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Kaya!

We are halfway through Djeran, the season of Adulthood. This is a time of red flowers especially from the Firewood Banksia (Banksia menziesii), as well as the smaller and more petite flowers of the Summer Flame (Beaufortia aestiva).
Community Planting Day - 2023
This event is the one and only Rehabilitating Roe 8 community planting day for 2023! It will also act as a promotion event for Friends of Malvolio Bushland (FOMB), a new group planning to act as hands on custodians of this precious place. More details will be given at the event.

Gather your friends and family for a fun filled morning improving habitat values and enhancing biodiversity in the corridor.
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Native Bee Hotel Custodians
We are seeking custodians for some of our bee hotels. They will be called Queen Bees! Custodians will be asked to check the hotel once a month and report any activity or changes. If you are interested please email Adam on [email protected] 
Women's Aboriginal Weaving Workshop

A group of women joined Lea Taylor at the Wetlands Centre for a weaving workshop and an insight into her cultural heritage and history.

Lea is a Bibbulmun Artist from the Wadandi Menang and Koreng nations in Western Australia and an award-winning artist from Creative Culture. She guided attendees with her way of weaving, with everyone being able to begin a weave, most starting baskets, while others created earrings or placemats. Attendees were able to bring their masterpieces home and continue in their own time.

Check out images on our website. 
Project Update

Land management and works occurring March to May 2023:

  • Several large Acacia iteaphylla treated with ‘cut and paint’ method, Tuart and Biara zones
  • Pruning of trees bordering properties on Northern side of Malvolio bushland completed
  • Fox control completed. Two adult male foxes were trapped and euthanised
  • Non-selective weed control started
  • Woody Meadow area of Turtle Corner has been ripped and planting scheduled for late-May
  • Watering of seedlings has finished 
  • New fence installed to stop bike damage, Matilda Birkett Reserve
  • Fence moved in Tuart zone to better align with cleared area
  • Shade cloth fitted to fence along Stock Road to stop weed seed incursion
  • Logs placed around water troughs in Malvolio bushland to deter dogs drinking/bathing
  • NAMS carried out rubbish removal along Forrest Road, Stock Road and North Lake Road verges
  • Fence repaired, Jarrah zone
  • Hop-over repaired, Tuart zone
  • Fallen tree over track removed, Biara zone
  • 7 bee hotels installed, one in each zone (except Booyi)
Cockitrough - Raised Bird Waterer

A new four-metre-high, off-grid bird waterer has been installed in a popular foraging site for the threatened Forest Red-tailed Cockatoo in Bibra Lake now. The first to be fitted with solar-powered submersible water pump connected to a 1000-litre bulk water container. Designed and supplied by the Town of Victoria Park’s Natural Areas Team and manufactured in Perth. The waterer has four large troughs raised at different heights and angles with timber rungs for perching and beak-sharpening. 

Within a week of installation, the waterer has been a hit with local birdlife. Footage was recorded of birds including the Australian Magpie and Red wattlebirds. To visit it, go to the corner of Hope Road and Progress Drive. Walk up the path (west) on the northern side of the reveg and you'll see it about 100m up the hill. Or follow this link!

Cockburn lands off-grid bird waterer - Inside Local Government
Hearts Healing the Land/Koort-al Boodja Koyingkeriny
The bi-annual Rehabilitating Roe 8 conference took place on May 2 at Tompkins, Alfred Cove. 97 people gathered to hear from different presenters from community groups, university professors, traditional owners, non-for-profit organisations and more! The following day, Adam Peck guided a group of attendees through the corridor. 

Stay tuned for updates on the website for photos, presentations and slides.
Keep up-to-date!
The Rehabilitating Roe 8 website is regularly updated with what is happening in the corridor, be sure to check it out! Hopefully we'll see you soon at one of our events.
The Rehabilitating Roe 8 project acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we conduct our business.  We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.  We acknowledge that the Rehabilitating Roe 8 project area is Whudjuk country and pay respects to Elders and Nyungar people past, present and future.
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