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 removal of remaining small patches of blackberry and some chipping of verbascum.
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Location: Park in the car park adjacent to the Red Hill summit restaurant. We will assemble on the west side of the car park overlooking Woden, to hold the AGM, which will start at 9am. Task, tool distribution and safety briefings will be held after the AGM. Morning tea at 11.00am. Work usually wraps up at about 12.30pm.
Activities: Chip and cut/dab small Cootamundra wattles and other woody weeds including Photinia, Briar rose, small Blackberry seedlings, Pyracanthas and Cotoneasta.
Conditions: Steeply sloping hillside with some dense patches of understory bushland. Rocky in parts.
You bring: Water to drink, hat, leather gloves, long sleeved shirt, long pants essential, eye protection, sunscreen, solid enclosed shoes. BYO morning tea.
We bring: Tools – We will bring some small mattocks, loppers, secateurs and saws. Herbicide dabbers will be available and for refill if yours is empty. We will also bring a basic first aid kit, and provide tool use and weeding ID and advice as needed. Bring your own tools, if available.
Note: The byo morning tea is an opportunity to discuss matters of relevance to the Group. Such discussions constitute ‘General Meetings’ as defined by the Rules of our organisation and may be minuted. Work will normally finish at 12.30pm but may be curtailed in hot or wet weather.
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Cancellation: The activity will be cancelled by email (if possible), no later than 8am on the activity day, if rain/wind is forecast which could make planned work potentially hazardous, high temperatures before midday are forecast, total fire bans are announced, air pollution is ‘hazardous’ or other official restrictions in force. Note: The Red Hill Regenerators Group is advised by the ACT Parks & Conservation Service and the information below:
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- ‘Guidelines for Volunteer fieldwork in extreme conditions‘, which addresses extreme temperatures and poor air quality, as measured by PM2.5 levels (to obtain up to the minute information about air quality, there are a number of Apps, including the ‘Air Matters‘ App);
- ‘Volunteer Fieldwork through Covid19’ latest update;
- Information at: https://www.covid19.act.
gov.au/protecting-yourself- and-others - the Volunteer Policy and Code of Conduct can be accessed from the ParkCare Hub Home Page on the right hand side under “Files” https://app.betterimpact.
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