Landholders working on Rehabilitation of Wether Station Creek

November 2009 update

With the planting season behind we have fewer than 1000 plants to carry over to next year.  It seems like a lot more at times but we planted at least 15000 plants over 7 locations in 2009.  A big thank you to everyone that helped!   There are new photos of some of the planting action.  We are awaiting the outcome of our application for an NRM Community Grant for 2010 activities which will include another 3 properties.  With the NRM Board's help, the remaining contractor work for 2009 is now scheduled for completion.

RAINFALL CHARTS have been updated to the end of October with 2009 rain so far about 100mm above average.

Finally, this website is now hosted by the University of South Australia's Community Webs service and can now be found by anyone who searches for it.  The project is very grateful for this service provided at no cost to the project.

August 2009 update

The weather page now has the July and August monthly rainfall data and now there is also a chart of cumulative rainfall for the year compared with the last 4 years.  July and August rainfall totals are above the 20 year average and the cumulative rainfall to the end of August is above average.  RAINFALL CHARTS

Photos of 2009 planting have been added to a new page ACTION AT WSC.  Working bees on Sunday mornings have been very successful and together with Wednesday mornings have resulted in about 2/3 of the 16,000 plants we started with being in the ground at the end of August.  More volunteers to help with planting would be very welcome.  Call 83884206 for details.

June 2009 update

This update includes photos showing the fencing and slashing work completed recently by contractors, 2 new properties to the project, Mornington Rise and Evergreen, photos of an extension to included slopes and a hill top to the area on Tori Park, building a stock crossing on Glengyle, and the rainfall total for May on the rainfall chart.  The Project has won a further grant to complete more work along the creek by December 2009, including work on Mornington Rise (Harris), Evergreen (Blowes/Coster) and Newlands (Joyce) properties.

May 2009 update

The pages "About WSCCatchment" now include links to the 20 years of rainfall data collection by Hugo van Dam at 'Glengyle'.  The current year comparison with means illustrates the low rainfall problem during Spring and Summer for plant establishment. To go straight to the weather page click HERE.  April 2009 rainfall was about 2 times the 20 year mean.

February 2009 update

This update includes progress photos for each property up to February 2009 and photos of the contributions to the project from Aldgate Primary School students and the Balhannah Scout Group. 

The next update will include monthly rainfall averages in the catchment for the last 20 years to illustrate just how dry it has been in the period that the project has been in progress.  It is remarkable that we have been getting any survival of plants given the low rainfall and the extremes of heat that have been experienced since the project started in 2007.

Last modified: November 22, 2009