GPS Project with Shenton College

I have been approached by students at shenton college wanting to do a GPS related project in the bushland.

As part of this project I have agreed to provide information we have collected in the past. Below is a map of habitat trees in Shenton Bushland.

Habitat trees are those that are large enough to provide food and shelter for birds and animals. These are trees with a girth of more than a metre at waist height. There are lots of smaller trees coming up which we have not identified on this map.

View live map Click here to download the GPX data for this map. Note, this data is an XML file - change the name to .GPX to upload to your GPS.

Last of the veldgrass

The veldgrass has taken off with the rain we had recently. So have the freesias and other weeds. John and I finished off the area of veldgrass weeding for this summer - I expect we will begin on the bulbs now.

View live map Click here to download the GPX data for this map. Note, this data is an XML file - change the name to .GPX to upload to your GPS.

Towards a collaboration with the Health Department

Vicki and I spent most of this morning walking through the Health Department owned sector of the bushland identifying weeds to be removed/sprayed and thinking about how we might get a collaborative approach to managing this area so that it isn't a constant source of weeds - currently we have deal with a constant invasion of Flinders Ranges Wattles and other woody weeds coming from this area.
We are thinking that it might be worth forming a working party involving the various branches of the Health Department (North Metro Mental Health Services, Grace Vaughan House), Education Department (and Shenton College), City of Nedlands, and the Friends of Shenton Bushland to develop a plan for managing this area.

View live map Click here to download the GPX data for this map. Note, this data is an XML file - change the name to .GPX to upload to your GPS.

First of the fungi

	Came accross this unknown plant. Will try to identify it.
	There are still lots of flinders ranges wattles hiding in the bushland. Some of them quite large!
	It is only a puffball - but what a puffball!
	View live map Click here to download the GPX data for this map. Note, this data is an XML file - change the name to .GPX to upload to your GPS.

Rain is coming - at last!

I can't remember waiting so long for the rain to come - it has been such a long period of fine sunny days - the bushland is hanging out for rain.
John and I spent the morning removing veldgrass. Came across some scratchings that may be small animals - marsupials?

View live map Click here to download the GPX data for this map. Note, this data is an XML file - change the name to .GPX to upload to your GPS.

Balmy days

Our Indian Summer continues with balmy days and evenings ... the bushland waits ...
I spent this morning removing Flinders Ranges Wattles from Health Dept. land.

View live map Click here to download the GPX data for this map. Note, this data is an XML file - change the name to .GPX to upload to your GPS.

Indian summer

The long warm autumn is continuing ... beautiful days, cool nights, and no rain ... the weeds such as veldgrass are making use of dew to start growing ... others are just waiting.
John and I continued removing veldgrass. Dorothy joined us later on.

View live map Click here to download the GPX data for this map. Note, this data is an XML file - change the name to .GPX to upload to your GPS.