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Back Creek

Back Creek starts at the Southern part of the plateau near Timbarra Drive and trickles North through Akoonah Timbarra Reserve, through Beechmont Estate and the Avocado Farm, through cattle pasture and properties off South West […]

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El Nino

The talk is of a ‘super’ El Nino and in our parts that probably means it is going to be drier than usual.   As we move in July it likely to start drying up and […]

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Fire Ants

At our May working bee some ladies from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP) joined us and we swapped stories about regeneration and fire ant control. The two are related because Fire Ants thrive […]

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Join Landcare

At Beechmont Landcare our driving force is advocacy for the environment.  The environment cannot advocate for itself and needs our help.  Being a member is an endorsement of this philosophy. Many Landcare Associations are comprised of members […]

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Attacking weeds

THE January weather was warm and wet and weed growth compelled us to call out for an early start to the year’s land-caring. We met at Beechmont Pioneer Reserve on Monday January 19 to attack […]

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Cane toads

CANE toads are out and about again and so the war against them starts for the summer. Fortunately, environmental organisation Watergum is the commander in chief in this war.   They organise the Great Cane Toad […]

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The Brown Pine

AT OUR working bee in Beechmont Pioneer Reserve in July there was great excitement about the fruiting Brown Pine (Podocarpus elatus).   Also known as the Plum Pine or Illawarra Plum it is a medium to […]

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The agony and the ecstasy

The June Landcare working bee was held at Beechmont Pioneer Reserve.  It was a magnificent June morning, the air was crisp, the breeze kept things cool and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. One […]