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Thanks heaps to all those that came last Sunday to help with the landcare work at Michelle and Tom's. A lovely morning.

If you want to connect with landcare activities in the valley, then please do come to the Waterworks Valley Landcare AGM this coming Monday (August 11).

8pm, at Dave Graddon’s house at 152 Waterworks Road. Everyone is welcome.

The group is particularly seeking a volunteer to act as convenor for the next 12 months – or 2 people acting as co-convenors. This is a very useful and not-too-hard role to fill, the main activity being to liaise with Hobart Council’s Bushcare Co-ordinator (Sonya Stalbaum) over bushcare activities in the valley.

Please email Sue Lockhart if you may be interested.

By the way, the orchid images are from this excellent Tasmanian orchid website

Waterworks Valley Landcare Group is branching out onto private land – this coming Sunday. Everyone is invited.

173 Waterworks Road
Sunday, August 3rd
10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Tom & Michelle will be providing a BBQ for refreshment following the morning’s work.

As a start to helping local landowners come to grips with some of the weed problems on their own land, the group has obtained public liability and personal accident insurance.

This week-end marks the first of 2 sessions we are planning on private land for this year, with the hope that this can be extended to other properties throughout the valley in the years to come, with your help and involvement.

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After several years of on-and-off again negotiation with Hobart Council, here is a draft plan for the Waterworks quarry site.

In order to see full scale simply click on the picture. Or you can download it onto your desktop (right click on the image).

The Council’s plans appear fairly minimalist and do not interfere with activities that have been mooted by various community members, but what do you think? Please click on ‘comments’ below if you would like to give feedback or if you would like to participate in any future planning for this community resource.

Or you can email Robert at 60.

Thanks to everyone who has been reporting the animal roadkills along Waterworks Road. Interesting patterns are emerging with summer numbers being much higher than winter. This might have something to do with rainfall, with animals crossing the road to drink from the creek. The apparent decrease in recent weeks might also be due in part to the reflective animal cut-outs stuck to poles along the road!

I hope that this data will form a good comparison if the speed bumps go ahead.

Please keep sending emails about any dead animals you see to sebastian or post comments on this website.

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Tuesday 27th May

Our monthly community gathering
Planning new activities.
At Lilith’s (134 Waterworks Rd)
7.30pm

Sunday June 1: (That’s this coming Sunday).

This is a special Landcare morning because we are doing tree plantings.
A nice event for kids because they enjoy planting.
10 am until noon – below 56 Waterworks Rd.

Sunday June 8th:

Tread Lightly Festival
Another great one for kids and adults, during school holiday.
Free entry if you go there by bike!
Check HERE for details.

June 18 / 19:

Learn about bush weeds in our valley and best ways to eradicate them.
(Scroll down to find out about this)

June 24:

Learn how to do a basic energy audit on your home.
Guest is home energy auditor, Arthur Masters.
This will be at Trish’s home and we have a limit of 40 places.
Details will be posted in next few days, so please check again.

Don’t miss this opportunity! Here is a 2-day course that will inform you all about weeds and how to deal with them.

DATES: Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 June
TIME: 9am – 4pm

This is a free course, but you will need to book before June 9.

For more infomation click Course info

To book a place click Expression of Interest form

Like to learn how to propagate native plants from seed?

The Waterworks Valley Landcare Group, with the support of
the Understorey Network and Royal Tasmania Botanical Gardens,
is offering 6 places in a hands-on workshop on Sunday 20th April.

Cost per person is $10, but that will be paid by the Landcare group (for valley residents).

Time is running out so book a seat now.

Date: Sunday 20th April
Time: 10am to 12.30pm
Venue: Community Education Glasshouse at Botanical Gardens
Numbers: 10-12 attendees (6 from Waterworks Valley and
6 Understorey Network members)
Facilitators: Ruth Mollison (UN) and Megan Brown (RTBG)
Bookings: Contact Oliver Strutt at the Understorey Network
on 6234 4286 or 0407 784 945
Queries: Contact Airey Craig Ph: 0427 127 274.

Note: if you can not make this workshop, a similar session will be offered on Thursday 17th April between 10am to 12.30pm.

In the last month or so we have seen a large number of dead animals on the road. We have tried to keep a record because of our own interest in the wildlife of the valley and to raise awareness of another of the dangers from driving too fast along Waterworks Road. We are fairly certain that the wallaby numbers (5 in one month) are much higher than normal because of the dry conditions.

The wallabies hide on the upper slopes of Tolman’s Hill in the daytime and at night cross the road to drink in the creek and get access to the green grass near the creek. We would estimate that there were (before the last killing spree) between 15 and 30 wallabies which come down from Tolman’s Hill every night. The bettongs seem to do the same although they are much less common.

We are keen to keep an informal tally of the road kill as a way of monitoring the wildlife population in the valley.The data would also be interesting if we ever get speed humps or other speed reduction devices in the valley.If anyone sees dead animals along the road we would appreciate an email: Simply email Sebastian or Ruth