Field Trips - Friday 11th August

An optional program of Field Trips is planned for Friday 11th August, with guided tours of a number of sites across the ACT, with a choice of three options during the morning session, and another three during the afternoon session. Travel is by bus, leaving from and returning to Weston Park, Yarralumla. Lunch will be provided at Weston Park during the change-over period. If you will be driving yourself to the field trips, make sure you indicate this at checkout, so the buses aren't waiting for you.

Field Trip Cost:

• $10 per session (includes a lunch pack)

Morning Sessions leaving Weston Park by 9am - choose one of:

Morning Option 1 - Grasslands - Ginninderra Grasslands, Evatt and Budjan Galindji Nature Reserve, Franklin

Dr Ken Hodgkinson's grassland research over the last ten years has demonstrated that using Autumn burns can assist Themeda grasses to outcompete African Lovegrass. Hear from local landcarers how they are protecting and improving an important area of grassland habitat that has recently become part of the Nature Reserve

Morning Option 2 - Thinking Outside the Box - ACT Urban Woodland Rescue, Fowles St, Weston and Oakey Hill Parkcare Group

Hear about the innovative approach to urban restoration undertaken by Alice and the team at Fowles St Park, and how the Oakey Hill team are encouraging more people to engage in improving and maintaining the nature reserve

Morning Option 3 - Cultural Sites -  Gubur Dhaura and Namarag, North Canberra

Join Wally Bell and Karen Denny on a cultural walk through Gubur Dhaura and Namarag, and hear about the cultural history and importance of these areas

Lunch - buses will return to Weston Park by 12:30pm

Afternoon Sessions leaving Weston Park by 1pm - choose one of;

Afternoon Option 1 - Woodlands - Friends of the Pinnacle and Griffith Woodland Volunteers

FotPin: Take a guided stroll through the Pinnacle’s best-preserved area of Red Stringybark woodland to look at how the Friends of the Pinnacle have used Bradley Method principles to maintain and improve the high conservation values of this beautiful area.

Griffith Woodland: The Griffith Woodland Volunteer group have been working for 5 years on this 2 ha patch of Urban Open Space. Come and hear their about their challenges and successes, and enjoy this little patch of nature tucked away in the suburbs.

Afternoon Option 2 - Thinking Outside the Box - Friends of Mount Majura and Bragg St Volunteers, Hackett

Learn about Friends of Mount Majura’s 10 year project that has seen the beauty of the Mount Majura reserve, its grasses, trees returned to a previously weedy and degraded landscape. See how an engineering solution has addressed water run off and soil erosion at Bragg Street, Hackett.

Afternoon Option 3 - Cultural Sites - Gubur Dhaura and Namarag, North Canberra (repeated)

Join Wally Bell and Karen Denny on a cultural walk through Gubur Dhaura and Namarag, and hear about the cultural history and importance of these areas

All buses return to Weston Park by 4:30pm