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Love Lennox stall Wow, May sure was busy! The continuing showers have supported plantings at Boulders, we spent two sessions helping Spider out at Shorty’s Stairs, Malcolm hosted a school excursion with Sue’s able support, Council held their annual Volunteers Morning Tea (thanks to Malcolm, Martin, Gel, Vic and the Skennars crew for helping to wave the Lennox Landcare flag at this!) and we had our annual stall at the Love Lennox Festival….. phew!! At the Morning Tea David Wright, Mayor, mentioned that Landcare volunteers contribute 9000 hours annually to the natural areas all over the shire - of this Lennox Landcare provide more than 2000 hours so I reckon that makes us pretty special! He also made special mention of our project to support the repair of the eastern foreshore of the Lake. The school excursion was a matriculation Geography class from Brisbane. The school has been visiting us for a number of years now to learn the history of the Boulders site from Malcolm. He is able to show them stages the site has been through from the sand mining era to the development of dairy pastures and the consequent challenges facing regeneration of the original vegetation. They finish up by becoming part of the project and planting out a new patch. Whilst they are in town they also study the challenges faced by Lake Ainsworth and what is being done to address them. Love Lennox was a valuable day once again allowing its to connect with the broader community and promote the range of activities we cover. Luckily the rain and wind held off throughout the morning and the street was quite lively with visitors. This year there was a significant increase in interest in our sale of local natives as garden plants, especially from people in the new estates around town. We used a Mark Waller print again (thanks Mark for your support) to engage people in what we do and to share our local knowledge. Special thanks to all those who were able to help make the day so successful from lending gear (Sue and Martin), to drawing people in to the stall and the draw (Barbara, Gel and Rob especially shone at this) to sharing expertise in local native plants and explaining some of our regeneration sites (thanks Malcolm and Spider). Derrick and Martin helped out with logistical support and general sociability. We couldn’t have done it without this wonderful team! Since this newsletter is so late I thought I would slip in the Headland Planting day which was held yesterday. Considering the wet, windy and cold conditions there was an excellent turnout and by the end of the seeeion all 1000 trees were in the ground. Despite the miserable weather there was a great sense of camaraderie and, as usual, we met old friends and connected with new ones. John Hutton, John Hill, Malcolm and Angela all made the effort to get there and John Hill and Angela stayed to the absolute end (whilst the rest of us retired, looking for a hot shower after 2 hours). Well done all, what a great team we have. Shaun 0448 221 210
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School excursion at Boulders
June Working Bees 8.30 - 10.30 am
Wed 5th: Seven Mile Dunes - Carpark SE cnr of Lake A. Wed 12th: Boulders Beach - Coast Rd carpark.
Wed 19th Ross Lane- 50m into Fig Tree Hill Dve, on the left
Wed 26th: Boulders Beach - Coast Rd carpark.
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Skennars Head Working Bees Every 2nd Thursday Contact Pat Cawley on 6687 7143
Lower Point Working Bees Organised as needed Contact Mike Heesom through
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