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Final Gecko Summer 2010.Pub Page 8 Welcome to this Summer 2010 edition of Gecko. Whether it be weeds, native plants, people or events you’d like to read about, I hope you will find something of interest. Joan Evelyn Storey There has been good support for the events and learning workshops/talks over the last year. We endeavour to offer a range of opportunities for the growing number of volunteers and MBBS FRCOG 2/12/1921 - 5/11/2009 your ever expanding interests! In order to supplement what is beyond our capacity within Bushcare, we join forces with other sections of council and other agencies to promote all available opportunities. Joan Storey recently passed away after a very full 87 years, much of which was spent in service to the community and envi- Issue 41 ronment. Wishing you all a good year of fun and ever healthier bushland in 2010 Joan was a founding member of our oldest Blue Mountains bushcare group - Centenary Reserve, Blackheath. For 22 years Lyndal Sullivan Joan has worked each month with the group to remove Gorse and Broom from the bushland. She was recently awarded a Bushcare Team Leader Bushcare Masters Certificate for this long term dedicated effort. After a career in Medicine (specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology), Joan retired to Blackheath in the early 1980’s. From the start, Joan became involved in community affairs. She joined the Red Cross Society (former Secretary), the Blackheath and District Horticultural Society (supporter, adviser and steward) and the Blackheath Rhododendron Garden DATES TO NOTE (former President, Secretary and Life Member). Joan was also involved in the Blue Mountains Conservation Society, Historical Society, Australian Native Plants Society and a Friend of the Botanic Gardens. Saturday 23 rd January - Reconnecting to Country Walk/Talk Hazelbrook Joan established a native garden when she moved to 10 am – 12 noon Bookings essential Contact : Elly Chatfield at BMCC (Thursdays & Blackheath to encourage birds and animals to take up Fridays) Tel: 02 4780 5726 or [email protected] . residence, for she loved them as well as the plants. Thursday 28 th January - Native Plants, Geology & Bush Regeneration Courses In the brief time left for other activities, Joan would Wentworth Falls TAFE enrolments 3 – 7 pm . (see insert) be driving a friend without transport to an appoint- Saturday 6 th February - Reconnecting to Country Walk/Talk Megalong Valley ment, taking a meal to a friend who was not well or 10 am – 12 noon Bookings essential Contact : Elly Chatfield at BMCC (Thursdays & helping someone in need. Her good deeds never Fridays) Tel: 02 4780 5726 or [email protected] . ceased and were known to few other than the ncil Bushcare Program Bushcare ncil th recipients. It was very difficult to repay the kindness Wednesday 10 February - Bushcare Network Meeting 6pm Lawson Library building, MCRN meeting room. All welcome. Light dinner provided . Contact Lyndal she offered. To have known Joan was indeed a th privilege and she leaves a gap in the lives of many in Sullivan on 4780 5528 or [email protected] . For RSVP by Fri 5 Feb and the Blue Mountains community. discussion topics th Saturday 13 February - Microstrobus Morning at Valley Of The Waters, with Edited version of full Obituary compiled by Joyce NPWS Bushcare Group. Contact Karen Hising on 4757 1929. Brister with information from David Storey. A copy Sunday 14 th February - Leura Cascades – Creek Weeding 8am to 1pm of the full Obituary is available on request or refer to Morning tea supplied, bookings essential by Wed 10 th Feb. Contact Lyndal Sullivan page 20 of The Gazette of 6 January 2010 4780 5528, [email protected] . th th nd Saturday – Sunday 6 -7 March - Acacia Flat - Great Grose Weed Walk (GGWW). Joan Storey (2 from left) pictured with Centenary Reserve Bushcare Group May 2009 Photo: Karen Hising Overnight Camp. Contact Vanessa Richardson (NPWS) 4787 3112 or [email protected] th Your Newsletter: This newsletter is compiled by Lyndal Sullivan (assisted by Sharon Huxley) from Blue Mountains City Sunday 7 March - Clean Up Australia Day . Help out another site or register your site Council with contributions from Bushcare volunteers and Council’s Environmental Management Staff. It is sent to Bushcare Summer2010 Summer2010 at www.cleanup.com.au . Guided interpretive walks to be announced (check the BMCC volunteers and other interested people. Contributions and suggestions are always welcome, as are requests for alterations to website and Gazette in February for updates). Contact Robbie Beale 4780 5739 the mailing list. We can be contacted at Blue Mountains City Council, Locked Bag 1005, Katoomba NSW 2780. Phone 4780 5528 or e-mail [email protected]; Fax 4780 5349. Sunday 14 th March - Remote Area Bushcare - Katoomba Creek (GGWW) . Full day walk, weed and paddle. Contact Lyndal Sullivan 4780 5528, [email protected] Tuesday 16 th March - Kittyhawk