Welcome to our mid month work activity on Red Hill. This time we are planning to work on the lower slopes of Red Hill, just above the Garran suburb edge. The purpose of this activity is to deal with the woody weeds within the 50m wide woodland strip just above the houses and cut off drain mainly to the north of Bonwick Place and also a short distance to the south. There are many of the usual weed species in this area including briar rose, thistles, pyracathanthus and cotoneaster to cut/dab. Any small outbreaks of blackberry can also need to be treated.
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Location: Park and assemble at the top of Bonwick Place, Garran. Task, tool distribution and safety briefings will be held at 9am sharp. Morning tea at 11am at the car park. Work usually wraps up at about 12.30pm, or earlier if the weather heats up.
Activities: Chip or cut/dab, briar rose, thistles plus other woody weeds.
Conditions: Rocky woodland about 50m wide between the cut off drain and a maintenance track.
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 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 but may be curtailed in hot 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 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.
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