobson road near the Woodland Walk. This saves a shade over 400 metres of road walking. Following this some drainage work was carried out on the Old Pack Track section between the road and junction with the track to Lake Nicholls. The creek that runs under the track was cleared out by removing debris and rocks forcing the water the pool. An immediate dropping of the water level was noticed and should not now overflow onto the track as easily during periods of high water volumes. A drain was also created and rocked each side at a minor eph

Wellington Park Bushcare Group Follow up on Erica at Goat Hills at Wellington Park on Tuesday 3 Jun 08 Although it was clear enough at the car park during the climb to Goat Hills we gradually got into fog that thickened as height was gained. Nevertheless most of the time it remained reasonably dry, with just an occasional light drizzle effect. Four areas were checked over as a follow up to earlier work. Some small pockets of Erica were found Montrose Fire Trail and on the upper side of Goat Fire Trail one location had a number of Erica reshooting from previous work and had to recut and painted with herbicide whilst some new plants were also found. In the central region between Goat and Chapel Fire trails numerous seedlings were pulled out but there was insufficient time to clear all with still others left untouched further down slope. In general about 90% were able to pulled out with only 10% If you are interested in helping or for more information go to http://wel