Montrose

In late 2018 a management burn was conducted in the area.

2 December 2014

There was an option of continuing on the Boneseed near the park entrance or the Erica higher up in Goat Hills. The Boneseed was the preferred choice and we initially spent some time ascending the hillside where very little Boneseed was discovered, which was really a nice surprise. Quite thick and extensive patches were located towards the bottom of the slope and this was where our efforts were concentrated. Although the day was not overly hot we all had quite wet shirts by the time we stopped for morning tea. The remainder of the weed was removed by lunch knock off time, although a few small plants are known to exist close the park boundary.

24 October 2014

Whilst returning from the regular October working bee the Boneseed in the lower Montrose site was noticed to be in flower. Greg B suggested that this made it a good time to get rid of more of it as it was so easy to locate where plants were because of the bright yellow flowers. Therefore we held an extra working bee and managed to clear quite a considerable amount of Boneseed. Several patches of untreated bushes were located within the previously worked area and we now have it back to a line close to the park boundary.

3 December 2013

Before we headed off into the bush to the Tolosa worksites, a convoy of vehicles with flashing lights could be seen heading up the road. It transpired that the fire service was about to carry out a management burn. The senior fire officers thought we would be OK at the work sites and we headed off, however the GCC staff were concerned about potential fire escapes and the work was transferred to a Montrose site.

Before the call to move was received we located a number of small Erica plants in locations previously thought to be completely clear. A couple of other sites also had new seedlings. It may be the wet spring encouraged the seedling to sprout. Anyway a number were able to be removed plus a 3 metre high pine, which had either escaped attention previously or had grown up over the last 2 years.

At the Montrose site we were joined by Michael Easton for morning tea. It was farewell visit from Michael prior to his departure from the Wellington Park Management Trust.

Boneseed removal was the task at this lower Montrose site and quite a number of plants of both large and seedling size were removed.

At both the Tolosa and Montrose sites there is plenty of work still to do to bring the weeds under better control.

6 August 2013

The work was commenced with a Conservation Volunteers crew in April 2013, but not all the plants could be removed in the two days that they helped. The work site is just 300 metres up the trail from the barrier.

Hi Pete, Four of us turned up Mike Adrian Greg B. Light shower or two.Mike needed to go at 12.00.I went further up the slope where there were quite a few scattered about and met up with the ones we had cut / pulled out. The light shower or two made things a bit slippery.Around 11.30 precipitation was increasing so we had morning tea and the others were not to keen to do any more so we left.On the walk back we spotted a stray one or two.Hours worked total 12

8-9 April 2013

Conservation Volunteers worked on lower section commencing 200 metres up from park boundary. Volunteers from the Wellington Park Bushcare Group started at top end of known infestation area and worked down. This latter work was mainly higher up the hill away from the fire trail, however some work was also done closer to it amongst larger bushes.

The bigger bushes were mostly close to the fire trail.

Day 2

CV continued work on section down to the park boundary, including some work further up the hill. The extent of the latter is not yet known, but the work visible from the fire trail is quite impressive.

The Bushcare workers continued working upwards