On Sunday 10 November a number of willing volunteers from the club decided to forgo the wide variety of walks available and devote the day to removal of the dreaded Spanish broom bush from the Upper Cotter in Namadgi National Park.
On first sight this plant looks very pretty especially with its yellow flowers however it is not long before you develop a hatred for its ability to colonise extensive areas of bushland.
On each of the four years that the club has worked on this project many thousands of plants have been removed but each year we find new colonies. The seeds of the plant have the ability to stay dormant in the soil for up to 20 years so I expect that this is going to be a long term project!
This year we were unable to reach the Cotter Hut by vehicle as the bridge over the Cotter River has been condemned so we walked upstream about 1.5 ks to the hut. On the way we walked a very attractive area where very few would have been. Unfortunately we found more outcrops which we had to chop out.
Thanks to all those who assisted.
John Thwaite
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