Local News - 2013
May Working Bee #2
The next working bee will be on Saturday, 18 May. Meet at the Ayliffes
Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We will continue to work
near the creek line to the north of the Sewer Easement Track. Because
of the recent rain, the track from the Ellis Avenue gate to the Sewer
Easement Track will be too slippery to get the trailer to its usual
location. Instead it will be located on the Boundary Track below Ellis
Avenue just to the south of the work site where there is a cleared area
wide enough to turn the tow vehicle and trailer.
14/05/2013
May Working Bee
The next working bee will be on Saturday, 4 May. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be continuing to work on woody and other weeds near the Sewer Easement Track below Ellis Avenue. The trailer will be on the Sewer Easement Track near the weed front.
29/04/2013
April Working Bee#2
The next working bee will be on Saturday, 20 April. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be working on olives and other weeds in the southern part of the park near the creek line to the north of the Sewer Easement Track below Ellis Avenue. The trailer will be located on the Sewer Easement Track near the weed front.
16/04/2013
April Working Bee
Our next working bee will be on Saturday, 6 April. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We'll be working on woody weeds in the creek line to the north of the Sewer Easement Track in the south of the park below Ellis Avenue. The trailer will be on the Sewer Easement Track between the two lots of plantings near the edge of the track.01/04/2013
March Working Bee
The next working bee will be on Saturday, 2 March. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site.This working bee has been registered as a Parks Week event in which members of the public are invited to participate. Copies of the poster (see below) are being displayed at the Mitcham and Blackwood libraries to publicise the event and leaflets will be disributed to local residents.
We will be working closer to the Ayliffes Road car park than usual in an area near the creek to the east of the Viaduct Track near the Pony Club. The work will include drilling and filling olives and cutting and swabbing rice millet and scabious.
Morning tea will be provided and visitors offered a guided walk after morning tea.
25/02/2013
Upcoming Event
Our next scheduled Working Bee is 2, March. It coincides with "Parks Week 2013".
The Friends of Shepherds Hill invite all to attend and to participate in the working bee, learn about the Park and the work of the Group and enjoy a guided tour of some of the areas under rehabilitation. A sumptuous morning tea will also be provided! Attendance is free and the Friends will be operating just a short stroll from the Ayliffes Road carpark from 9.00 am until midday.
What is Parks Week?
It is an annual celebration of the important role that our parks play in contributing to the health of our communities. A range of formal and informal events take place across Australia and New Zealand during Parks Week - there is something for everyone.
Parks Week aims to:
- Highlight and celebrate the important role parks play - across people, communities, and the natural environment
- Encourage greater use of parks
- Celebrate the contribution that volunteers make to parks
- Promote the healthy parks, healthy people message
- Promote park management agencies and the work they do.
So, if you are a nearby resident (or even live further away) and want to contribute to preserving our local environment.... have we got a deal for you!
CLICK HERE for a poster about the event.
Annual General Meeting
Our AGM, preceded by a General Meeting at 7.30 pm, will be held at the Eden Hills Uniting Church Hall, Willora Road, Eden Hills on Wednesday, 13 February. Agenda for the meetings have been circulated, together with minutes of the previous meetings.At the AGM, all offices will be declared vacant and nominations called. If you wish to nominate yourself or anyone else for an office, please use the relevant nomination form.
The Friends of Shepherds Hill Recreation Park was awarded the City of Mitcham's Australia Day Award for Excellence In Environmental Achievement at the Australia Day Citizenship and Awards Ceremony held on 26 January. The award comprised a framed certificate, an engraved plaque and engraved medallions for each of the active members. President Robyn Guy made a short speech of thanks for the award.29/01/2013
January Working Bee
The first working bee for the year will be on Saturday, 2 February. Meet at the Ayliffes Road car park at 8.50 am or at the work site. We will be working on olive regrowth, plantain and boneseed in the 2009 burn area below Ellis Avenue, and olives and buckthorn in the creek line to the north of the Sewer Easement Track. The preferred location for the trailer is on the Sewer Easement Track near the first group of tree guards along the track from the east.The working bee will be followed by a pre-AGM committee meeting at Robyn's home at 12.30 pm.
27/01/2013
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