Fingal weed control working bee
- Amelia Caddy
- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min read
These two legends spent their Sunday helping to control weeds at and around the Bare Rock campground in Fingal!
Access to Bare Rock is via local climber Andy Martin’s property. Over the years, Andy has not only put up most of the routes at Bare Rock, he’s also let the community camp on his property, so it feels good to be able to help him out a little in return.
Weeds have become more of an issue around Bare Rock since a bushfire swept through the area about 2 years ago. On Sunday, Ben and Anne tackled Slender Thistles, Hoarhound and Verbascum.
Thanks to Tassie environmental management company Eco works Tasmania for donating the equipment and chemicals, to Wildcare Tasmania for the grant that’s allowed Anne to get her ChemCert, and to Anne and Ben for donating their time!
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