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Newsbits
November December
2008~
Visitors Welcome.
Next
Meeting:
Friday 14th November
7.30pm for 8.00pm start.
*Venue:
Horticultural
Research Station, Research Rd., Narara
*Guest
Speaker: John L.
Speaker for November Our speaker for November will be Jonathon. Jonathon is a research horticulturist and a member of our group and has done presentations at our meetings on many occasions on some interesting subjects. This one will be no exception on ‘Growing plants can’t be that hard – can it?’ well not for some maybe. Be sure to come along and hear Jonathon and maybe pick up some clues.
From The Editor This will be your last newsletter for the year the next one will be February, 2009. How this year has flown so many activities; the Flora Festival is over for another year and so many people still to thank for their contribution. Audrey puts in a huge effort as my offsider every year and she and Harry know just where and how everything in the marquee goes together. Andrew was there every day and great support also taking the responsibility of putting the plant lists together and of course there’s Dot who in spite of having the flu looked after designing our display again this year. Our AGM and
election of officers is coming up in December and we hope to see
everybody there on the day to help welcome in the new committee and
take part in the End-of-Year Dinner. Some committee members will
be standing down and at this stage we know we will be looking for a
Vice President, a Raffle Table Steward and a Delegate to CEN.
Please consider nominating yourself or somebody whom you think could
fill the role. Thanks to all the people that contributed articles to the newsletter to all those that brought in material for the specimen table and the members that brought in plants for the raffle table. A special mention to June for her home made jams and the beautifully decorated festive cakes. Our President Andrew and all the Committee join with me in wishing you all a very safe and happy festive season. Elsie
Plant of The Month
Presentation by Bob This presentation delivered by Bob was most entertaining and I have written it up almost word for word in an endeavour to capture some of the humour. If you were not at the meeting I hope you enjoy this as we did that were there on the night. Ed. Bob brought
along some 2m-3m long flowering canes from his Kangaroo Paws that he
has growing in the garden and he wanted to tell us about them. He
has two more plants growing in pots and they are also rampaging;
growing long stems and heading for the sky. He couldn’t figure out
what was going on with them and being an inquiring sort of a bloke
decided to do some research but he only came up with big words.
Bob asked the question “have you ever noticed in the Plant Society,
everybody talks big words”? When he and Mary first came to a
meeting they nearly hightailed it out of there – a Geraldton Wax was
a Geraldton Wax up until then. So Bob persisted with his research
and he came up with the reason; some interesting information To the right is a full sized picture of Bob in his garden next to his gigantic Kangaroo Paws. Would we lie? So Bob went on to tell his story. The break through came when he went with Audrey’s group to Katandra for Bushcare which we do on the second Tuesday of each month and it’s a very interesting place and Bob’s learned a lot down there. We don’t achieve much as Audrey mentioned earlier in the evening we planted all these trees last year and we’re going down in November to dig them all up again. So we march off towards the forest, a nice group there’s Audrey she’s out the side cracking the whip she’s as tough as nails, Harry leads us off he’s a man of steadfast stature and totally focussed is Harry and we all follow and then you’ve got the Johns and everybody in the middle and Elsie and Janice coming up the back carrying the tools and pushing the wheelbarrow and anyway we head off. Bob just likes to be quiet and doesn’t say much but all of a sudden Harry stops and he says “Bob look over there, look at that Eucalyptus umbra” and Bob said “where Harry” and went over and touched a couple of plants but Harry said “no the Eucalyptus umbra. So Bob picked out the biggest plant he could find and touched that and Harry said “yes that’s it” and Bob said “that’s a bl...y gum tree. Harry went on to explain the common name for that Bob is a Bastard Mahogany and then it all fell into place, right into place. (At this point Harry interjected and told Bob it was actually a Bastard Rosewood.) And it goes on all the time out in the bush at night time with plants, and the Australian Plants Society call it hybridisation but some of us call it nooky and it goes on every night out there. Can you just imagine 50 odd years ago when your mother asked “what are you going to do tonight son”? And you tell her “Mum I’m going out to hybridise”. Now this goes on every night in the bush Bob knows because he has a book at home that told him so and now when he goes down the yard at night and sees the poor old Lily Pilly – well every morning it looks absolutely drained, the Prostanthera looks positively jaded but the flowers have a lovely smile on their faces. At this point Bob turned to his Kangaroo Paws and said “now mate I know what you’ve been doing” you’ve been frolicking in the furs or lechering in the tree tops. And now after all of this that goes on in the bush at night and nothing is pure in this world, Harry a member of the Australian Plants Society has the hide to say to me “Bob that’s a Eucalyptus umbra”.
