Camp Out 2015 – This is What it Looked Like
Posted on 20 October, 2015 by Connecting Country
The 2015 Landcare Camp Out on The Mount was held on Saturday 17th October. Below are a few snaps from the ‘pine purge” working bee, which is the essential part of the Camp Out.
A very impressive total of 300 Radiata Pine trees were cut down by the volunteers.
Special thanks go to Xavier and Stu from Mount Alexander Quality Tree Care who came to the working bee to provide some arboreal entertainment for the volunteers by felling two large old pine trees. The trees were about 40 metres tall – far too big for the volunteers to tackle with hand saws. They came down with a satisfying crash!
The Camp Out is a collaboration between Harcourt Valley Landcare Group, Parks Victoria and Connecting Country. It is organised by a group of volunteers from Harcourt and surrounding areas. This year’s Camp Out was generously supported by a donation form the Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests.
Go Trev!
Adrian sharpens his weapon of choice.
Happy campers at our annual ‘Landcare Camp-Out on the Mount’.
There was a picturesque twenty minute walk to the pines.
Nioka emerges from a large burnt out tree trunk.
Archer working hard.
Fiona and Isadora displaying admirable teamwork.
Deanne means business.
Pines create a monoculure that destroys the native understorey and associated habitat.
Xavier and Stu assessing the tree.
A bit like the cricket…
Xavier in action.
A count of growth rings showed this pine to be over 60 years old.
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