Saddle Club
Sales representatives from Bristol- Myers – Squibb Pharmaceutical Company decided to conclude their Hepatitis type B1 Conference with a team building volunteer activity. These guys were from all over Australia and needed a tree planting site within 1hours drive of Tullamarine Airport . We found that perfect site at Jonathan McLean’s Equestrian Center ,Combinaine. We…
Read MoreBridgets Last Landcare Sausage
Friday the 3rd September was a momentous day for Upper Goulburn Bushfire Recovery Project . Bidget cooked her last landcare sausage ! While Bridget was cooking this sausage 38 ANZ Risk Management Team Volunteers were planting on a very risky site at Gail Tolls property in Buxton ( note large vat of pumpkin soup in…
Read MoreWindy Ridge
September 2nd 2010 Heathcote Junction . Carla Hendersons Block . Carla lost her house during the fire , she is on her own and needed help to get started with the cleaning up . 43 ANZ volunteers pulled out burnt fencing and removed weeds and unwanted regrowth from her house site and burnt it on…
Read MoreAt Trevor Young’s Place
Wednesday 1 September , Trevor and Jane Young’s . Heathcote Junction . ANZ Risk Management Team 37 volunteers It rained all day and we got very wet . Team one went fencing building with the ‘Uniting Church Mobile Mens Shed’ Team 2 went woody weed cutting with Janet. I was impressed with the multi-tasking personal…
Read MoreTally for ANZ Mega week
Volunteers arriving by the trailer load to Terry Hubbards planting site at Strath Creek .Load number 2.Tally for week202 volunteers 490 beef sausages20 kg onions45 loaves of bread70 litres pumpkin soup10 vegetarians2 gluten free vegetarians3 litres tomato sauce.36 packets of chocolate biscuits400 paper cups 1850 plants – planted & guarded900 metres of fence erected4 ha…
Read MoreIt is not all about Tree Planting
Woody Weed removal has been another important activity volunteers have undertaken . After the bushfire is an excellent time to get on top of invasive exotic weed species. Volunteers have been ‘cutting and painting’ broom , blackberries, holly and gorse from patches of remnant bush. Loppers are used to cut the plants at ground level…
Read MoreThe Bus Driver We Fell In Love With
WE YGLEN signed Cath , Bridget and Janet This is a pic of the bus driver with the lot. He supplied the buses for the whole ANZ mega week . He did not get lost or run off the road by a logging truck. He could drive huge coaches along muddy gravel roads without complaining…
Read MoreLandcare Tree Transporting Vehicle Number 3
UGLN Bushfire Recovery Projects Number 3 “tree transporting ” vehicle will soon transform back into Cathy Olives family station wagon . Goodbye to plants, foam boxes, water, gravel and potting mix filling the back of the car.
Read MoreBridget Leaves Landcare for Health Reasons
Landcare coordinators from across the Goulburn Broken Catchment gathered in Ruffy today to farewell Bridget Clarke. Bridget has worked for the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network , based in the Yea CMA office , for 7 years. Next week she will take up an appointment at Yea Hospital in the Health & Well being field.…
Read MoreANZ Risk Department MEGA WEEK Day 2
31st August 2010 . The Banking world’s financial year ends this week and all unused volunteers days cannot be carried into the next year. This has created our ANZ Risk Department Mega Week. We have committed to finding work for 40 volunteers for each day for a week. This also includes providing morning tea and…
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