Specimen Table Presented by Graeme Many members brought in material for the specimen table this month it was quite a smorgasbord.
Dianella
caerulea is just one of a huge range of Dianellas
available on the market these days. This is a hardy plant
suitable for rockeries; it bears bright blue flowers with yellow
anthers that are followed by fruits that are also bright blue and
grows to around 1m high. There was quite a range of Callistemons (or should that be Melaleucas?). Callistemon ‘Splendens’ is a form of C.citrinus originally named C. ‘Endeavour’ when it was promoted as part of the bicentennial celebrations. It grows to about 4m high and has large brilliant red flowers that appear over an extended period. Others were C. ‘Taree Pink’ that grows 3m high and has dusty pink flowers, and C.‘Reeves Pink’ that grows 2m high and also has pink flowers. Pimelea ferruginea from W.A. grows to about 1m and bears deep pink terminal flowers in spring and P.linifolia the local species that grows to about 60cm and bears white flowers that occur for most times of the year. We had two Dampiera species, D.purpurea a suckering plant said to be vigorous that needs a well drained spot with a bit of shade. Its distribution range is Vic. NSW and Q’ld. And D.stricta from W.A. which also likes good drainage and a bit of shade. This one grows well in a container as can be seen by the magnificent specimen that Barbara and Andrew brought along. Dampiera trigona There were several different colour forms of Scaevola, S.‘Purple Fanfare’, a large pink and a large white. The Scaevola is short lived but quite easy to strike from cutting so keep on potting up the cuttings and have them on hand ready for replacements. Pultenaea flexilis grows to about 4m high forming a tall shrub or small tree. It bears yellow pea flowers in spring and puts on a good show.
Melaleuca
diosmifolia grows to 3m high and bears green bottlebrush flowers in
spring and summer. Flowers aren’t easy to see through the
camouflage of the foliage. Billardiera scandens or Apple Berry is a scrambling climber that bears terminal cream flowers followed by green fruits that ripen to purple. The fruits are edible and apparently very tasty and don’t last long on the vine. Syzigium wilsonii [Pictured left] has the common name of Powder-puff lilly-pilly which describes the flowers that are wine-red and about 10cm in diameter. They appear in spring and summer and are followed by white fruits. Said to prefer a shady spot this plant gets full morning sun and flowers prolifically. Another feature of the plant is its new growth a pinkish red colour aging to salmon before turning green. Kunzea parvifolia grows to 1.5m and bears pink flowers on the ends of the stems in spring and early summer. This is a hardy plant that can be propagated quite easily by cutting.
Chorizema
cordatum is a spreading shrub that grows to around 1m and bears
sprays of orange/purple pea flowers in spring. A plant that most
people find hard to grow but it will do better if planted in the
shade. There is a yellow form as well but this one is not often
seen. Graptophyllum ilicifolium [Pictured right] or Holly Fuchsia is a slow growing shrub that will reach 2-3m in height and will form into a bushy shrub. It prefers a shady position with good drainage and can be propagated from seed. Showy dark pink to light red flowers cover the bush in spring attracting birds. Calothamnus quadrifidus is a shrub that grows to about 2.5m high with attractive pine like foliage and red one-sided bottlebrush flowers that appear in spring, summer and autumn. This plant is from W.A. but it grows quite happily here on the east coast in full sun with good drainage and is easy to grow from seed. Eustrephus latifolius (pronounced yoo-streff-us)or Wombat Berry is a climbing plant that likes a shaded position and bears small pink or white starlike flowers which are followed by edible orange globular fruits. The tuberous roots are also edible. There were many other specimens on the table this month including Solanum linearifolium, Darwinia citriodora, Bauera rubioides, Bulbine bulbosa, Prostanthera Colo River, Grevillea ‘Evelyn’s Coronet’ Information sources Robinsons Native Plants of Sydney and Wrigley & Fagg Australian Native Plants. Photo of Dampiera trigona supplied by Barbara Melville
A garden visit has been arranged; a visit to Bronwyn’s garden on Wednesday 12th November. We’re all familiar with Bronwyn we see her at the Wildflower Place working with Nola. If interested please contact a member. Meet outside Bronwyn’s place at 9.30am. Bring along some morning tea and we’ll go to a nearby park after the visit. Also bring a hat and drinking water, sunscreen and insect repellent.
