Bald Hills Bushies
Barungwarra Bushland Reserve, Bald Hills, Brisbane
© B. Clifford for Bald Hills Bushies 2013

News - 2013

Saturday 2ist December 2013

We held our Christnas Party at the Canterburry Park barbeque Ara in Rushworth Street

Saturday 16th November 2013

We held the monthly meeting at the reserve.

Saturday 19th October 2013

We held the monthly meeting at the reserve. Saturday 20th September 2013 We held the monthly meeting at the reserve. Saturday 17th August 2013 We held the monthly meeting at the reserve. Saturday  20th July 2013 We held the monthly meeting at the reserve. Saturday 15th June 2013 The Bushies met at the reserve and continued spreading mulsh around the new beds. We are also working onother beds which have become overgrown with weeds as a resuly of the heavy rain earlier in the year. All are welcome to come and help.

Friday June 7th 2013

For a few hours, the reserve was transfoumed into a haven for make believe diamond smuglers, tourists and customs officers as the scouts from Bramble Bay district took part in a roll playing wide game. The tourists tried to bargain with the smugglers to buy the diamonds at the best possible price and then sell them to the local storekeeper at a good profit  At the same time, the customs officers wer trying to catch the smugglers in the act, in which case they would be transferred to the local jail and have to do some scouting tasks (like showing their knot tying skills) before being released to continue with the game..Tourists were given $500 and were scored on the profit they returmed in a 2 hour period. Amazingly, some tourists were able to hand in $4000 at the end of the session.

Saturday 18th May 2013

Our Bushies worked on the mountain of Mulch provided by the Brisbane City Council. We are continuing to spread some of it over the large salt pan near the car park and we can already see grass starting to grow. Other members continue with weed removel, but our numbers are not large enough to allow us to attack all the beds.. 

Saturday 19th April 2013

We began spreading some mulch over the large Salt Pan to see if it will encourage geass the grow over the area. This remains the only area not covered by grass or beds, and it has long been the ambition of our Bushies to encourage some grass to grow in this area.