Dug up!

It's raining again. Just in case you hadn't noticed...

Someone is digging up our suburb. I should take pics but I haven't got round to it. Heavy equipment up at the corner of Forrester and Ellsworth, dug up footpaths along Ellsworth and up Forrester, huge holes on Forrester with what looks like cages in them. The equipment doesn't have a company name on it and I haven't asked them who they are and I suppose I could ring Council to ask but I haven't got around to that either. It's all turning to mud of course, and the covers over the drains are hopeless and all pushed around.

If anyone knows what it's all about leave a comment, if I find out I'll pose it.

ps, the May meeting for the Tregear Reserve Bushcare Group is on 2nd May from 9am - 12 noon. If you want further information call Council's Bushcare Team on 98396074.

Ropes Crossing doesn't like us again

Check this out:

http://stmarys.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/we-dont-want-a-bar-of-it/1461199.aspx

"residents fear that the core of the proposed hotel's clientele would come from outside the suburb.

They fear it will also attract antisocial behaviour, making the area unsafe."

I guess that's us!

Frankly, I think they moved in next door to us, if they don't like the area they can move out again!

hot air balloon

I spotted this at about 7.20 this morning. I noticed it driving up the street it looked like it had taken off from the hill in the reserve as it was very low to the ground and just clearing the houses that face the reserve. By the time i took the pics it was higher in the sky and above the school. It was still low enough that when he burnt the helium you could hear the whoosh noise. Nice way to start the day.

First fire

First fire for the season. As you can see it still isn't quite dry enough for the pyros, but it is along the lines where the new saplings were put in. Lots are burnt. The total are isn't as big as it could have been, probably because it isn't dry enough for it to spread fast. It looks as if it was the grass left lying after it was mown down for the planting that actually burnt. I wonder how the rest of autumn will go?


Oh yeah, in the post about the planting I gave the saplings a year ... someone else gave them 3-4 months? She won, it's 3-4 months since that post.....

IWD Day Tregear Community Hall

I only found out about this event because I drove past the school. It looks like the WASH house and Blacktown Womens and Girls Health Centre funded it. There were singers, which i missed, speakers I also missed them and drummers got to see them. they're very good the drummers I've seen them at other events locally. They got some members of the audience up and dancing on stage and some others to help with drumming.

Not sure what the speeches were about wither as i only caught the last 30 mins of this event.

But it's good that the hall/centre is being used. I got a couple of bags, some stickers and badges all saying Feminism is not an F word.

Maybe I'll find some info in the local paper about what else happened at the IWD day if so I'll post it here.

so happy International Womens Day.

Amazing tree

hand
Originally uploaded by julannahennessy

This amazing tree is in the reserve, can you see the hand? It's not just my imagination is it? Do you know where the tree is? Have you seen it before? Mind you I didn't see the shape properly until I took the photo. Now I think it's so obvious I don't know how I missed it all the years I was near it.

Lorikeets

This wasn't originally why I planted apple trees, but seeing as I'm really bad at keeping the bugs out of them and therefore don't get to eat any myself, this is definitely a second best reason for having them.

Rain & bridges

I would have liked to get some pics of how the rain affected the area, but that's the problem with rain, you don't want to go out in it to take pics! Ropes Creek rose quite a lot. I think it's highest was about 8 feet under the bridge on Forrester. If it hadn't stopped raining it could easily have flooded again. I think it's been over 10 years since it flooded last. When it does go the bridges on both Forrester and Debrincat go under about the same time, but now the bridge is up at Ropes Crossing we should be able to get in and out of the burb easier - it's higher than the other two. The planners did plan for once! We had to go all the way to Mr Druitt to get over the creek last time.

Hot

I wonder what the temperature was predicted to be? On my front porch it was 45 deg C at 5.30pm. With my portable air con unit it was 33 deg C in the lounge room.

Bushcare in Tregear Reserve

Bushcare Calendar

2009 Meeting Locations

7th Feb and 7th Mar

Tregear Reserve Bushcare Group
Wilkes Cres, Tregear
9am - 12 noon

"Don't forget to wear a hat, closed in shoes and long trousers."

For further information please contact Council's Bushcare Team on
9839 6074