The next meeting of the NSW Region will be on Friday 21st November at the Ermington Community Centre, River Road, Ermington at 8pm. Speaker on the night will be Dr. Webb and her topic will be George Caley. Come along and meet members from other groups and chat over a cuppa. Please bring plant specimens to put on the specimen table. There will be plants for sale on the night. All members welcome.
Plants In Pots Saturday 23rd November The next meeting for the PIP potters of APS is to be held on Sunday 23rd November 2008 at 3pm. This will also be our annual end of year dinner where we will meet at the home of Lorna & Don. Visitors are always welcome to our meetings; this one is no exception. The meeting itself only goes for about an hour. Lorna will lead our discussion about the fertilizers and mulches we all use on our potted plants. Please bring a list of your favourite products. If you’d like to also bring a Show & Tell pot plant that would be a great idea too. We’ll give our “grass” pots a rest this meeting unless they are doing something spectacular. Dinner: Please bring – pre-dinner nibblies, your own meat (BBQ available), a salad to share and a dessert/slice to share. You will need your own plate, bowl, cutlery, glass and mug please. Drinks for yourselves too. If you require any further information please phone Barbara & Andrew 4328 1005 or Lorna and Don 4325 5070. Barbara
Our AGM and End of Year Dinner will take place on Saturday 6th December at the Horticultural Research Station, Research Road, Narara. Immediately following the AGM and Election of Officers, from about 5pm drinks and savouries will be served while the meeting room is being prepared for the end-of-year dinner. A selection of cold meats and fruit juices will be provided and we ask members to bring either a salad or a dessert to be shared with others. Bring your own plates, cutlery and preferred alcoholic drinks. We urge members to make every effort to come along to the brief AGM and stay for the dinner. A form will be circulated again at the November meeting on which you can register whether you will attend and whether you intend to bring a salad or dessert. If you are unable to attend the November meeting but would like to register for the dinner please telephone me on 4365 5049 or by email at damael@bigpond.net.au or contact any other committee member.
October Bushwalk in Yengo National Park There was a good
roll-up for our tag-along outing to Bucketty on Sunday 13th
October. We next stopped at the convict wall on the corner of Settlers Road to have morning tea, and followed the short loop track through the bush to look at the rebuilt stone culvert and read the descriptive plate showing how the new work retained a section of the original convict construction.
Our lunch spot
was the Mogo campground where there was a shady grassy area to sit
and enjoy the passing birds. Then a short walk part way along the
track, where we saw several Hibbertia species and Woody Pear in
flower and fruit.
Mitrasacme pilosa was common, as well as
Dampiera stricta and
Persoonias with fruit. On the way back we
found a single Flying Duck Orchid,
Caleana major. Our day’s outing was enjoyed by all and we were lucky enough to have a perfect day – sunny but not too hot, with few clouds, in spite of the forecast.
November Picnic Sunday 16th November This month will
be our final outing for the year. Because it is often too hot to
walk, we will be having a picnic at Bateau Bay. Meet at the Bruce Burgis Park, corner of Parkside Ave and Reserve Drive, Bateau Bay, any time from 10.30 onward. Bring chairs, and morning tea as well as a picnic lunch, your hats and the usual insect repellent. There are picnic tables and toilets nearby. We hope to see a good crowd for a get-together with all our friends. For more details you can contact Diana on 4372 1120 before 9.30am on the day or Elsie on 0408 653140 after 9.30am
Membership Subscriptions There are a number of members whose fees are overdue from the June Quarter as well as from the September Quarter this year. If this applies to you, you will have received several renewal reminders with your C.C. Newsletters as well as from the State Office. Your Group Membership Officer would appreciate these payments as soon as possible or at least before our last meeting in December. Diana
Our activity for the October meeting was a forum - a questions and answers session, for the purpose of establishing what our group members would like to incorporate in activities programmes for the future i.e. more bus trips, more involvement in propagation, more involvement in conservation, maybe members’ garden visits, what topics we want our speakers to cover, etc., etc. It’s not too late to have your say, contact a committee member or send an email. The proceedings were directed by Don as mediator and our first speaker Alan Alan commenced proceedings with a look into the past; a history of the Australian Plants Society. Alan has recently written the history of the Central Coast APS Group and a copy of that is in our Group library and another is held by Region. The original name for the Society was SGAP – Society for Growing Australian Plants with the emphasis on growing and propagating native plants. When the Society was formed native plants were held in very low repute and now today a huge number of nurseries sell native plants and in book shops numerous books are appearing on the shelves covering all aspects of growing native plants with new publications appearing at regular intervals. Until the late 1990s the main emphasis was on growing and propagating native plants but attitudes have changed and the focus now includes the preservation and conservation of native plants, promoting their use in home gardens and public places, improving native plants as garden subjects, lobbying nurserymen to stock more native plants and to disseminate knowledge