News (2025)

Red Hill work activity on Wednesday 17 December 2025 from 9am to 12noon Our final work activity for 2025 provides an opportunity to contribute to the conservation of the endangered Button Wrinkle wort.  This work activity will involve counting Button Wrinklewort plants – no digging, chipping, slashing, cutting and dabbing.  One of this native daisy’s […]

The critically endangered woodland in the Red Hill Nature Reserve needs your help.  Over the last few years, as a result of thousands of hours of volunteer effort and the use of Environmental Grant funding, the weed load in the Reserve has been greatly reduced.  In order to continue to improve the quality of woodland

This activity will focus on locating patches of weeds in the southern part of the Reserve.  Volunteers will be provided with large-scale aerial images of the southern part of the Reserve on a sturdy backing, along with weed identification pictures, and a pen.  The task will involve dividing up the southern part of the Reserve

Today we will hold our (brief) AGM before working on weed removal on the west side of the Hill below the summit restaurant.  The AGM will commence at 9am sharp (all relevant papers can be found here).  With the formalities over, there will be opportunities for plenty of cut/dab woody weed treatment, together with careful

The ACT Government recently announced its 2025-26 Environment Grants program. The Red Hill Regenerators were awarded $19,806 from this program to enable further work to be undertaken on weed suppression and tube stock planting, as part of the 40th Anniversary Weed Control Project.  Work on this project will commence shortly and be completed by the

At previous activities on Red Hill, we focussed on removing Cootamundra wattles from the hillside above Mugga Way.  While a large number have been removed, many still remain to be cut and dabbed.  In addition, a number of large Cootamundra wattle trees which are too big to cut by hand need to be removed in

At our last activity on Red Hill, we again focussed on removing hundreds of Cootamundra wattles from the hillside above Mugga Way.  In addition, a number of large Cootamundra wattle trees which were too big to cut by hand were removed with the help from our ranger Tenzin. This Wednesday we plan to undertake more

At 0ur last activity on Red Hill, we focussed on removing Cootamundra wattles from the hillside above Mugga Way.  While a large number were removed, many still remain to be cut and dabbed.  In addition, a number of large Cootamundra wattle trees which are too big to cut by hand need to be removed in

We will continue our work with woody weeds in a different location. More information: info@redhillregenerators.org.au Location: Park in the bay off Gowrie Drive on the left near the gate as you come up from Mugga Way.  Task, tool distribution and safety briefings will be held at 9am sharp. Morning tea at 11.00am. Work usually wraps up at