We have experienced very low rainfall on Red Hill since August, and with the summer and hot weather already here, our latest plantings are unlikely to survive the summer without extra watering. So, on Sunday 1 December 2024 we plan to water these young plantings from two filled water cubes located on the ridge above Rusden Street. We have a few buckets but please bring any buckets you have at home to help out. The watering should only take an hour, so we also plan to continue our work along the ridge south and north of the Davidsons Trig, where verbascum are now flowering along with numerous briar rose bushes. This is the optimum time to cut and dab those weeds which are now in flower, to reduce the opportunity for more weed seeds to be ready to germinate next year. Our final work activity for 2024 will be on Wednesday 11 December 2024, with the first activity for 2025 being on Wednesday 15 January 2025.
More information: info@redhillregenerators.org.au
Location: Park and assemble at the top end of Rusden Street, Garran just below the Reserve gate. Task and safety briefings will be held at 9am sharp followed by a longish walk along the maintenance trail to the most recent plantings. Morning tea at 11am at our work site, so bring yours with you from the car parking. Work usually wraps up at about 12.30pm.
Activities: Water plants, cut/dab woody weeds, chip verbascum and thistle.
Conditions: Longish walk uphill to the work location. Mostly cleared bush along the ridge. Little shade.
You bring: Water to drink, hat, leather gloves, long sleeved shirt, long pants essential, eye protection, sunscreen, solid enclosed shoes. BYO morning tea. Bring a couple of buckets if possible.
We bring: Tools – We will bring secateurs, loppers, saws, some small mattocks and herbicide dabbers (bring your empty dabbers to exchange for full ones). 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: It is important that you attend the activity safety briefing at 0900 to obtain tools, directions and to sign in and out. A byo morning tea is usually held at 11am, with 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
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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 additional Covid 19 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.com/Volunteer/Main/StoredDocument/29169