The aim of the Friends of Wellington Park (FoWP) is to maintain and enhance the native vegetation of Wellington Park in Tasmania. The group endeavours to halt spread of weed species and eradicate where possible and to maintain and improve walking tracks in the park. We work throughout the park, which is 18 250ha in size, but mainly on the eastern side.
The Friends of Wellington Park was formed in 2002.
Strong links have been developed with local and state government bodies. We work in a close partnership with the Wellington Park Management Trust, City of Hobart, Glenorchy City Council and the Parks and Wildlife Service. These organisations provide on ground support and training.
We are part of Wildcare Tasmania and volunteers are encouraged, but not required, to join Wildcare in order to participate in FoWP events. City of Hobart include the activities we do with them in their Bushcare Program and we are also a Landcare Group.
When working under direct supervision of one of Wellington Park's Land Managers our volunteers are asked to register and sign on with those agencies on the day for insurance purposes.
Currently we usually meet on the first Friday of the month, usually at 9:15 and, depending on location and the distance to the work site, finish between 1:30 and 3:30 pm. If it's a public holiday then we meet on the second Friday of the month, however at time we may work other days due to operational requirements with the relevant Land Manager.
More Details on our various web appear under the menu items at the top of the page. Area records & History provides details of our work within different areas of the park and Projects & Reports provides reports and other details on the various projects mostly relating to grant funds, plus our annual reports .
Below is the blog pages link and a one for the general information on the group, both can be viewed by clicking on the images.
We're excited to have our first working bee with the Parks and Wildlife Service for 2026 after we had to cancel the last one in February.
We will meet at Myrtle Forest where there is some vegetation clearing and possibly some drain clearing along the tracks out there and maybe even some track repairs depending on volunteer's capabilities. Please bring your own work gloves.
Depending on volunteer numbers we hope to also work part way up either the Collins Cap or Collins Bonnet Tracks and clear vegetation encroaching on the track.
There are two creek crossings required and the track is steep in sections, so volunteers will require reasonable fitness for this activity.
We have a lot more planned with PWS over the coming months, so please show your interest by coming along.
When: 9.15am till 1.30pm, Friday 30th October
Where: Myrtle Forest Picnic Ground Car Park
No pre-registration required. All welcome.
For the status of a working bee due to weather and any other concerns, please check this page. It will be updated closer to the date once conditions are known or about 1 hour before the work if the working bee is to be cancelled.
Note that all equipment is supplied at working bees except work gloves, but each person needs to provide their own food, drinks, hat and sturdy footwear and wear clothing suitable for work and protection from vegetation and weather conditions (which could be cold and wet or sometimes hot and sunny).
For November we'd love to tackle arum lily + other weeds in an area of priority bush In Wellington Park, just below the mountain bike park, right by the entrance to the park at the end of Tolosa Street, Glenorchy.
The area we will be working in is Eucalypt Ovata Forest and Woodland - this type of vegetation community is nationally significant, only being found in Tasmania, and also listed as threatened, making our patches in Glenorchy a priority to look after.
As this site is near the bottom of the park, it is suffering from edge effects resulting in weed infestations including Arum Lily, New Zealand Cabbage Trees, Broom seedlings, Pines and more.
We would love to spend the day tackling these weeds as a group with a mixture of cut & paste and hand pulling, with the main focus being arum lilies, and if we have time, updating the weed records within the patch on our system.
For the status of a working bee due to weather and any other concerns, please check this page. It will be updated closer to the date once conditions are known or about 1 hour before the work if the working bee is to be cancelled.
Note that all equipment is supplied at working bees, but each person needs to provide their own food, drinks, hat and sturdy footwear and wear clothing suitable for work and protection from vegetation and weather conditions.
When: 9.15am till 1.30pm, Friday 6th November
Where: End of Tolosa Street, Glenorchy
No pre-registration required. All welcome.
These reports along with some photos are on this page.
The FOWP Facebook was left dormant for quite a while, but has been revived.
Gives a run down of the various actions taken over the years on a site by site basis. Click the heading above to visit the site
Effectively a history of the group, but it does not hold all the past actions at this stage. it is a work in progress