Chelsea Street Bushcare 2025
8.00 am to 10.00 am
Meet at the end of Chelsea Street
(Second Saturday of each month)
Contact Chelsea Street Co-ordinator
Bushcare activities at Chelsea Street Reserve
Activities include:
- Plant and weed identification
- Weeding
- Mulching
- Encouraging natural regeneration
- Tree planting
- Habitat creation
Media Gallery
March 2024
After a disruptive beginning to the 2024 Bushcare Program for Chelsea Street, this month we have 2 Bushcare Saturdays.
On the 9th of March, 10 energetic volunteers were kept busy on a number of mini projects. Some volunteers were weeding the Guinea Grass and Patterson's Curse, while others spotted a new visitor, Painted Spurge, a small poinsettia. A small group worked with Stefan planting Sedges and Lomandras in the Frog Drain. Stefan had previously prepared the site and was very busy, digging 60 holes for the new plants. Luckily for us, we have had many soft showers to keep the site damp. Oh, and best of all, ONLY A FEW MOSQUITOES.
We finished off a busy morning with a cuppa and a chat. Stefan's talk and Poh's presence (Boobook Owl) stimulated lots of discussion and even drew in a small crowd, (6 inquisitive butcher birds!) Thank you to Trish and Ailsa for our morning tea.
This Saturday, 23rd March, we return to the Bremner Road Site, (behind Bunnings). This could be a bit of a shock as lots of weeds have returned to keep us fully occupied. I have identified cleared areas where we can start our weeding and try to recapture the area we had under control.
So, hope to see as many as possible this Saturday, 23rd, behind BUNNINGS @ 8.00am. Please keep in mind, the information sent from the Environment Services Admin Team regarding heat, humidity and mosquitoes.
Gary
On the 9th of March, 10 energetic volunteers were kept busy on a number of mini projects. Some volunteers were weeding the Guinea Grass and Patterson's Curse, while others spotted a new visitor, Painted Spurge, a small poinsettia. A small group worked with Stefan planting Sedges and Lomandras in the Frog Drain. Stefan had previously prepared the site and was very busy, digging 60 holes for the new plants. Luckily for us, we have had many soft showers to keep the site damp. Oh, and best of all, ONLY A FEW MOSQUITOES.
We finished off a busy morning with a cuppa and a chat. Stefan's talk and Poh's presence (Boobook Owl) stimulated lots of discussion and even drew in a small crowd, (6 inquisitive butcher birds!) Thank you to Trish and Ailsa for our morning tea.
This Saturday, 23rd March, we return to the Bremner Road Site, (behind Bunnings). This could be a bit of a shock as lots of weeds have returned to keep us fully occupied. I have identified cleared areas where we can start our weeding and try to recapture the area we had under control.
So, hope to see as many as possible this Saturday, 23rd, behind BUNNINGS @ 8.00am. Please keep in mind, the information sent from the Environment Services Admin Team regarding heat, humidity and mosquitoes.
Gary
March 2023
On a very overcast, humid morning, a dozen volunteers arrived at Chelsea Street Reserve to learn about and enjoy this beautiful bush setting.
Stefan Hattingh, MBRC Senior Bushcare Officer, had already checked out the area and identified a new project that we all agreed would be very different to previous challenges we have faced … setting up a Frog Rock Pool. All the necessary infrastructure is in place and all we would need to do would be to remove the invasive grasses and plant sedges around the rock drain.
As we moved through the Reserve to Zone 4, we stopped and learnt about the native lemon grass, molasses grass, barbed wire grass and the Alphitonia bush. We saw the value of using ALL of our senses to identify and appreciate the native plants. Thanks Stefan. Also, a very special welcome to our newest volunteer, Elena who heard about our event from the Redcliffe Environmental Forum Facebook page. Thanks Bob and Emily. As always, we finished off with a cuppa and a chat before the rain sent us packing.
Volunteer Group Co-ordinator Gary Brennan,
Stefan Hattingh, MBRC Senior Bushcare Officer, had already checked out the area and identified a new project that we all agreed would be very different to previous challenges we have faced … setting up a Frog Rock Pool. All the necessary infrastructure is in place and all we would need to do would be to remove the invasive grasses and plant sedges around the rock drain.
As we moved through the Reserve to Zone 4, we stopped and learnt about the native lemon grass, molasses grass, barbed wire grass and the Alphitonia bush. We saw the value of using ALL of our senses to identify and appreciate the native plants. Thanks Stefan. Also, a very special welcome to our newest volunteer, Elena who heard about our event from the Redcliffe Environmental Forum Facebook page. Thanks Bob and Emily. As always, we finished off with a cuppa and a chat before the rain sent us packing.
Volunteer Group Co-ordinator Gary Brennan,
August 2022
After a few rainy weekends, our Bushcare volunteers gathered on a cool, sunny Saturday morning for our Chelsea Street Bushcare Day. On our walk to Zone 2 to remove Blue Billy Goat Weed, we were very surprised to see lots of raking of mulch and weeds, into a large nest. . . . . GUESS WHO??? (look left)! We were kept very busy with Cobblers Pegs, Corky Passion Vine, some Lantana and lots of Blue Billy Goat Weed. Jill, our expert Koala Spotter, found a healthy little specimen high up above the workers. We saw our second Koala when we were getting set up for our Morning Tea provided by Fran, Trish and Ailsa.
July 2022
On Saturday 9th July over a dozen volunteers turned up at the Chelsea Street Reserve. Stefan Hattingh from the Moreton Bay Regional Council joined the group and brought with him a special camera and monitors to investigate if any fauna were utilising the dozen or so installed nest boxes. The monitoring revealed two species of nocturnal marsupials utilised the boxes as a safe haven for the daytime. Four individual Brushtail Possums and a family of Sugar Gliders, underpinned the great value of the work carried out by the Chelsea Street Bushcare team. Their work helps to maintain the quality of the vegetation in the reserve, which provides valuable habitat for our local wildlife.