Swampcare, Wentworth Falls 9am-3pm Lunch provided. Book with Michael Hensen [email protected] or 4780 5471 Sunday 28 th March - Braeside Blitz (GGWW event) 9 am – 3pm Contact Vanessa If undelivered please return to Richardson (NPWS) 47873112 [email protected] Locked Bag 1005 Katoomba NSW 2780 Wednesday 31st March -Govetts Leap Lookout Morning Tea & Weeding (GGWW) 9am-1pm Weeding with a view. Contact Vanessa Richardson (NPWS) 47873112 [email protected] POSTAGE PAID AUSTRALIA Saturday 3rd April - Browns Swamp planting day, Clarence 9am-3pm Planting and seed collecting. Lunch provided. Book with Michael Hensen on [email protected] (preferred) or 4780 5471 G E C G E O K G E C G E O K Thursday 15 th April - Wentworth Creek Swamp, Leura 9am-3pm Help rid the swamp of Himalayan honeysuckle. Lunch provided. Book with Michael Hensen on [email protected] (preferred) or 4780 5471 Saturday 1 st May - Annual Bushcare Picnic Sun Valley (see details inside) The Newsletter of the Blue Mountains City City Cou Mountains Blue the of Newsletter The Deadline for contributions for next Gecko Monday 22nd March Page 2 Page 7 Weed or Native can you tell the difference? Back from the Brink Just when you thought it was all clear between Commelina Tradescantia fluminensis (blue flower) and Tradescantia (white flower) there is Although bush regenerators and other landscape managers The ideas of Peter Andrews on landscape management have use many of the same principles advocated by Peter another white flowered creeping herb that looks like a mix generated a lot of discussion among scientists, land manag- between the two and it is a native called Aneilema biflorum. Andrews, the major disagreement many of us have is his ers and the general community over the last few years. promotion of “weeds” as key tools to restore “biodiversity” Aneilema is found at Cox Reserve at Lapstone and in the Sydney basin. and ecosystem function. He has developed a set of principles for storing water in the landscape, restoring a healthy vegetation layer and reducing In next month’s Gecko, Jeff Cottrell (Willow Warrirors Aneilema biflorum erosion and salinity. These principles have been shown to Landcare Group, National Willows Taskforce) will review work on specific properties. Peter Andrews controversial books “Back from the Brink” & “Beyond the Brink” and explore some of the issues raised. His theories are based on his own detailed observations of Linda Thomas the Australian landscape and hydrological processes. Based on these observations he has carried out a series of practical experiments on degraded properties he has managed, and has restored productivity. His viewpoint is very much based on his own experiences of returning the land to healthy and profitable agricultural production. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl? page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tradescantia~fluminensis Nathan Farewell Commelina cyanea After 12 years of involvement with the Bushcare program the time has come to move on. I commenced this role when the program supported only 18 groups, now we have 64, and have diversified beyond bush regeneration. Personally, the Bushcare role has provided me with a great range of opportunities and experiences. Much of this has been drawn from the diverse skills and backgrounds of the Blue Mountains community. It is this community of dedicated people who have provided the impetus and support for Bushcare, and made this job particularly interesting for me, that I would like to thank. I have had the privilege of working with some great people over this time, and have benefited immensely from the commit- ment and friendship of this network. I would also like to thank my work colleagues who have provided valued relationships and support which make the job what it is. This includes the Bushland Operations and Environmental Man- agement staff and in particular the Bushcare staff, both current and past. It is the dedication, hard work and personalities of bushcare officers as well as community members that make a program like Bushcare successful. Pictures courtesy of Botanical Gardens Plant net http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl? page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Commelina~cyanea http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl? Along with community relationships, this job also extends to page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Aneilema~biflorum strong connections with bushland areas and places within the Blue Erin Hall Mountains, and it has been great to participate in their develop- ment. Whilst it is sad to be moving on, I will be taking another The differences between the three species are listed below in this table role within Blue Mountains City Council as Recreation Develop- Flowering Leaf Size Flowers Leaf Arrangement Leaf Margins ment Officer, which will focus on working on Parks and Reserves.
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