News & Updates

Good evening all,
Thanks to everyone who came out last Sunday, and thanks to the Men’s Shed for providing the meeting space! We had a great initial discussion regarding a Robe-to-Beachport walking trail and started to pull together a strategy to evaluate the idea and whether it is something we would support as a group. Please send me an email if you're keen to participate in this, and keep an eye out for future updates / meet-ups.

After our discussion we walked Stoneys to West Beach, with a clean-up along the way. You can see a couple photos here: https://www.relive.cc/view/v4OGRR2o5mv , thanks for capturing / sending Natasha! Thanks also to John for sharing stories and knowledge along the walk.

This Sunday, I'd like to have a focused planning session on the Nursery. We can utilize the nursery in a number of ways, and it would be great to make a bit of a plan for the coming months and years. The Men’s Shed worked great as a sit-down meeting place so let's meet there at 3pm.

With many thanks and hope to see you there.

Today we walked and picked up trash from Stonies to West Beach. We also indentified middens and John shared some of his knowledge about middens with us.

For more information: https://www.aboriginalheritage.tas.gov.au/cultural-heritage/aboriginal-shell-middens

Good evening all,
Thanks to everyone who came out last Sunday. The Gums campground and track had a clean-up, we made a big dent in the polygala weed control project nearby, collected some Bursaria Spinosa seed and finished off the day replacing the broken post out at Stoney Rise point.

After a couple weeks of clean-up duty (well done all!) let's do something a little different this Sunday. The talk of creating a Robe-to-Beachport walking trail has been growing steadily around the community. For anyone interested in discussing this idea: we'll meet Sunday at the Mens Shed at 2pm for about an hour, and then at 3pm we can walk the Stoneys point to West beach and do some clean-up along the way.

If you can't make 2pm (or aren't interested in planning/organizing), you're welcome to join for the walk/cleanup at 3pm.

Bring hats, water, friends... and stories/photos of walking trails you've visited!

With many thanks. Roland

8 volunteers today headed out with ranger Cath Bell to the Gums campground for weeding polygala,  clean-up of campground area and track and replace 2 broken posts.

See below some pictures of the invasive weed polygala. Polygala invades and competes in coastal vegetation.

"Not only does Polygala invade coastal vegetation, but other environments as well, such as grassland, grassy woodland, mallee shrubland and riparian environments. In these environments it can form thickets that shade out native plants species, preventing the natural regeneration of the overstorey and shrub layer." - https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/landscape/docs/ny/polygala-fact.pdf

For more info: https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/landscape/docs/ny/polygala-fact.pdf 
https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/weeds-australia/profile/Polygala%20myrtifolia 

Good afternoon FOLDers!

We had a great group last Sunday and did a big cleanup of Little Dip Beach and associated track (7 bags of mostly plastic trash!). Thanks everyone!

This Sunday, we'll meet-up at the nursery at 3pm and then head over to the Gums campground for:
 - clean-up of campground area and track
 - replace 2 broken posts
 - look at a polygala control project with Cath
 - and if we have time (and interest) check the nearby Bursaria Spinosa for seed collection

Bring hats, water and friends!

Hope to see you there.
With many thanks. Roland

Ten happy volunteers showed up today! A full force to tackle the back beaches under a warm sun for a succesful cleanup sesh!  We also fixed one of the posts.

Good morning FOLDers!
I hope your week is going well.

We had a small crew last Sunday (with lots of people busy and away on the long weekend). We were able to hang the new sign at the nursery - thanks Libby and Rinaldo! - and had a nice walk, prune, and clean-up at Fresh Water Lake... what a beautiful spot.

This Sunday, we'll meet-up at the nursery at 3pm. I've got a couple quick admin updates, and then we will head down to Little Dip Beach for a walk, clean-up and infrastructure inspection (there's at least one post that needs replacement, as well as investigating repair of the water pump).

Bring hats, water and friends!

Hope to see you there.
With many thanks. Roland

Today it was just three of us. It was a beautiful day to head down to Freshwater lake, looking magical with its shimmering waters, and beautiful greens against a gorgeous blue sky. With tools on had we trimmed the bushes along the path and fixed some posts. We also picked a lil bit of trash.

Good evening all,
Thanks everyone that came out last week, we had a great discussion on several new projects including: signage, GIS, outreach and our web/social presence. We then headed for a nice walk & trash pick-up from the Stoney's campground to the Stoney's point car park.

This weekend, we'll meet at the FOLD / Robe Coast Care nursery and then head to Fresh Water Lake for a group walk, and a laundry list of todos:
- general cleanup
- replace (at least one) broken post and re-hang sign
- trail maintenance (pruning back vegetation where necessary and improving definition of trail where needed)
- inspection of old signs and the Dutch ladder board, with view to replace both

We'll meet at 3pm at the nursery, so we can figure out the quantity of tools, cars, etc. Bring a hat and some water (and any friends looking for a fun afternoon), hope to see you there!

With many thanks.

Roland

PS, keep an eye out for future emails on specific projects, such as  GIS/mapping, community outreach, and nursery management in case you're interested in getting involved with those outside of the regular Sunday meetup.

And if you're on instagram, follow the new account here: https://www.instagram.com/friendsoflittlediprobe/ 

Thanks Andrew and Libby for getting that set-up and starting to post content!

A huge THANK YOU to the 8 volunteers that showed up today for beach and track cleanup!