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December 2011 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 50
KV School news
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sewing the colourful, creative costumes and
painting the backdrops.
Fyre Performance
Six of the wonderful Kangaroo Valley P.S.
students participated in the Fyre drama
performance, ‘Island’. The school were the
first group to watch this fantastic performance
on Thursday and it was spectacular!!!!
Our acting was so captivating and creative that
our audience did not even realise how nervous
we were.
We would all like to put in a special thanks to
Sarah for all of the effort she put into the play.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
Council urging adherence to Fireweed control measures
Shoalhaven City Council is encouraging
rural landowners to continue Fireweed
control measures throughout the area
following an increase in local weed
numbers.
Fireweed is a highly invasive and
opportunistic weed which can quickly
colonise overgrazed areas and disturbed
pastures.
Native to east Africa, the weed can reduce the
grazing capacity of a property, decrease
pasture potential, reduce livestock growth rates
and incur high control costs.
With the Shoalhaven having experienced large
temperature swings throughout spring
The Leadership
Camp
The year five and six
leadership camp to
Killailea State park was
fantastic!!!
It involved three days of
canoeing, mountain bike
riding, bush walking,
orienteering, circus acts,
beach combing, talent
shows and so much
more!!!!! We loved it!
Thank you so much Mrs
Good and Mr Smee, for a
wonderful time.
by Lily Stirling
following a cool wet winter the area has become
inundated with fireweed following multiple
germinations in parts of the City.
Council Noxious Weed Manager, Ian
Borrowdale said while Fireweed infestations
were currently coming to the end of the growing
season it was important all landowners continued
control measures given the exceptional growing
season.
“While Fireweed generally grows between
March and late October the recent growing
conditions have resulted in a large increase in the
weed locally,” said Mr Borrowdale.
“Fireweed usually adopts an annual growth habit
which means the plant will germinate, grow, set
seed and die as summer approaches.
“However, this weed is so adaptable that it can
have multiple germinations throughout the one
growing season while adopting a perennial
growth habit extending through summer if
presented with suitable conditions.”
“It is vital that all landowners continue control
measures, particularly in cases where the new
plants have germinated or before the older
plants can set seed.”
Mr Borrowdale said to correctly control
Firweed infestations, the landowner must break
the seeding cycle and prevent plants from
setting future seed.
Management options will differ depending on
the property and size of the outbreak.
For more information on Fireweed and
appropriate control measures please contact
Council’s Noxious Weeds Office on