May newsletter published

Rob has published an update on the projects underway at Finsbury in the latest newsletter here.

Alien Invasive Plant eradication program is under way

After a few months of Jimmy Whatmore walking Finsbury flat assessing the problem, work has now commenced on the removal of alien plants.  Rob and Jimmy brought a small team on board to start with pulling wattle.  Unfortunately the first crew only lasted a couple of days before concluding that this was too much like hard work.  As you'll see from the photos below, it certainly involves some back-breaking work pulling the saplings as well as scrambling on hands and knees through dense bush.  To help with the problem, Jimmy enlisted some child labour from U22...!

I am sure Rob will have lots more to report over time.  This will be long and hard process - indeed an ongoing process over many years.  But it is great news that the process of removal has begun again in a concerted and systematic way.

Management house renovations under way!

Work commenced on the management house last week and it already appears as if there is not much left of the house...!