SPRING TIME AT THE PARK

Sunday 22nd September,2013!!

Waratah Park last Sunday saw volunteers cleaning up ,removing logs,mowing grass and removing weeds!!25 volunteers improved the waratah park bushland environment!! 

Many thanks goes to DFRA and members of Hornsby Bushcare for their continued support and help in the park.Also special thanks to local volunteers and some from outside the metroplitian area as well!!

A great job was completed on the day!!

Waratah Park is the original home of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo!! Still on TV today 47 years later and has been on TV around the world in 128 countries!!

 

We urgently need more volunteers at Waratah Park to help with the maintenance,grass mowing,removal of branches/logs,planting of native seedlings,bush regeneration in sensitive areas!! 

The next Waratah Park working bee/volunteer days are Sunday 13th October,2013 and Sunday 10th November,2013 from 9.00am to 1.00pm !!

ADDRESS:Waratah Park,13 Namba Road,Duffy's Forest NSW 2084.

WHAT TO WEAR!!!:Protective clothing that covers your arms and legs,wear a hat,a comfortable pair of shoes or boots!!

Bring a pair of gardening gloves, a bottle of drinking water and don't forget the sun screen !!

WHAT TO BRING!!! If you have gardening tools such as pruning saws,bush saws,pruning equipment,mattocks and other digging equipment!!We do have a small supply of bush regeneration and pruning saws available for use on the day!!

Don't go and spend alot of money at the shops!!

HOW TO GET THERE!!!! From St Ives shopping centre you go all the way out on Mona Vale Road to the McCarrs Creek turn off at Terrey Hills (left at the set of lights) then go left through Terrey Hills Shopping Centre on Booralie Road follow this road out past the Terrey Hills Golf Course past the gun club until you come to the Namba Road then  turn right and follow the road all the way down to the green front gates of Waratah Park then drive slowly through the gates until you are at the car park!!

MEMBERSHIP TO WARATAH PARK!!! Nil we only would like your help!! Also lunch is provided!!

ELIGIBILITY OF VOLUNTEERS!!!There is no qualification required but if have a working knowledge of weeds that will be useful.

AGE GROUPS!! All age groups we have a job for everyone!!  

If you have any enquiries about volunteering at Waratah Park or any other matters please phone Jenny Harris (H):  9450 1206 or (Mob) : 0408512060 or email Peter staff on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

On Sunday 8th September,2013 at "Bushcares Major Day Out"!! saw 30 brave and proud volunteers  at Waratah Park continuing the great work of removing invasive weeds such as crofton,cassia and thistle (varieties) of weeds.These proud australians made a great contribution to improving the environmental health of the park!! Several tonnes of weeds were removed on the day and maintenance of the grass areas also continued!!

Jo,Kimberley,Brett,Luke and Oliver charging through the weeds in the degraded area of the park!! Great job team!!

Fine Australians making a big difference to the Waratah Park environment!!

 

More proud Australians and new volunteers Kate,Dana and Marijiana from the National Bank(MLC) doing a great job in removing the crofton weeds on the day!!A very big thank for all your help on Sunday you were great and you got through alot of work!! 

 

The next Waratah Park Working Bee will be conducted on Sunday,22nd September,2013 at 9.00am to 1.00pm!! If you have enquiries please email Peter Staff on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further details or go to our website www.duffysforest.com

The working bee is only a few hours one Sunday a month!!! 

Looking forward to seeing you at Waratah Park!!Thats right the original home of "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo"!

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SAVE THE PARK!!!!

Kind Regards
Peter Staff

 

Luke,Brett and Kimberley ready for bagging piles of crofton weeds!!

 

Kimberley,Brett and Luke removing crofton weeds and bagging them up ready for the tip!!

Dnny and Michael after another great effort in Cleaning up and mowing the driveway area!!!Great job "A" team!!!

Looking great mowing and branch removal done!!!

All the wood branches and sticks and other rubbish bound for the tip!!

Great job Michael and Danny!!! Looking fantastic grass under control and logs and sticks gone!!

Great work is happening in the park lately but we do need your help again at our famous working bees the next will be held at Waratah park address 13 Namba Road,Duffy's Forest NSW 2084 on Sunday 4th August,2013 from 9.00am to 1.30pm.

If you can help us by spending a few hours of your time we would appreciated it.We have up to 25 acres of weeds to clear and alot of cleaning up to be done also the removal of 20 years of neglect!!

Could you also assist us by "spreading the word" about the park as we need Volunteers going forward into the future.By telling family, friends and the people you meet everywhere does help alot.

We now run a new scheme for volunteers to reward their hardwork at the park called "Optus Rockcorps" please jump on board to this brillant initative.Thanks to "Optus"!

If you know of other like minded people please ask them to come along it is a great day in the park.

As you may already know we ask you to wear protective clothing,a hat,safe but comfortable shoes,bring a pair of Gardening gloves and a bottle of drinking water also a bottle of sun screen.

Volunteers are asked to bring Gardening tools such as Bush saws,pruning equipment,Mattocks and other digging equipment.All tools that you normally use in the Garden.

We do have a small supply of Bush regeneration Belts/Tools available!

Looking urgently for volunteers to assist in the picnic area for maintenance.

Also we looking for heavy machinery to help clear acres of Weeds.

We are also looking for more businesses,companies and corporates to add to our Corporate volunteering group which we operate in the park.Once again if you know of anyone who would like to help or donate their time please get them to contact Jenny Harris direct.

Information about the  Waratah Park Working Bee held on Sunday,7th July,2013.a total of 24 Volunteers including 6 kids below the age of 10 years old all pitched in to help.

The Bullen family from Nelson's Bay,Newcastle called into help!!

We are dealing with maintenance at the picnic ground,maintenance around the dam,tree removal next to Ranger Headquarters and the very large weed infestation of Latana as we push to the Southern Fence of Waratah Park only about 20 to 30 feet to go!! Also known as "Latana Bashing"!!!

Large parts of the park are now free of weeds and infestations after an amazing amount of work out of only a handful of proud Volunteers!!!

Our human resources are paper thin but are able to very slowly move forward!!!

We need more help!!

We now have support of "Optus RockCorps"on board with 3 Volunteers already registered and gaining experience and reward for their hard work!!A great scheme for volunteers in society.

Our corporate volunteers group move slowly forward in the degraded area of weeds!!

There isn't many Volunteers but we are making a difference as you can see.

A big thank you to the Bullen Family travelling all the way from Nelson's Bay Newcastle to help pull down the Water Gums next to the roadway entrance next to the Ranger HeadQuarters (Trev ,Michelle and Aliva Bullen ably supported by Janice Elphick, Martyn Grattage and Brett Gilmour).

It is now clear we are making a difference to the restoration of Waratah Park!!!This can be done!!!