eurobodalla landcare pictorial report 2009/10 - Southern Rivers ...

Guerilla Bay LandcareBeing a community of only 20 full time occupied dwellings, Guerilla Bay has only four yearround workers weeding where a need is noticed. The majority of Guerilla Bay work hoursare contributed by these individuals. However the majority of the Guerilla Bay community(including those on a part time basis) value our natural bushland surrounds and manycontribute to the Guerilla Bay landcare effort by attending a special Easter working bee.The individual workers have removed asparagus fern, bridal veil creeper, moth vine andsucculents from the reserve areas and roadsides. The community working bees have beenheld in a specific central area traversed by a popular path to the beach. (We call it theCasuarina Grove). This area is over run by passionfruit root stock vine which is the mainweed tackled by our larger community group. We have also had a successful plantingworking bee on the creek bank where Tradescantia had been removed.Our contractors have very carefully sprayed a severe buffalo grass infestation round theWW11 concrete structure on Burrewarra Point. This was very successful but needs to bedone again very soon as follow up. This infestation was/is spreading into the EEC onBurrewarra Point. Contractors have also been employed to control an infestation of TurkeyRhubarb by whipper-snipping before flowering.The most serious problem remaining at Guerilla Bay is an infestation of Sharp Rush alongthe banks of the creek which is spreading out onto the beach.Guerilla Bay Landcare Easter working Bee