about native plants. In the late 1990’s there was strong resistance to the proposed name change from SGAP to the Australian Plants Society, many members from various groups didn’t want to know about conservation and environmental issues and wanted to concentrate on the growing of native plants. And this is the question that we need to ask ourselves here on the Central Coast, do we want to spend less time and hear less speakers on conservation issues and the other wide range of topics that we cover or concentrate more on the growing and propagating of native plants? Younger people living on the Coast have to deal with increasing commuting time as well as other commitments such as children’s sporting activities and many other things, and don’t have time to belong to a society such as ours. This makes filling committee places difficult and that is something that the Society faces generally. New members join mainly because they are starting a new garden and are looking for advice and we can help these people. There are so many knowledgeable skilled horticulturists and skilled gardeners in our Group and they have been a tremendous help in filling this need. The recent new directions that our group has pursued are our Fact Sheets brought to fruition mainly by Dot, bush regeneration that Audrey and her team have been conducting down at Katandra, the Wildplant Rescue Service that has started in the Wyong area with John Randall, and Habitat for Wildlife; the wildlife corridor movement on the Central Coast with CEN. Future directions for plants in general is DNA identification that will lead to a revolution in botany and if you think learning botanical names has been difficult in the past just wait and see what happens over the next 10 or 15 years.
Our next speaker Jonathon is a professional research horticulturist who has spoken to the group on many occasions on different topics. Research is driven by industry and people that supply the funding to research want something for their money so research is bound by what those people want. There are changing community concerns and priorities and there’s been some really big ones lately with the economic downturn and people watching their super but this is good news for the cut flower industry. In recent times the strong value of the Australian dollar made it difficult for growers because from an export point of view they could no longer make a profit growing flowers. Now we suddenly see a reversal in the Australian dollar and the potential profitability is skyrocketing. Then there’s global warming; how are plants going to grow as our temperatures rise, with rainfall reduced by half and carbon dioxide doubled? But research opportunities will abound. The industry is concerned with profitability because without that there is no industry. There are fuel and fertiliser costs, freight costs and exchange rates and the constant demand for novelty and new varieties. The industry has adopted Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPDM) with a lot of research into using bugs to kill bugs. Tissue culture grown forests of eucalypts of a single clone are being planted; a monoculture of eucalypts with pure clonal lines but will they cope when some disease or pest comes along and targets this species. There are new directions in research with greenhouse production and now there are more and more natives going into greenhouses. With the export of cut flowers the return for box is becoming more of an issue than the return for hectare for a flower grower; flannel flowers are lighter than a waratah and will make more money. Improved DNA analysis techniques will actually see botanists getting things right and that’s really scary because we’re all going to have to learn new names for everything and only the common names will stay the same. Our 3rd speaker Mark of Organic Matters, a sponsor of our newsletter and whose advertisement appears each month in our newsletter is in the retail side of growing plants Mark talked about the changing public and industry attitudes and mentioned an instance where the Dept. of Main Roads had a stockpile alongside the highway they were working on in the bush. They finished their work on the road, packed up all of their gear, went away and just left bare ground where their stockpile had sat. Nobody really cared too much about the bushland and if somebody had rung and complained about the mess they had left behind they probably would have just gone down to the nursery got a couple of jacarandas or something and put them in and everybody would have been happy. Then 30 or 40 years ago we started to get this bug for native plants and along the highway south of Liverpool between the two lanes of traffic they planted Melaleuca armillaris in a monoculture and as Jonathon mentioned earlier when you have all of the one species planted in an area you’ve just got to wait for the right pest to come along and find it, breed up and go berserk, and the tea tree moth has pretty well wiped out all the M.armillaris that grew along this section of the freeway. When we first got the idea that the right thing to do was to plant natives most of the things that we planted were from Western Australia we didn’t plant many of the local species. Twenty years ago Mark was a horticulturist working on rose gardens and he was given the responsibility on one day per week for a small bushland reserve. He found he loved that type of work and switched over to just working with the native plants that grow naturally in an area. Sometimes Mark would have to order plants for a job and on one occasion needed to order Kangaroo Grass which is a common grass that grows all up and down the east coast of Australia. He was working around the Sydney foreshore at the time and thought he would try and get some local provenance Kangaroo Grass. He rang all the nurseries around that area and