DUNE CARE

 October 16, Currently working on plantings around the new beach access at Caravan Park.


Grassy Head Dune Care meet irregularly( usually a Saturday or a Sunday morning) and carry out the following activities:

• Weed control of bitou, vines and other coastal weeds
• Replanting with native seedlings- grown at the Grassy Head Nursery
• Bank/Dune stabilisation
• Awareness raising
• Habitat enhancement
• Social activities
• Rubbish removal
• and more!

Would you like to get involved? Watch this space for upcoming working bees, and mark in your diaries

Next Working Bee: 

When:call Chris

Time:  9am-12pm followed by a BBQ lunch

Meet at the caravan park to headland track

If you intend to come along call Chris Kaczan (65690837)

or Maclay Landcare Network (65622076) or email cso@macleaylandcare.org.au

Please remember to wear a hat, sturdy shoes and bring your own gloves and water bottle and contact Chris if you think the Working Bee might be cancelled due to the weather

MAY- was the Biggest Bitou Bash- Bashing Billions of Bitou! A NPWS co-ordinated event to support local bitou control

 Thanks to Stuarts Point Public School for helping out with the Big Bash by planting native plants along the Stuarts Point beach access track.........

If you are interested in registering with this group- email cso@macleaylandcare.org.au

 

Coral Trees have been treated on the Beach Access road

 Vines are being controlled around the rainforest margin

Male red back fairy wren delights in the regenerating areas

What has happened since the last working bee

Good news. Professional bush regenerators  have continued working on the removal of weeds from Grassy Head and surrounds 

You can click on all photos for a closer look!

Beach erosion

 Above photo july 2011 Grassy Head View Platform
below august 2012 showing terrible loss of dune
.

September 2012 more erosion

 January 2013

Platform completely washed away. Notice the dunes are settling and more angled.

The latest high tides and large swells have continued to erode Grassy Head beach. The photos of the old viewing platform tell the story. In comparison the beach on the southern side of the headland first lost then accumulated some sand. Our latest floods will probably take more or give more sand back somewhere!!

Next working bee– volunteers welcome!

 The fire has made access easier and in places there are small bitou and lantana plants that are now easier to see and easy to remove. Often they can be hand pulled or dug out with a small hand mattock. We will be taking advantage of the current conditions to remove these and to replace some of the burnt Banksias near the access track.

 Fire August 2012   Access track

                                                    Regenerating natives and lantana

                       

Special thanks

Thanks to the Grassy Head Nursery Reserve Trust for providing seedlings to plant. 

Meet at the caravan park to headland track

If you intend to come along call Chris Kaczan (65690837)

or Maclay Landcare Network (65622076) or email cso@macleaylandcare.org.au

Please remember to wear a hat, sturdy shoes and bring your own gloves and water bottle and contact Chris if you think the Working Bee might be cancelled due to the weather

Supported by Macleay Landcare Network

and Kempsey Shire Council and funded through
Local Land Services and Enviro Fund