Despite it being a long weekend, daylight savings and wall to wall grand finals, ten enthusiastic volunteers managed to attend the October working bee last Sunday. We were extremely lucky with the weather which was warm and sunny.
Our ‘weed of the month’, Oregon Grape was targeted, along with the inevitable Cootamundra Wattles, mostly along the ‘rabbit proof fence’ about half way up the hill from Mugga Way. Unfortunately, the slow and fiddly nature involved with its removal meant that not all the Oregon Grape outbreaks were dealt with (but we now know where they live). We will probably return next month to complete the job.
There is lots of activity on the hill at the moment, with outbreaks of Early Nancys and Creamy Candles among the emerald green grass. Michael Mulvaney spotted a new species which has not been recorded on Red Hill before (Small Bedstraw or Galium murale); we observed a very busy nest of sugar ants; and our most unusual sighting was of a (nocturnal) sugar glider having a daytime outing, by gliding between two large eucalyptus about 30m from our parking spot at the top end of Flinders Way!