nobody had any but eventually acquired some stock from a nursery in Mona Vale. When it arrived in the Council nursery 2 weeks later it was still packed in the box from the wholesale nursery in Queensland where it was grown so it came from a totally different climate and a different soil type and probably evolved in a clay soil for a thousand years or so and this was going to be planted into a low nutrient sandy soil on the harbour foreshore so just didn’t do well. That was partly what inspired Mark to start growing local provenance plants to supply for repair jobs which he has been doing now exclusively for 12 years. He just grows plants that grow naturally in the bush around the Central Coast and 90% of Mark’s plants are grown for environmental repair work. Moving to the future, we’ve got the carbon credits coming up and Mark’s worry about using the natives for carbon credits is that so much of our flora is fire dependant. They’re going to put in this eucalypt forest to capture all this carbon but if they don’t burn it they don’t get the regeneration. We’ve got flannel flowers here and boronias but when an area gets developed and a good fire brigade sets up these things disappear really quickly. If you don’t get the fires going through to either heat treat or smoke treat the seed these plants just don’t come back. Mark is an environmentalist and the branch of the environment he is really interested in is the ecology; the interaction of plants and animals and insects. As we lose species because of development in the area there is a big flow on effect. One of the things that happens is that when people move into an area they bring in domestic pets and the cats take out all of the pygmy possums which pollinate so many of the Banksias such as B.ericifolia and B.spinulosa and they just don’t get pollinated anymore.
Question & Answer Time Audrey suggested that we should help young people to grow more native plants in their gardens and to become a part of the native corridors and the whole eco system. We need to stop looking just at the trees and flowers and look at the whole process and how it functions; the human race is part of that system and is just as reliant on the health of the eco system as every other living creature. In response to an item raised in an email from Chris, Dot put the question to any new members present as to whether we have made them feel welcome or do we need to make more effort? Dot had noticed at the end of our recent bus trip that a couple of people had been sitting by themselves, maybe by choice, but they were people that don’t normally come to meetings and maybe didn’t feel welcome. Margaret who joined us in May this year responded to the question by stating that she feels very welcome, looks forward to the meetings and thoroughly enjoyed the bus trip. John another new member also said that he finds us a very friendly crowd and enjoys our activities. Pam although not a new member says she keeps coming back to the meetings because she finds us such a happy friendly group with no politics. She belongs to many groups and politics always come into play but she always enjoys the meetings and activities of our group. Graeme feels too that this is one of the best groups to belong to and agrees with Pam on the no politics. He mentioned the boredom of some modern garden designs with pavers, fountains and gravel for mulch that never changes from month to month. Andrew said that many years ago he was looking at becoming a part of the committee but at the time we were tending to look mainly towards the environment and it just wasn’t his scene then. He was a plant enthusiast and liked seeing and hearing about plants. Over the years we have had many speakers talking about plants and having been a programme officer knows how difficult it is to access some of the sources that were available in the past when you were able to ring up various people from the Botanic Gardens. So now he is wondering are we getting the right variation of speakers to please the majority of members. Speaking as a committee person he invites members to recommend speakers that they feel have something to contribute. We need feedback people to come forward with ideas and suggestions. Pam commented on the point of attracting young people to the society by getting the right mix of speakers but at the same time thinks that we need to be cautious and not change the dynamics of the group in an effort to attract new young members and maybe lose some of the existing members. Jonathon mentioned that a lot of people around his age are very committed with their children’s sporting activities and indeed their own. Jonathon is on two committees, cubs and soccer and with three children all playing soccer both he and his wife coaching as well as competing; that’s five training sessions per week and five games on a weekend so we’re not likely to see him at all during the winter months. Harry said that he has had a great time since joining the group. The first plant he brought in to have identified he took up to Alan and asked what he thought it was. Alan replied “it’s fireweed”. Harry has also been through the soccer bit with coaching and training sessions and no time left to do anything else. In 1993 June and Harry saw the APS ad in the local paper made the phone call and decided to join up. Not long after Alan suggested to him that they should find a bit of bushland and look after it and that bit of bushland was Katandra. While working at Katandra the birds are all around, robins, cat birds, owls, regent bower birds, lyre birds, and even a pelican. Harry thought he was only there to pull weeds out but then they started working with the university students which he has enjoyed very much. Lorna too has been a programme officer and knows how difficult it is to get speakers. As an enticement she would offer them overnight accommodation