3. Bushcare Work Plan & Sites                   Site Map:

       Worksites

Site 1 is beside track from the lower car park.  Mature eucalypts provide shade and shelter to the seedlings in the undergrowth. This area was weeded to encourage native vegetation.  Logs were placed on the ground to form a raft to keep the  weeds from rooting on the wet soil.   The dead weeds were then broken up and used for mulch.

Site 2 Adjacent to site 1 - is mostly covered by blady grass (Imperata cylindrica var major) and whisky grass.  The shadows from the rainforest trees are allowing the blady grass to overtake the whisky grass.   Seedlings were planted in this area on World Tree Day 2003.

Site 4    Lantana and tobacco bush were the dominant weeds here.  The area has a light canopy of ageing Acacias which are starting to blow down in the high winds.   A good native grass cover protects the many regenerating seedlings.

A large patch of palm grass needed to be poisoned, with good result.

Site 4 Healthy Palm Grass

                        Site 4   Dead Palm Grass 

 Area 4 1999    One year later  

 Area 4  in 2003

Site 5   is a sheltered gully providing protection for nesting birds.  Some weeding was necessary and natural seedlings progressed well.  However, recent storms have blown down several large trees that has opened the canopy.

 Site 5 1998 

Site 6   is the narrow strip between the track and Seymour Pond.  Natural regrowth is healthy so the area now needs only occasional weeding.

Site 7   is between sites 3 and 5 on a steep slope. Mature trees provide protection for the natural regeneration. As a result there are very few weeds.

  Site 7 2003

Site 8   Site of the Long-stem Planting Trials See full site reports.

 Site 10   Reflection on Seymour Pond

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