CYCLONE DEBBIE HITS OUR CATCHMENT!
EMERGENCY WORKING BEE SUNDAY 2 APRIL !!!!
LOOK at the destruction ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie inflicted on Tuckett Park this week:
So many of our plantings were knocked about by Debbie, particularly those at the Eastern end of Creekside Street – we’re keen re-stake them while the ground is still soft!
Can you help us this Sunday (2nd April) at 9.00 am with some re-staking? We’ll meet outside 90 Creekside Street Brookfield. It’s not hard work – we’ll show you what to do!
If you can help, please contact Jim Pope: j.pope
Rain at LAST!
Use it or lose it! Come and plant some trees at beautiful Tuckett Park next Sunday morning!
We’ll have approximately 160 assorted native trees/shrubs and 80 lomandras so it’ll be all hands on deck – easy work in the soft, moist soil!
Please consider joining us for an hour or two – whatever you can spare!
For all the details, check out our Working Bee Calendar.
Brookfield Show
Location: Showgrounds, 550 Brookfield Road, Brookfield
Type: Event
Organiser: Brookfield Show Society
Contact: http://www.brookfieldshowground.com.au/
Look out for the MCCG display at the Brookfield Show!
LIGHTS OUT !!!
Remember to switch off your lights for Earth Hour from 8.30pm on Saturday 25 March!
See the WWF Earth Hour 2017 website for more info and spread the word to neighbours, family and friends!
Australian Native Plants Market
Location: Grovely TAFE, off Dawson Parade via Casey and Woking Streets
Type: Event
Organiser: Native Plants Queensland
Contact: http://www.sgapqld.org.au/
We have it all! Expert advice regarding plant selection and care, a huge selection of plants for all situations that are not available in commercial nurseries. Books and refreshments for sale.
A Letter from Gordon
Calling all “UPPER GOLD CREEKERS!”
The first 2017 working bee for Section 9 will be held this Sunday 17 March
We will meet at 8.30am at 658 Gold Creek Road
We really need all hands on deck and everyone is welcome – for all the details, please see our Working Bee Calendar.
Section Leader Gordon Grigg has also written a letter which provides some background about the group’s past achievements in restoring the land along Gold Creek Road and the continuing steps to keep this transformation well and truly alive.
Please take time to read the letter and consider joining a working bee or two.
As Gordon points out, this doesn’t need to be a big time commitment and any offer of help, no matter how small, will be very gratefully received.
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So much to do! …
You really CAN make a difference by joining a working bee!
Look at the changes Phil Bird’s group have made at Moggill Creek near Galvin Road.
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This Sunday 19 March we have 4 bushcare groups you can choose from!
Please see our Working Bee Calendar for all the details. Help us make a difference!
Strategic Plan for 2017 – new goals and next steps
MCCG has a new strategic plan …..
In 2016 the Management Committee decided to undertake a planning exercise. Older plans reflected a time when the MCCG was a smaller organisation with some different challenges, although the environmental ones are still there.
CRITICAL WEED ALERT – Anzac Tree Daisy
A new exotic weed has been assessed as a rapidly spreading threat to our ecosystems.
Montanoa hibiscifolia known as Anzac Tree Daisy is a native of Central America. It was introduced to Far North Queensland as a garden plant.
This is a CALL TO ARMS to alert landholders to treat all trees that are likely to flower BEFORE THE END OF MARCH and the likelihood of the weed becoming more widely established.
Invasion by Anzac tree daisy presents a clear risk to a substantial proportion of our remnant forests and it appears to be spreading rapidly. It seems to be well adapted to our environment and invades rainforest margins, gullies, disturbed areas and road embankments. The plant is a prolific seeder and shows potential to be highly invasive in the riparian zones and fringes of the local dry rainforests.
It is easily missed until April – May when it is a mass of flowers.
How to respond