where need be. But getting back to the young people Lorna feels that what they want from us is help with growing their native plants and what to plant where, when to prune, etc. Lorna & Don’s first experience at a meeting wasn’t good with some members rubbishing any plant that wasn’t native and they very nearly didn’t come back the next month. We do need to watch the balance of speakers with conservation being important but we need to cater for the young people starting gardens. Don said that they are very glad they come back after that first meeting it has been a wonderful experience and they have made many wonderful friends. In response to the point that Graeme raised about plants being incorrectly tagged in the nursery trade and J-rooting Mark advised that J-rooting (when a kink develops at the base of the stem making the plant prone to falling over) is a quality control issue and occurs when the person potting up the seedling doesn’t take enough care to ensure that the roots are placed in the pot straight up and down. Mark is a great fan of the Denise Greig books but nothing will grow as big on the Central Coast as she says in her books and people tend not to buy some plants because the label says it will grow too tall. Mark mentioned instances where an author identified a plant as an Australian native when in fact it was not and the error was perpetuated by many other authors in other native plant books. In the 3rd edition of Robinsons a plant that was listed as an Australian native in his 1st and 2nd edition has now been listed as a native of South Africa and Mark apologises to the people to whom he sold this plant during the time when it was listed as an Australian native. Incorrect tagging is a widespread problem and also occurs with exotic plants it is another quality control issue and how well people know their products. Max says he would like to have more knowledge available on what to grow in a particular position and what type of soil it will grow best in. What Max considers to be a shady spot some experts have said is not a shady spot that it’s quite sunny. We have a great knowledge here in the group but we’re not spreading it around amongst ourselves we see every meeting a wide range of flowers on the specimen table but how are they grown and what do they look like in the garden? Max feels that it would be beneficial to see other members’ gardens and see how their plants are growing and where they are planted.
AGM & Election Of Office Bearers For 2009 This is a crucial meeting for the future operation of our group. As usual, all positions on the committee will be declared vacant and nominations called. If you wish to nominate some one (or yourself) for a committee position in advance, nominations will be accepted by the Secretary up to 21 days before the date of the meeting, as required by our constitution. Nominations may also be made on the evening from the floor of the meeting.
Advance
nominations for any of the above positions can be made on the
nomination form. If you wish to nominate, please highlight the text in blue below and print the selection.
Australian Plants Society Central Coast Group Election Of Office-Bearers For 2009
Cd - Native Plants & Bushwalks Of The Central Coast The CD contains over 400 photographs and lists 24 bushwalks in National Parks, State Forests and Reserves of the Central Coast region and each bushwalk has a listing of the plants which may be found along that walk. In some cases maps are included. The disc is available for $15 plus $2.50 if postage (within Australia only) is required and can be ordered by filling in the form below and posting to Diana Dean 4 Grants Road, Somersby 2250, or purchased at any of our monthly meetings. An order form is now available for download on our website. With most computers it will be necessary to click on the ‘Start’ menu, go to ‘My Computer’, and double click on the CD or DVD drive. Most people will be able to access the CD by clicking on the ‘Internet Explorer’ icon. For computers that are not operating with Microsoft the CD can be accessed by clicking on the ‘Acrobat Reader’ icon.
CD - Native Plants & Bushwalks of the Central Coast
Many years ago Alan created a list of plants that the group had identified while on their monthly bushwalks. This list was passed over to Diana & Barry a few years ago and it was then converted into a data base. Over the past 3 years a great many more plants have been added to the list and now 800 plants are included on the data base. Photographs were also collected along the way some taken by Diana & Barry and others taken by some of the keen photographers amongst the group members. From this data base and collection of photos a DVD was produced to run on the coach for the Sydney Tour of the ASGAP Conference last year. This particular tour was subsequently cancelled due to lack of numbers but a seed was planted and the thought of a CD began to grow. After many hours spent at the computer the CD is now complete. It contains over 400 photographs and lists 24 bushwalks in National Parks, State Forests and Reserves of the Central Coast region and each bushwalk has a listing of the plants which may be found along that walk. In some cases maps are included. The disc is available for $15 plus $2.50 postage (within Australia only) The CD can be purchased at any of our monthly meetings.
or if you wish to order
a form is available from this website.
The Committee and members would like to thank Diana and Barry for all the effort and hours spent in producing the CD the profits from the sale of which will benefit the group.
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that
he’s sure we’d like to know about.
Further along
the road to St.Albans we stopped at the convict-built “Causeway”
supporting the road crossing a shallow gully. Here we found
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