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Walkerston Community News Pages: Baker's Creek Rehabilitation - Walkerston
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Baker's Creek Rehabilitation - Walkerston. Removing the extensive mass of Singapore Daisy from a 50 metre section of Bakers Creek was a mission in itself (over a 2 year period), but trying to establish replacement vegetation is becoming another mission. Planting 80 Lomandra plants (in two lots six months apart) and getting them through the first twelve months has been and still is challenging. There are the seasonal variations of weather from flooding to this long dry hot period of October/November.
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Walkerston Community News Pages: March 2015
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The day after Cyclone Anthony swept through the Mackay area on January 31. 2010 we noticed for the first time a small group of Flying Foxes roosting in trees in the creek adjacent to our back yard. Next, we heard that a colony of Flying Foxes had been moved from the North Eton township and we thought very little of that at the time. Recently we made contact with council’s Environmental Protection Officer. Daryl, Heather and Kate Barnes. Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (At...
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Walkerston Community News Pages: April 2015
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The Story of the Lone Pine tree at Walkerston's Anzac Park. As we congregate at Walkerston's Anzac Park each Anzac Day, and each Remembrance Day, to commemorate the fallen, the history of the pine tree planted near the Memorial Gate would perhaps be of some interest. This cone was stored away until 1928 when Mrs McMullen was able to grow two seedlings from it. One was presented to the City of Inverell, and the other to the Parks Gardens in Canberra, where it was planted at the Australian War Memorial...
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Walkerston Community News Pages: May 2015
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No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). We are happy to receive contributions to this Blog - such as local news, stories, events, images and other such items of interest to the community. These may be mailed to: scrubby.news@gmail.com. Also check our Facebook Page @. Above - Kirkup's Store in the 1950s. Below - The same spot at sunset, 2008. St John's Catholic School. The Story of the Lone Pine tree at Walkerstons An. Bakers Creek Rehabilitation - Walkerston.
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Walkerston Community News Pages: The Story of the Lone Pine tree at Walkerston's Anzac Park
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The Story of the Lone Pine tree at Walkerston's Anzac Park. As we congregate at Walkerston's Anzac Park each Anzac Day, and each Remembrance Day, to commemorate the fallen, the history of the pine tree planted near the Memorial Gate would perhaps be of some interest. This cone was stored away until 1928 when Mrs McMullen was able to grow two seedlings from it. One was presented to the City of Inverell, and the other to the Parks Gardens in Canberra, where it was planted at the Australian War Memorial...
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Walkerston Community News Pages: June 2015
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No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). We are happy to receive contributions to this Blog - such as local news, stories, events, images and other such items of interest to the community. These may be mailed to: scrubby.news@gmail.com. Also check our Facebook Page @. Above - Kirkup's Store in the 1950s. Below - The same spot at sunset, 2008. St John's Catholic School. The Story of the Lone Pine tree at Walkerstons An. Bakers Creek Rehabilitation - Walkerston.
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